The utilities also are directed to apply cost-saving technology to help manage peak demand.
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Wind farms’ benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation
Confusing taxation systems make it easier for wind’s opponents, some citing misinformation, to say that wind has fallen short of its promises.
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Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing
The Game Makers Guild is the first wall-to-wall union seen at Activision Blizzard and the largest of this kind at a Microsoft-owned studio to date.
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Video game performers will go on strike over AI concerns
Negotiators say gains have been made over wages and job safety in the video game contract, but that the two sides remain split over the regulation of generative AI.
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U.S. economy grew at a healthy 2.8% annual pace last quarter
The Commerce Department said the gross domestic product picked up in the April-June quarter.
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Solar development to be permitted on Maine farms contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’
The new rules will give farmers a boost and expand renewable energy in the state.
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Germany’s hydrogen import strategy being criticized by industry groups
Germany has one of the most wide-spanning plans in its mission to replace coal – first with natural gas to cut emissions quickly and then with hydrogen.
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Island communities ask Gov. Mills to intervene to get ferry service back on track
The ferry service to islands in Penobscot Bay has been plagued by cancellations due to staff shortages.
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CrowdStrike blames bug for last week’s global tech outage
CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers.
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Price of typical Maine home climbs above $400,000 for first time
‘It was only a matter of time before (Maine) crossed the threshold,’ said Paul McKee, president of the Maine Association of Realtors.