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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PublishedMay 13, 2012
For alternative energy producers, is it worth plugging in?
Questions about the adequacy of CMP’s transmission grid – and the risk of losing so-called future capacity payments as a result – prompt questions on the part of several developers.
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PublishedMay 13, 2012
CMP, producers at odds over new system
They disagree whether power producers were misled about the upgraded lines’ capacity.
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PublishedMay 6, 2012
Shriner go-cart fatality blamed on mechanical failure
Details of the accident that killed a Hancock man emerge as the Maine parade season is about to begin.
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PublishedMay 2, 2012
Shippers lose Portland-based container line
American Feeder Lines closes its Port of Portland service, citing a lack of volume and a loss of investment.
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PublishedMay 1, 2012
Portland losing container cargo service again
The Maine Port Authority also appears to have lost $200,000 it loaned the cargo line operator, a month before service was suspended.
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PublishedMay 1, 2012
PUC to test power line alternatives
A pilot program will try to meet peak electrical demand with efficiencies and additional generation.
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PublishedApril 30, 2012
PUC approves transmission alternative for midcoast
The pilot project will test alternatives to an $18 million transmission line upgrade on the Boothbay peninsula.
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PublishedApril 24, 2012
Future of trash-to-energy hinges on economics
A crowd of 300 at a Maine seminar is told U.S. plants need to increase revenues and cost less to build.
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PublishedApril 22, 2012
Amid debate, waste-to-energy grows
Controversy over a Biddeford plant overshadows industry expansion plans, to be explored at a conference.
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PublishedApril 10, 2012
Plan to close controversial Biddeford incinerator hits stumbling block
A bill in the Maine Legislature that would have paved the way for a deal died Monday, and it won’t be revived this year.
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