by Marina Schauffler | March 21, 2021
Editor’s note: This is the second of two columns focused on phasing out fossil fuels in Maine. In the energy transition underway, Maine has strong assets and lingering liabilities. The Legislature and the Mills administration have set ambitious goals for reducing...
by Katie Brown | February 21, 2021
After more than a decade of lobbying and negotiations at the federal level, December’s pandemic stimulus bill included a federal tax credit for the renewable wood heat industry. The tax credit offers residential buyers 26 percent off new high-efficiency wood...
by Marina Schauffler | November 8, 2020
This article was produced in partnership with the Energy News Network, a nonprofit news site that covers the transition to a clean energy economy from state and regional perspectives. Only 1 percent of vehicles sold in Maine are electric, yet a few of those...
by Douglas Rooks | November 8, 2020
A protracted fight over the New England Clean Energy Connect plan to wheel 1,200 megawatts of hydropower from Quebec, through Maine and on to Massachusetts has dominated the airwaves for the last two years. But as the corridor – which will help the Bay State meet its...
by Marina Schauffler | September 13, 2020
Maine has New England’s most energy-intensive economy, expending roughly $6 billion annually – primarily on imported oil and gas for heating and transportation. Global warming could worsen the fiscal drain through a combination of rising costs and declining...
