Regulators’ decision could also affect people in retirement communities and mobile home cooperatives who band together to fund solar projects.
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Maine offshore wind projects blown away by federal cancelation of plans
The Trump administration is halting plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development.
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New Maine laws will change electricity billing, formalize energy goals
Among a slate of energy laws passed this session are ones that will change the state’s contentious net energy billing program and create a new Department of Energy Resources.
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Loss of clean energy tax credits would be a step backward for Maine | Opinion
The state would face both economic and environmental impacts if they are eliminated as part of the budget negotiations in Washington.
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Trump administration stalls UMaine’s offshore wind project
The University of Maine was ordered to halt work on the research project just weeks before it had planned to launch its most advanced floating wind turbine yet.
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Developer for Gulf of Maine offshore wind project puts power contract talks on hold
Pine Tree Offshore Wind has requested that the talks be temporarily suspended, citing ‘recent shifts in the energy landscape.’
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Maine’s ‘energy economy’ grows as Trump cuts loom over zero-carbon power
The state has benefited from about $800 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Cutting clean energy tax credits would drive up Maine power bills
Eliminating tax credits could lead to a loss of $22 billion a year in clean power investment in the U.S. In Maine, the loss would be $100 million annually, according to a report.
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Maine benefited from $2.2B in US clean energy spending and incentives
A report by the Natural Resources Council of Maine is looking to provide information before President Trump and congressional Republicans move to end Biden-era federal spending on clean energy.
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Trump’s order halting offshore wind disrupts Maine’s efforts to build an industry
Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president’s first executive orders.