What the panel does to hold utilities accountable is not acknowledged, and the CMP outage data cited are flawed.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Some Maine heating fuel dealers adding new ‘hazmat’ delivery fee
The fee is not mandated by the local, state or federal governments, nor is it collected by any government.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: CMP power line won’t help the environment, and certainly not Mainers
It boils down to this: Massachusetts needed a new power source, but it didn’t want an unsightly transmission line in its backyard.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
LePage’s wind energy panel issues report with few findings
The former governor – a longtime foe of wind energy subsidies – created the commission to investigate the impacts of turbines after halting new wind projects in parts of the state.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Scientific knowledge about Québec hydropower must not be overlooked
Its emissions are 50 times lower than gas-fired power plants.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine finishes last in race to keep the lights on
Regulators should determine whether the state’s utilities are doing enough.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Trump’s EPA taking its most harmful step yet, this time on mercury emissions
A proposed policy would no longer count a regulation’s benefits, just its costs to polluters, in deciding the severity level of environmental protections.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Get to ‘yes’ for Maine’s future, despite disagreements
How we deal with differences is just as important as what they are.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine regulators decide to open full investigation of CMP billing problems
The Public Utilities Commission’s legal process includes power to compel witnesses to testify, participation by stakeholders, technical conferences and public hearings.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Hydro-Quebec offers misleading claims about power’s climate impact
We can’t trust the utility’s publicists to represent correctly their own carbon emissions.