Kaitlyn Budion

The Maine Data Center Advisory Council will hold two virtual listening sessions with the public in the coming weeks.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission will finally move forward with plans for a new transmission line to northern Maine and an 800 megawatt wind project.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission will finally move forward with plans for a new transmission line to northern Maine and an 800 megawatt wind project. At a regular meeting Tuesday, commissioners selected Avangrid, the parent company of Central Maine Power, to build the transmission line and Clearway Energy Group to build the onshore wind project. […]

In the latest regulatory reform to Maine’s renewable energy landscape, the Public Utilities Commission has finalized the details of a new fee for larger, off-site renewable energy installations. Last year, the Legislature passed a law to reform the state’s net energy billing program, which is designed to encourage renewable energy projects by offering customers credits […]

In the latest regulatory reform to Maine's renewable energy landscape, the Public Utilities Commission has finalized the details of a new fee for larger, off-site renewable energy installations.

The Department of Environmental Protection has filed a lawsuit against Mallinckrodt US LLC, accusing the company of failing to clean up mercury contamination at its site in Orrington.

Canada reversed course on proposed seafood tariffs, easing concern for the impact on Maine’s lobster industry, which was facing a 25% import tax. “Keeping seafood tariff-free protects our shared supply chain and avoids unnecessary economic harm on both sides of the border,” said Patrice McCarron, executive director of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, in a statement […]

Canada reversed course on proposed seafood tariffs, easing concern for the impact on Maine's lobster industry, which was facing a 25% import tax.

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Friday that roughly $170 million in local goods will be impacted by the proposed Canadian tariffs, with more than half of that coming from the forest product sector. Collins wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and urged them to resume […]

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Friday that roughly $170 million in local goods will be impacted by the proposed Canadian tariffs, with more than half of that coming from the forest product sector.