Long Islander's Blog – November 2025 Archive (15)

Please share this video broadly. In under two minutes, it spells out much of what's wrong with industrial wind.

Lawrence suggested Maine can expand its renewable energy sectors to export more power and boost economic growth. But their Republican colleagues see it differently."

Published on: November 28, 2025

......................The policy outlook panel hosted by the chamber featured…

Todd Abrajano tells The Epoch Times that first-generation small modular reactors will be ‘online by the end of the decade or early 2030s.’

John Haughey

11/27/2025

Projects in Texas and Tennessee are on the cusp of delivering first-generation small modular reactor (SMR) prototypes designed to eventually be mass-produced and make nuclear power the “energy of the future,” an industry insider told The Epoch Times.

“We’re going to start seeing SMRs…

November 25, 2025

A group of 11 companies claim a monthly charge that could start in January violates their constitutional rights.

Communities:

11/24/25

Daniel Kool

Staff Writer

EXCERPTS

Community solar companies across Maine sued the Public Utilities Commission Monday, attempting to block the implementation of a new law designed to reduce the impact of solar development subsidies on the state’s electricity…

11/24/25

Story by Abha Bhattarai

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Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month.

Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her husband lost his $20-an-hour excavation job in northeastern Pennsylvania. The recent government shutdown dealt another blow, delaying federal…

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 the country. About half of the power used in New England is generated by power plants that burn…

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025 - 12:45 PM

Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

An increasing number of American households are falling behind on their utility bills as energy costs remain elevated heading into winter, according to a new analysis from two nonprofits.

Past-due balances owed…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST

Central Maine Power's controversial power distribution rate plan met an early end Tuesday as Maine utility regulators dismissed the case.

It's the first time on record the Maine Public Utilizes Commission has rejected such a proposal entirely.

Their decision reflected public opinion, which has been against the $1.5 billion dollar plan since it was released this…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM EST

The Maine Public Utilities Commission plans to ask developers to submit proposals to build a "green hydrogen" plant in the state.

Commissioners last week filed a draft request for proposals and want all potential bidders to indicate their interest in developing a facility by early December.

Developers would pay for a project, but commissioners could direct one of the state's power…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM EST

Since taking power earlier this year, President Trump has made good on campaign threats to halt American offshore wind projects.

His anti-wind agenda has stifled clean energy growth in Maine and the…

What about how many the wind industry (who Audubon has taken money from) has killed?

Maine Public | By Ari Snider

Published November 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM EST

Maine Audubon says this fall was the second deadliest on record for birds crashing into glass windows in the Portland area. The group began tracking collisions five years ago.

Outreach manager Nick Lund said volunteers with the group's BirdSafe program found 158 dead or injured…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published November 2, 2025

Maine's utility regulators have restarted the process of selecting contractors to build a massive wind power development and extensive electric transmission line in Aroostook County.

The Public Utilities Commission is considering comments it received on a draft request for proposals it filed for the project last month.

The state wants to develop 1,200 megawatts of renewable…