Federal energy regulators have recommended a $1.25 million civil penalty against a Portland businessman, saying he hatched a scheme to manipulate New England’s energy market that cost electricity users more than $3.3 million.
Tux Turkel
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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Portland businessman charged with energy market scheme
The behavior allegedly cost New England electricity consumers more than $3.3 million.
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CMP: 30,000 homes lost power last year from non-payment, up 60 percent from usual levels
Central Maine Power Co. shut off electricity to 29,554 homes last year for non-payment of bills, an apparent record number.
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CMP cutoffs at record high
Central Maine Power Co. shut off electricity to 29,554 homes last year for non-payment of bills, an apparent record number.
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PUC failed to ensure smart meters were safe, say justices
PORTLAND — The Maine Public Utilities Commission failed to resolve health and safety issues related to Central Maine Power Co.’s installation of smart meters and should now do so, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.
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Court ruling: PUC did not address smart meter safety concerns
PORTLAND — The Maine Public Utilities Commission failed to resolve health and safety issues related to Central Maine Power Co.’s installation of smart meters and should now do so, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.
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Court says PUC didn’t resolve smart-meter health issues
The Maine PUC failed to resolve health and safety issues related to Central Maine Power Co.’s installation of smart meters and should now do so, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules.
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Bethel company to make wood-pellet boilers
Maine Energy Systems’ expects to create 50 manufacturing jobs in Oxford County, as well as 50 new jobs related to installation and fuel delivery.
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Contractors now build superefficient homes
WELLS — Buyers these days expect hardwood floors, granite counters and oversized windows in an architecturally designed house, and the model home in the new Brackett Estates subdivision doesn’t disappoint.
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Maine part of oil flow trend
Maine has been a transit point for crude oil flowing west to Canada for 72 years.