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 […]
Competitive Energy Services: Celebrating 25 Years…and Beyond

By Andrew Price, President & CEO At the start of each year, it is important to take a moment to reflect on the past, celebrate accomplishments, evaluate setbacks and set goals for the new year. Senior leadership at Competitive Energy Services has a tradition of sharing year end reflections through a year-end letter. The following […]
Calgary’s Enmax Spends $7.5M to Oppose Maine Referendum on Electricity Providers – Calgary

By Adam MacVicar, Global An upcoming referendum south of the border is generating some concerns for Calgary’s publicly-owned electricity utility Enmax, which is sending money to a political campaign in the northeast United States. In November, voters in Maine will cast a ballot on a referendum question on whether to dismantle the state’s two largest […]
What it Will Take to Make the Energy Transition: A Talk by Richard Silkman

Competitive Energy Services’ CEO, Rich Silkman gave a talk in September 2023 to the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy climate change organization focused on national policies to address the national and global climate crisis. View full recording below. Photo by: Gingbao Meng