NRCM news release For more information, see: www.nrcm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/JacksonLab9.pdf While businesses across Maine are scrambling to deal with the electric price increases that are slated to hit customers this winter, Jackson Lab has already taken steps to help ease its exposure, through wise energy-efficient investments over the last few years. “With help from Efficiency Maine and Read More
weatherization
Using Less is Maine’s Only Option to Dull Winter Electricity Price Spike
Bangor Daily News editorial Maine utility regulators have been warning of a big increase in electricity prices this winter. The problem is that the northeast is heavily reliant on natural gas for electric power generation. With limited pipeline capacity, the region’s growing demand for gas can’t be met. Natural gas is the largest source of Read More
Weatherization: An Effective Investment
by Senator Susan Collins Seacoastonline.com op-ed As I talk to people around our state, I hear time and again how concerned they are about the price of home heating oil and how worried they are that they might not be able to heat their homes. One of the most effective and immediate ways we can Read More
LePage Unveils Initiatives He Says Will Lower Electricity Rates
By Kevin Miller, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage announced a series of legislative initiatives Friday that the administration says are aimed at reducing electricity rates in Maine and providing homeowners with more options to lower their energy costs. But several major policy shifts in the governor’s proposals Read More
Before Investing in Alternative Energy, Let’s Fund Efficiency Efforts
by Beth A. Nagusky Portland Press Herald op-ed ROCKPORT – You might think I was joking if I told you that you could cut your heating bill by up to 50 percent and your electric bill by 25 percent. Yet hundreds of Maine people and businesses have done just this. They’ve invested in the cheapest Read More
Sides Line Up in Renewables Debate
by Douglas Rooks Mainebiz news story A referendum to double Maine’s standard for new renewable electricity generation will not be on the ballot in 2012 â but the battle lines are already forming for its likely appearance next year. A coalition of business, environmental, religious and labor groups known as Maine Citizens for Clean Energy Read More
Mainers Would Win with Renewable Standard
by Jeremy Payne Bangor Daily News op-ed Maine â as with the rest of the nation â continues to face economic challenges. Unemployment remains a big issue and the high cost of electricity affects the pocketbooks of homeowners and businesses throughout our state. But there stands an opportunity in front of us that will create Read More
NRCM Staff Help Keep Mainers Warm
On Friday a few co-workers and I got together and participated in the Keep ME Warm program that Gov. Baldacci has created. I must say the participation in this was a team effort. Beth started the ball rolling. She had previous obligations and wasn’t able to winterize the homes but she pulled together all the materials and Read More
