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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PublishedJuly 16, 2023
Commentary: Is Maine’s drive for all-electric vehicles bad climate policy?
It’s a timely question: Maine this fall will begin updating its climate plan for 2024.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2023
Rate-setting practice for ‘standard offer’ power supply is costing Mainers millions
The state is the only one in New England where customers are locked into ‘standard offer’ prices for 12 months.
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PublishedJune 18, 2023
Maine power companies are spending millions to defeat a vote to dethrone them
This fall, Mainers could cut ties with their utilities. The companies are buying influence to try to stay in power.
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Winter grid concerns bringing federal energy agency to Portland
The high cost of shipping imported liquefied natural gas through a terminal in Massachusetts is a key factor that drove Maine’s electricity rates to record levels last winter.
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Rate hike approvals add to rising bills for CMP, Versant customers
The PUC approved an increase tied to renewable energy policies that will combine with a previous rate hike to raise an average CMP customer’s bill by more than $10 a month beginning July 1.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
Off the Maine coast, decade-delayed wind power project faces uncertain future
There’s growing debate about when or if a planned test turbine, which would float near Monhegan Island, will ever hit the water.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
Time has altered Maine’s offshore wind ambitions
Today’s wind power turbines are far larger than anyone imagined 15 years ago. Turbine blades could be nearly 400 feet long.
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PublishedJune 6, 2023
CMP rate hike approved by regulators, will increase home bills nearly $2 next month
Under a compromise approved Tuesday, typical Central Maine Power residential customers will see bills will rise 1% in July and then increase roughly $5 by the middle of 2025.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Versant Power rate deal would hike bills $5 a month for home customers
The settlement agreement, which must be approved by the Public Utilities Commission, would increase the monthly bill for the typical residential customer by 4%.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
CMP rate hike hearings now on hold pending settlement talks
A compromise in a proposed rate hike for Central Maine Power may be reached without an evidentiary hearing or a high-stakes ruling by the Public Utilities Commission.
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