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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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Effects of climate change underlie CMP rate hike request
Everyone wants a stronger grid. But can beleaguered customers afford it now?
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
Maine Supreme Judicial Court sends CMP corridor case back to lower court
The state’s high court ruled Tuesday that a referendum blocking the transmission line would be unconstitutional if a lower court determines the project was already too far along at the time of the vote.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Maine’s not rushing to follow California’s electric car mandate
Gov. Janet Mills says she is not inclined to mandate a shift to electric vehicles the way California is, and advocates in Maine say that makes sense given challenges such as cost and availability.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2022
Commercial solar industry on track to spend $540 million in Maine by 2027, study shows
But critics say the conclusions of the report by a renewable energy trade group ignore the potential impact development subsidies will have on electric rates.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Electric boats poised to make waves on Maine coast
Battery-powered outboards are seen as a first step in ‘electrifying’ the working waterfront. Are pleasure boats next?
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Maine Public Utilities Commission approves new performance standards for electric companies
The action is meant to increase accountability for customer service at Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Two years after appeal, Maine regulatory board meets on CMP power line permit
Opponents press the Board of Environmental Protection to give the project another public hearing; a vote is set for Thursday.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2022
Maine sees the future of power transmission, and it won’t always include big new lines
Big batteries and efficiency are chosen as an alternative to a new Brunswick-Topsham power line, thanks to a new law that pushes utilities to explore new ways to assure reliability.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2022
Cape Elizabeth twins’ solar-electric lawn care business is cutting edge
How Philip and Dmitri Coupe propelled a zero-emissions lawn care business into sustainability.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2022
Around growing Portland, a race is on to save large landscapes
Conservation interests are scrambling to preserve the region’s last big undeveloped spaces for the residents of tomorrow.
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