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Wyman Station is a Problem Maine Must Solve | Opinion

By Eben Perkins, Chief Strategy Officer Maine doesn’t have a plan to replace the aging facility’s on-demand power once it retires. It’s time to get to work. And our next governor needs to be ready. With its 421-foot stack, Wyman Station towers over Casco Bay from the tip of Cousins Island in Yarmouth. Wyman’s shadow similarly […]

Surveying the Current Energy Landscape with Matt Gamache

Tune into Surveying the Current Energy Landscape, a wide‑ranging conversation featuring Competitive Energy Services’ Chief Operating Officer Matt Gamache and Orion Breen, Executive Director of the Environmental & Energy Technology Council (E2Tech). The podcast explores the U.S. energy landscape one year into the second Trump Administration, examining growing market complexity, rising affordability concerns, emerging reliability risks, and the rapid pace of change […]

Maine’s Energy Policy Looks to be Going Up in Smoke

By Tux Turkel is a former staff writer at the Portland Press Herald covering energy issues. At dawn on a December morning from where I live, I can see Maine’s failing energy policies drifting out into the frigid air. Across Casco Bay, I see smoke rising from the 421-foot chimney at Wyman Station in Yarmouth. This […]

New England Residents Brace for Inflated Utility Bills as Natural Gas Prices Surge: “Rising Energy Costs Create Real Challenges”

by Kristen Lawrence Electricity costs in Maine are expected to reach record levels because of elevated natural gas prices, placing a strain on household budgets and the grid. What’s causing rising electric costs? As Maine Public reported, power bills are projected to reach a three-year high because natural gas prices for electricity generation have increased by roughly […]

Maine Electric Prices to Hit Highest Level in Three Years

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire, Published November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM EST Mainers’ power bills will go up again in 2026 after the Maine Public Utilities Commission approves new annual contracts to supply electricity to the state’s investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities. Commissioners said increasing costs were linked to rising prices of natural gas across […]

Future of Maine’s Renewable Energy Projects Uncertain, Says E2 TEch Panel

By Laurie Schreiber Changes in federal policies are disrupting renewable energy projects in Maine that were either midstream or on the drawing board. “I think it’s going to affect development. I don’t think it’s going to put it to a standstill. I think it’s going to be something that requires us to adjust,” said Adam […]

Maine Energy Prices, Already Costly, Expected to Rise as Trump Tariffs Take Effect

Tariffs that took effect Tuesday targeted all products from Canada and Mexico, hitting particularly hard in Maine, where residents depend more heavily on heating oil than in any other state. President Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs against all goods, with energy facing a 10% tariff. “The most immediate impacts are in energy,” said Patrick Woodcock, president and […]

GOP Push to End Maine Solar Subsidies, But Lawmaker Says It’s Unlikely

By Stephen Singer, Portland Press Herald How much to pay solar power developers has been an issue in Augusta for years and has emerged again as costs soar for some businesses. Republicans in the Maine Legislature on Thursday urged the repeal of solar and other clean energy subsidies they say are driving up the cost […]

Maine Benefited from $2.2B in US Clean Energy Spending and Incentives

By Stephen Singer, Portland Press Herald A report by the Natural Resources Council of Maine is looking to provide information before President Trump and congressional Republicans move to end Biden-era federal spending on clean energy. Maine businesses and residents and Wabanaki Nations benefited from an unprecedented $2.2 billion in federal clean energy spending and private […]