The state’s largest health care system has signed deals with 3 solar developers and says it expects to save $1 million a year in electricity costs.
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Opponents of net metering threaten Maine’s solar projects, state officials say
Gov. Janet Mills and Maine Public Utilities Commission Chair Phil Bartlett say a group is trying to interfere with a state program that promotes clean energy.
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Posted inBusiness, Franklin
ReEnergy, DESRI-North Light propose joint biomass, solar project
LIVERMORE FALLS — ReEnergy Biomass Operations, with biomass power plants in Livermore Falls and Stratton, has submitted a joint proposal to the Maine Public Utilities Commission with North Light Energy, a Maine company partnered with D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, for their proposed photovoltaic solar project adjacent to the ReEnergy Livermore Falls facility. The joint […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn expanding solar ordinance to include agricultural zone
Large-scale solar arrays will now be allowed in the Agriculture and Resource Protection district, the city’s largest land area, which has been the subject of controversy in recent years.
Posted inBusiness, News, Politics
Solar supporters urge Maine lawmakers to restore financial incentives
Hoping to capitalize on a shift in the political climate, installers and other advocates for solar energy want homeowners to again receive credit for feeding electricity back into the grid.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Solar-panel plan for Blaine House sends a message
Maine’s new governor solicits proposals for what’s likely to be a visible affirmation of renewable energy.
Posted inBusiness
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.
Posted inLetters
Clean energy going to waste
There was an enormous spill in South Paris today. I watched it spread all the way up East Oxford Road and climb the silo at the top. It was a scene of perfectly wasted resources, literally soaking into untended grass plots and asphalt shingles. It was a solar spill. Sunlight was covering everything in sight. […]
Posted inLetters
Solar power a win-win
I write to urge my Senator, Garrett Mason, and Representative, Paul Chace, to support LD 1649, the solar energy policy under consideration in Augusta. That bill would create 800 new jobs in Maine’s solar industry, help keep young people in Maine, lower electricity rates for Mainers, and grow Maine’s economy by supporting Maine solar energy […]