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- Germany’s Expensive Gamble on Renewable Energy (8/27/14)
Companies Worry Cost of Plan to Trim Nuclear, Fossil Fuels Will Undermine Competitiveness
- All Eyes on Boston: Will the New Commercial Food Waste Ban Lead to a Boom in Waste-to-Energy? (8/13/14)
Will the implementation of the ban be a model for other states? The answer may be an outstanding, yes!
- Vermont Gas kept quiet for months on pipeline price hike (8/12/14)
Vermont Gas knew in March that the first phase of its pipeline expansion project in Addison County would cost 40 percent more than the utility originally estimated, but the utility failed to tell the Public Service Board or the public until July because of an "overabundance of caution," the company says.
- Tests find humans, not dogs, responsible for Rockland park poop problem (8/12/14)
ROCKLAND — The high level of fecal bacteria on the grounds of a popular Rockland park is from humans, not dogs.
- Forum: Toledo contamination underscores need to protect land around water supplies (8/12/14)
The majority of people living in the United States do not think about their tap water until there is a problem
- The Brayton Point power plant is being sold again, but new owner will still shut it down (8/22/14)
Brayton Point is getting a new owner, but it still won’t be saved from the wrecking ball. The massive coal-fired power plant on the South Coast will be acquired by Houston’s Dynegy Inc. in a $3.45 billion deal
- At the Matrix, amenities play important role in attracting tenants (8/13/14)
To date, Matrix has spent close to $20 million on improvements which include new cooling towers, new chillers, refurbished boilers, 20,000 square feet of solar roof panels and a complete information technology upgrade.
- Vermont Gas upbeat on pipeline mediation (8/12/14)
Monkton resident Claire Broughton, who has resisted Vermont Gas' earlier overtures, said late Tuesday afternoon that she hadn't been notified of the latest offer. Compensation for a right-of-way is a non-issue for Broughton.
- Maine’s largest power plant taken off the market, reflecting changes in regional demand (8/12/14)
PORTLAND — Wyman Station, the state’s largest power plant, is no longer on the market as its owners saw increasing profits from the oil-fired power plant in the first quarter of 2014, when winter constraints on natural gas supply for electric generation resulted in greater demand for power from the oil-fired generator.
- CL&P helicopter installing transmission line (8/12/14)
Berlin electric utility Connecticut Light & Power will have a helicopter flying over the eastern portion of the state intermittently between August and December to install a transmission line