Author: David Vail

climate change | decarbonization | renewable energy

A Consumer-Owned Utility Would Help Maine Reach its Climate Goals
ByDavid Vail October 24, 2022November 3, 2022

Republished here by permission of the author. Appeared originally as a letter to the editor in the Brunswick Times Record on October 24, 2022 Douglas Rooks’ analysis of Maine issues and his policy prescriptions nearly always make me nod in agreement. Not so with his “Doing public power the right way” (TR 10/20/2022). We have…

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climate change | decarbonization | energy economics | renewable energy

3-part Recipe for a High-performance Maine Power Grid
ByDavid Vail March 6, 2021March 18, 2021

Empower a statewide consumer-owned utility; assign grid planning to a group that functions in the public interest, and regulate utilities rigorously. Republished here by permission of the author. Appeared originally as an Op-Ed column in the Portland Press Herald on March 5, 2011 Recent news from frozen Texas, and here in Maine, chronicles the sorry…

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