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.
-
PublishedJuly 22, 2012
Electricity rates expected to climb – and climb
This month’s modest increase will be followed by more hikes over the next five years to pay for power grid upgrades.
-
PublishedJuly 18, 2012
Federal regulators seek fines in alleged power scheme
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff accuses a Portland businessman, Richard Silkman, and Lincoln Paper & Tissue of manipulating energy markets.
-
PublishedJuly 18, 2012
Portland businessman charged with energy market scheme
The behavior allegedly cost New England electricity consumers more than $3.3 million.
-
PublishedJuly 14, 2012
PUC reviewing Central Maine Power’s bad-debt write-offs
Has Central Maine Power Co. done a reasonable job pursuing customers who don’t pay their bills on time and minimizing bad-debt write-offs? Those issues are at the heart of a two-year old investigation at the Maine Public Utilities Commission. The review was triggered by mounting sums that CMP has been unable to collect from non-paying […]
-
PublishedJuly 14, 2012
In downturn, CMP unplugs most ever for nonpayment
The spike in disconnects – a reflection of a struggling economy in Maine – came as the electric company also strengthened its credit collections.
-
PublishedJuly 13, 2012
Court: PUC fell short on smart meters
Maine’s highest court says the PUC failed to resolve health and safety issues related to the installation.
-
PublishedJuly 12, 2012
Court says PUC didn’t resolve smart-meter health issues
The Maine PUC failed to resolve health and safety issues related to Central Maine Power Co.’s installation of smart meters and should now do so, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules.
-
PublishedJuly 7, 2012
Maine Energy Systems finalizes deal with Austrian pellet-boiler company
MESys expects to create 50 manufacturing jobs in Oxford County, plus 50 in installation/fuel delivery.
-
PublishedJuly 6, 2012
Bethel company to make wood-pellet boilers
Maine Energy Systems’ expects to create 50 manufacturing jobs in Oxford County, as well as 50 new jobs related to installation and fuel delivery.
-
PublishedJune 22, 2012
Betting on extreme efficiency
Developers hope the Maine market is ready for less costly green homes that make more energy than is used.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- …
- 118
- Next Page →