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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A Shared Vision of Energy Policy Points to an “Electric Future” that Benefits All
Using the sun’s energy would be good for people and businesses, including investor-owned utilities. By Steve Weems, Special to the Press Herald Portland Press Herald op-ed We invite everyone to think strategically about Maine’s energy policy, especially solar electricity, when considering specific proposals. “We” includes co-authors Fortunat Mueller (ReVision Energy), Jay Kilbourn (Kennebunk Light & Power) Read More
It’s Possible to Reduce Carbon Emissions Without Sacrificing Economic Growth
By Tom Tietenberg, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed In 2005, Maine and eight other northeastern and mid-Atlantic states banded together to create the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon emissions. The initiative is a form of carbon pricing. It sets an annual cap on the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions Read More
Vermont Ice Rink has Plans to Spend Zero on Energy
Meanwhile, the rink at Bowdoin College, which opened in 2009, is the nation’s first hockey rink to be LEED-certified for energy efficiency. By Wilson Ring, Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Vt. — A small community skating rink that was once in danger of folding is working on a long-term plan to eliminate its biggest single expense – Read More
Maine Community and Business Leaders Slam PUC for Proposed Solar Rollback
News release Hallowell, ME – Today, at a public hearing by the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC), a large crowd of Maine residents, business owners, community leaders, and others gathered to oppose the agency’s proposal to roll back solar power rules called “net metering.” The hearing addressed the PUC proposal to phase out net metering, Read More
Bill Could Affect Maine’s Hospitals Energy Efficiency
Fox-22 Bangor news story BANGOR – Energy efficiency was the focus of a press conference Tuesday morning at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Maine Medical facility representatives touted energy conservation as the way to provide better health care. “Usually they are driven not purely by efficiency but by the will and desire to improve patient comfort Read More
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
Energy Efficiency Projects Funded by RGGI Save Maine Hospitals a Bundle, So They Can Better Serve Their Communities
News Release Today, leaders of major hospitals In Bangor, Aroostook County, and Mid-Coast Maine joined together with a top commercial building efficiency expert and the head of Maine’s leading environmental group to focus on the financial benefits of hospital energy efficiency improvements that have been funded by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). They gathered Read More
NRCM Testimony In Opposition to LD 1398, “An Act to Reduce Electric Rates for Maine Businesses”
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. As most of the committee knows, I have been closely involved Read More
