Five miles from Bethel, a natural gas line that connects a Rumford power plant with the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System crosses under Route 26.
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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Bethel eyes what it takes to tap natural gas line
Five miles from Bethel, a natural gas line that connects a Rumford power plant with the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System crosses under Route 26.
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Green group largely cleared
A state investigation into the financial practices of the now-defunct Maine Green Energy Alliance has revealed examples of poor accounting and oversight, but no instances of missing money or inappropriate spending, according to people familiar with the probe.
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Probe of Energy Alliance finds no wrongdoing
However, a state investigation concludes in a draft report that the Maine Green Energy Alliance’s accounting practices were inadequate.
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Bowers Mountain turbine site too close to sacred land, tribes say
Maine’s two largest Indian tribes are raising concerns about a large wind power project proposed for eastern Maine, saying it may interfere with sacred religious ceremonies dating back 10,000 years.
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Wood heat alliance seeks recognition
ReVision Energy in Portland sells a solar hot-water system that can offset roughly 250 gallons of oil a year in a typical boiler. The system goes for about $11,000, but federal and state tax breaks can knock $4,300 off the buyer’s cost.
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Wood heat seeks tax break incentive
ReVision Energy in Portland sells a solar hot-water system that can offset roughly 250 gallons of oil a year in a typical boiler. The system goes for about $11,000, but federal and state tax breaks can knock $4,300 off the buyer’s cost.
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AT&T, courting T-Mobile, touts wireless progress
WESTBROOK — As part of a campaign to build public support for its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, AT&T on Monday outlined the progress it has made this year upgrading its wireless network in Maine.
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AT&T touts wireless network’s upgrade
WESTBROOK — As part of a campaign to build public support for its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, AT&T on Monday outlined the progress it has made this year upgrading its wireless network in Maine.
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AT&T details network upgrades in merger bid
WESTBROOK — Communications giant AT&T today outlined the progress it has made this year upgrading its wireless network in Maine, part of a campaign to build public support for its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. AT&T has expanded mobile broadband in 26 communities from York County to Washington County, as well as wireless network capacity […]