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- Public input enhanced in Maine’s new dam law (7/31/14)
A new law that takes effect Friday will ensure increased public input, greater legislative oversight and more transparency whenever a dam has to be relicensed.
- Berlin seeks funds for legal appeal against hydro plants (4/30/14)
BERLIN — The Coos County delegation will consider whether to give Berlin $15,000 from the county’s utility-defense fund to help pay legal bills in an assessment dispute with the owner of three hydroelectric dams on the Androscoggin River.
- Sappi reaches agreement on fish passage construction at Westbrook dam (4/1/14)
Environmental and city officials will work with Sappi Fine Paper on a design for fish passage on the Presumpscot River
- Hydro dispute may test state role in private business deals (3/17/14)
A pending bill would force the owner of hydroelectric dams to hand over a portion of its profits to the owner of a paper mill.
- Investors look to see if Brooklyn Dam could be profitable (11/6/13)
GROVETON — If the final cost of bringing the Brooklyn Dam on the Upper Ammonoosuc River back on line as an active hydroelectric facility shows that it would be profitable, the project could be completed and begin to generate electricity by the end of 2014.
- LePage plan could give dormant dams new life (7/29/14)
The LePage administration is looking anew at Maine’s old dams, mills and hydropower facilities as a way to increase electricity generation. The Governor’s Energy Office wants to hire a consultant to inventory the state’s hydro-electric facilities – both large and small – and recommend regulatory changes to encourage expansion.
- Berlin requests county funds to assist in dispute over hydro assessment (4/15/14)
BERLIN – The city of Berlin has requested $15,000 from Coos County to help cover its legal costs in its dispute with Great Lakes Hydro America over the assessment of hydroelectric facilities on the Androscoggin River.
- After missed deadlines, Maine dam relicensing bill gains support (3/25/14)
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection would be required to notify lawmakers when hydropower licenses are up for renewal
- Pownal town to apply for grant to clean dam (1/9/14)
POWNAL — The town of Pownal plans to apply for an Environmental Protection Agency grant of $200,000 to clean up a former tannery hydroelectric dam
- Maine legislators try to end missed dam deadlines (11/1/13)
A bill would tighten oversight of the DEP when it comes to dam relicensing to keep the state from losing its say on water levels.