by Marina Schauffler | June 20, 2021
As community solar farms spring up around Maine, RISK-FREE offers of GUARANTEED SAVINGS for subscribers descend on residents – in mailers and online, and even from door-to-door sales agents. Community solar farms do offer a vital exit ramp from fossil fuel dependence...
by Samantha Hogan | May 23, 2021
She set dinner on the table before sharing the bad news with her 10-year-old son Wyatt. On and off throughout Wyatt’s life, his father has been incarcerated at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta. Most weeks his mom, Courtney Allen, scraped...
by Katie Brown | May 16, 2021
Maine’s first commercial aquaculture permit was granted to Ed Meyers in 1975. Known as the “father of mussel farming in the United States,” Meyers’ pioneering mussel farm on the Damariscotta River laid the foundation for Maine’s...
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 Katie Brown | May 19, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic ripples across the world, the solar energy industry faces a threat in the shadows. The New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) recently introduced a petition to change the industry’s regulatory structures and reduce the amount of money...
