Seven stations scattered from Kennebunk to Jackman are expected to come online next year, giving vehicles a fast charge that will take them 240 miles.
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Large Maine solar producers win exemption from costly meter installations
Regulators saw little benefit to ratepayers from a requirement that companies with large solar arrays pay to have expensive meters installed.
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Jay to be presented petition to rescind support for CMP project
JAY — A petition is expected to be presented to selectpersons Monday asking them to rescind their support for Central Maine Power’s proposed transmission line. The select board meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 26 in the cafeteria of the Spruce Mountain Middle School. The proposed New England Clean Energy Connect project would […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Lepage made secret trip to Spain last week to meet with CMP's owners
AUGUSTA — Before heading to Iceland for a session of the Arctic Circle Assembly last week, Gov. Paul LePage flew to Spain to meet with leaders of the company that owns Central Maine Power. Julie Rabinowitz, LePage’s press secretary, confirmed Monday that LePage met with Iberdrola on Oct. 16. Rabinowitz said LePage and Iberdrola executives […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston replacing many more streetlights with LEDs
LEWISTON — Most of the city’s streetlights are scheduled to be replaced with energy-saving LED lights. In his most recent monthly report, City Administrator Ed Barrett said Lewiston will soon replace more than 2,000 streetlights, after favorable bids led officials to move ahead with more replacements that originally proposed. Like other municipalities, the city has been […]
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LePage energy adviser repeats tall tale about UMPI wind turbine
PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — An informal energy adviser to Republican Gov. Paul LePage has repeated a tall tale about the wind turbine at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Refrigeration technician James LaBrecque told WVOM-FM on Wednesday that the university uses outside power to turn the turbine blades when there’s no wind to avoid […]
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Western Maine power line draws fire
New opposition is ramping up to Central Maine Power’s proposal to build a 145-mile transmission line through western Maine, coming from interests who own fossil-fuel power plants in the state, as well as those who want to build wind and solar farms. Power-line projects predictably draw fire from environmental and recreational quarters. But these adversaries, […]
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Add cow manure to your list of renewable energy sources
The average Holstein cow produces over 100 pounds of manure a day. It’s a lot of poop. It’s also a lot of potential power. On some farms, that energy is already being collected: The manure’s tossed into an anaerobic digester system where gas concentrates and then has to be stripped of water, carbon dioxide and […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine may face brownouts, higher electric prices
During the bitter cold stretch that started right after Christmas and continued into 2018, New England’s power operators had a tough time keeping the juice flowing to homes and businesses throughout the region. Facing a shortage of natural gas because of a dearth of pipeline capacity, they relied on old oil and coal plants to […]
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NH high court upholds verdict against former Auburn energy company
New Hampshire’s high court has upheld a lower court civil award against an Auburn company for stealing trade secrets in the energy sector. A jury awarded Freedom Energy Logistics of Auburn, N.H. more than $800,000 in damages and attorneys fees two years ago; the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld that decision last week. August Fromuth, […]