Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets. When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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PublishedApril 5, 2015
Maine’s energy forecast: Partly sunny, clouded by questions
A retired engineer’s solar-panel-equipped home in Oakland produces more electricity than it uses, feeds some back into the grid and dramatically reduces costs. Can we integrate this model on a wide scale?
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PublishedMarch 31, 2015
Maine Natural Gas seeks rate increase to expand market, raise revenue
The request comes as thousands of Mainers are converting to natural gas, hoping to avoid price jumps in heating oil.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2015
Minority voice on Maine utility board staying on after term expires
David Littell, the only member of the Public Utilities Commission who regularly disagrees with Gov. Paul LePage, says he will work on at least three major cases.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2015
For Summit Natural Gas, the path hasn’t been easy
But new President Mike Tanchuk is committed to helping the company navigate its way to success.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2015
The value of power: Solar goes sky-high in Maine
Broad use of energy from the sun offers long-term benefits for the state, says an analysis for the Public Utilities Commission. Will the finding influence the debate over subsidies?
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PublishedMarch 3, 2015
Drilling group unlikely to tap Gulf of Maine for oil and gas
Some worried that it might try after Gov. LePage joined the coalition, but an assessment finds the geology of the gulf limits its energy-supply potential.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2015
Price-cutting solar panel program comes to Maine, starting in Freeport
Organizers hope to sign up enough residents within the community to get a bulk discount of about 10 percent on a home system.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2015
Renewable energy faces close scrutiny at State House
Lawmakers are sharply divided on whether subsidies that promote investments in solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy are good energy policy or a drag on the Maine economy.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2015
EPA approves new woodstove emissions standards
The rules, which will reduce new stove emissions by two-thirds in five years, get mixed reactions from stove manufacturers, including Maine-based Jotul North America.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2015
Deliveries of liquefied natural gas take edge off region’s supply gap
The market-driven influx calls into question the need for ratepayer-financed pipeline capacity projects. But is it an aberration or a game changer?
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