Poll: Majority of Mainers do not want to follow California’s lead in ‘going green’ – WGME
By Matt Curren PORTLAND (WGME) – The high price of energy is turning into a factor in this fall's elections, with a new survey showing strong support in Maine to not follow California's lead when it comes to accelerating efforts to "go green." California recently...
The fossil fuel industry pledge uniting Janet Mills and Paul LePage – Bangor Daily News
By Michael Shepherd AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s leading oil and gas industry group issued a pledge that united Gov. Janet Mills, former Gov. Paul LePage and dozens of other 2022 candidates across the political spectrum on “energy choice.” The wide agreement on a vague...
Maine residents, energy suppliers prepare for home heating oil challenges this winter – WMTW
By Phil Hirschkorn FREEPORT, Maine -- Aug. 31, 2022 — Inflated prices, low inventories, and potential supply disruptions are expected to affect Maine in the coming months, a state where 60% of homes rely on heating oil, the most heating oil dependent state in the...
Local expert says Mainers should not have to worry about dwindling fuel supplies – WGME
PORTLAND (WGME) – While fuel prices drop, so do fuel supplies. Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50 percent below the recent average, according to the Department of Energy. Levels are down for multiple reasons, including the war in...
Charlie Summers: A career in HVAC is promising
Today the need for well-trained technicians in HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) has never been greater, and these jobs pay well and offer opportunities for advancement and life-long career development. Read the full article here:...
Legislative Update April 29, 2022
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature met on April 25th for the final regular meeting of the 130th Legislature. Lawmakers were supposed to adjourn on Wednesday, April 20th, statutory adjournment day, but voted to extend session one extra day to address $12...
Legislative Update April 22, 2022
The Second Regular Session of the 130th Maine Legislature has been extended. Statutory adjournment was on Wednesday, but with so much work still left to do Democrats and Republicans finally agreed on the issue and have given themselves one more day to finish...
Legislative Update April 15, 2022
There is now less than a week to go before the end of the session, leaders of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee- the budget writing committee have been working through some of the more substantive and contentious pieces of the governor’s supplemental budget...
Legislative Update April 8, 2022
The 130th Maine Legislature is currently scheduled to adjourn its second session on April 20, giving legislators a little more than two weeks to negotiate and pass a supplemental budget in addition to finally dispensing with the remaining work before them. In...
Legislative Update April 1, 2022
Republican legislators agreed to send one-time payments to more Maine taxpayers and are calling for a weekend-long sales tax holiday in October as part of their list of priorities for an estimated $1.2 billion revenue surplus. Republican leaders released a list of...