by Marina Schauffler | February 21, 2021
Central Maine Power’s most recent debacle, attempting to charge solar developers millions more for grid interconnections despite signed contracts, was shocking but not surprising from a utility that has sought for decades to undermine renewable power. Only after...
by Marina Schauffler | December 6, 2020
Editor’s Note: The Maine Climate Council submitted its Climate Action Plan to the Legislature on Dec. 1. Topics related to the plan have been covered in a series of Sea Change columns this fall. The Maine Climate Council’s 15-month process preparing Maine...
by Marina Schauffler | November 29, 2020
Editor’s Note: The Maine Climate Council is submitting its Climate Action Plan to the Legislature on Dec. 1. Topics related to the plan have been covered in a series of Sea Change columns this fall. Alongside the challenges of a raging pandemic, failing health care...
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...