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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PublishedNovember 22, 2015
Spurned in Maine, wind farm to float in Scotland
Statoil finalizes a plan to build a project rejected by Gov. Paul LePage.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2015
Many of CMP’s residential, small-business customers will see rates drop
The Maine Public Utilities Commission accepts a bid for energy supply in 2016 that is 3.7 percent lower than last year’s average.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2015
Maine offshore wind project still faces money hurdles, despite federal grant
The pilot wind farm will need a $47 million Department of Energy grant and investors if it is to be built.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2015
Maine pilot project receives $3.7 million award, reviving vision for offshore wind farm
The money will help finance further development of floating turbines that could lead to a lucrative clean-energy industry in the state.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2015
No Vacancy: Landlords capitalize on ‘insane’ market
They’re charging more, screening tightly to find the best tenants, and upgrading – or sometimes neglecting – their properties. Some ask for first and last month’s rent plus the deposit, which can mean forking over more than $4,700 upfront.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2015
Some buildings neglected as city attempts to strengthen enforcement of housing codes
Philip Austin says the four-bedroom apartment he shares with his family at 31 Oxford St. in East Bayside is frequently in need of repair and has mold in the ceiling. But landlord Clark Stephens says he wasn’t aware of any mold problems. “I try to stay on top of everything in the building,” he said. […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2015
Run-down buildings get renovations that could change Bayside neighborhood
Story by Tux Turkel/ Staff Writer Photos by Whitney Hayward/ Staff Photographer C randall Toothaker motioned to the back corner of a building at Cumberland Avenue and Wilmot Street. Tenants told him they regularly saw drugs being sold there. It’s across from where he once opened a storage shed and startled a man injecting heroin […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2015
In wake of tragic Portland fire, landlords and cities break out of safety lethargy
Story by Tux Turkel/ Staff Writer A fire last fall in this multi-unit building on Noyes Street in Portland left six people dead. The incident focused a critical eye on the city’s lax fire inspection program for its thousands of rental apartments. Emulating the way the city addressed the issue, the town of Brunswick is […]
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PublishedNovember 9, 2015
Account emerges for why state workers yanked anti-wind signs in Moosehead region
Turns out Plum Creek Timber Co. didn’t want a sign next to its office, and its inquiry with the state may have had a bigger effect than intended.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2015
In Maine’s remotest island community, changing the lightbulb has far-reaching implications
In a place where energy is costly and its environmental impact high, a small LED lightbulb can make a big difference.
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