by Christopher Bouchard, Aroostook Republican & News Bangor Daily News story CARIBOU, Maine — Caribou City Manager Dennis Marker updated councilors on Feb. 11 about the results of an Investment Grade Audit report concerning the potential conversion of Caribou street lights to more efficient and less expensive LED. Marker said the IGA report indicates that Read More
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Energy Efficient Projects are Saving Maine Hospitals Millions of Dollars
by Taylor Kinzler WABI-TV news story Energy conservation in the workforce can have many benefits. Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor has seen that firsthand since implementing an environmentally sound project. “That’s how we can save money for patients because for every dollar that we spend on energy, it’s 20 dollars that we have to Read More
70% of Maine Voters Support Proposed Bond to Reduce Heating Costs through Expanded Home Efficiency
NRCM news release Augusta, ME – As members of the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee consider a variety of bond proposals to send to voters, a poll of likely voters shows fully 70% support a proposed $30 million bond to improve the energy efficiency of 30,000 Maine homes. LD 1341, sponsored by Senator Dawn Hill of Read More
NRCM Testimony in Opposition to LD 1400, An Act To Focus Energy Laws on Energy Cost
Senator David Woodsome, Chair Representative Mark Dion, Chair Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities & Technology My name is Dylan Voorhees and I am the Clean Energy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Thank you for allowing us to present this testimony. This bill takes a wrecking ball to Maine’s clean energy laws, Read More
LePage, Clean-energy Advocates Clash Over Governor’s Agenda
At issue are the governor’s proposals that reflect his skepticism over ratepayer charges to support conservation. By Tux Turkel, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Gov. Paul LePage has submitted three bills to the Legislature aimed at lowering energy costs, but clean-energy advocates said Tuesday that the measures would dismantle years of state policies Read More
Home Tour Offers Glimpse of Benefits from Insulation
by Betty Adams, staff writer Kennebec Journal news story AUGUSTA â The 1947 home at the top of Carlisle Street has a new blanket of insulation in the attic, new foam insulation around the sills and a much warmer feel. It was possible because of a $11,000 loan from Efficiency Maine. Homeowner John Dickens pointed Read More
Assessing Energy Costs’ Effect on the Economy
Gov. Paul LePage’s initiatives reflect his view that high costs inhibit job creation, but experts suggest a skilled work force may be more critical to Maine’s growing needs. by Tux Turkel, staff writer Maine Sunday Telegram news story Jobs and energy. In promoting his energy legislation, Gov. Paul LePage has tied Maine’s economic growth to Read More
I Can’t Fill All the Oil Tanks in Maine, But…
By Ike Libby Bangor Daily News op-ed I’m the first to admit that I don’t have a great mind for business. For years, I’ve been filling my neighbors’s oil tanks, whether they can afford it or not, through my fuel company. On Saturday, Feb. 4, it all caught up with me, when the New York Read More
Hands Off Efficiency Maine, Governor
Bangor Daily News editorial The LePage administration is bent on taking the “quasi” out of the several quasi-state agencies, each of which serves an essential function in keeping Maine commerce humming. The scandalous abuse unearthed at the Maine Turnpike Authority seems to have been interpreted by the administration as the tip of an iceberg of Read More
