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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PublishedMarch 1, 2011
Weekly container ship service coming to Portland
Portland would be on the first leg of a new venture connecting Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia, and eventually the entire East Coast.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2011
Informal talks seek smart-meter solution
The issues are whether it is feasible for CMP customers with concerns to opt out, and who would pay the extra cost.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2011
Households take the hit from spike in oil prices
The impact is felt in Maine, where most homes burn oil for heat and many workers commute alone by car.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2011
Report: Maine’s metro areas are key to statewide growth
Policymakers should recognize that rural areas benefit from urban gains, a Brookings fellow says.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2011
Firm offers wood pellet supply deal
The Bethel company will lock in a price of $239 a ton or less into 2014 for buyers of its pellet boiler.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2011
Boiler company offers deal on pellet prices
Maine Energy Systems says it will lock in a pellet price equivalent to $1.99 a gallon of heating oil if a customer buys one of its pellet boilers.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2011
Portland landmark step closer to selling
The City Council approves new licenses so a hotel investment firm can buy the Eastland Park.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2011
License application foreshadows Eastland sale
The 202-room Eastland Park Hotel has been for sale since last fall. Next to Holiday Inn by the Bay, it has the largest conference space in the city.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2011
Dead River will help raise funds for heating
The energy company will match donations to the Share the Warmth campaign.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2011
Moonlit New Gloucester hike sheds light on land preservation
NEW GLOUCESTER – The setting sun was spreading a soft, pink hue above the western tree line, but the three dozen walkers gathered in the old farmyard here in mid-February weren’t taking off their snowshoes for the day. They were strapping them on for the night. The trekkers started arriving at dusk, with anticipation, headlamps […]
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