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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PublishedAugust 7, 2022
Maine’s cannabis producers see high costs of lighting up
The industry, pinched by high energy costs and low wholesale prices, seeks out cheaper grow-lamp options.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Maine Public Utilities Commission approves new performance standards for electric companies
The action is meant to increase accountability for customer service at Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Two years after appeal, Maine regulatory board meets on CMP power line permit
Opponents press the Board of Environmental Protection to give the project another public hearing; a vote is set for Thursday.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2022
With 207 area code endangered, Maine PUC probes T-Mobile’s numbering practices
At issue is whether the wireless phone company is tying up too many numbers.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2022
Maine sees the future of power transmission, and it won’t always include big new lines
Big batteries and efficiency are chosen as an alternative to a new Brunswick-Topsham power line, thanks to a new law that pushes utilities to explore new ways to assure reliability.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2022
Cape Elizabeth twins’ solar-electric lawn care business is cutting edge
How Philip and Dmitri Coupe propelled a zero-emissions lawn care business into sustainability.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2022
Around growing Portland, a race is on to save large landscapes
Conservation interests are scrambling to preserve the region’s last big undeveloped spaces for the residents of tomorrow.
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PublishedJune 19, 2022
New England fuel dealers plot their future in a rapidly electrifying world
As more mandates and incentives are rolled out to fight climate change, a strategy emerges to cast doubt on electrification while talking up renewable liquid fuels.
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PublishedJune 8, 2022
Request for offshore wind power contract raises Maine ratepayer concerns
The proposed contract’s likely impact on Maine electricity customers is being shielded from public view, for now.
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PublishedMay 30, 2022
In Brunswick-Topsham, the parade resumes and a veteran is honored
The Memorial Day observance was one of many that took place Monday across Maine to remember and honor those who died while serving the United States in the military.
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