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Peter McGuire

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
11
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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Peter McGuire, Maine Public

    Maine posts record-breaking heating oil prices amid Iran War (opens the original)

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    The average price of a gallon of heating oil hit $6.02 last week, a new high record for the state, according to a weekly survey from the Maine Department of Energy Resources. Wars in the Middle East and between Ukraine and Russia and a global shortage of refining capacity have sent distillate fuels such as diesel and heating oil soaring in recent months, said Jonathan Rubin, a professor of economics at the University of Maine. Because of the war with Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ref

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Peter McGuire

    'Trap and truck' — Meet the aquatic Uber helping to restore Maine's Atlantic salmon (opens the original)

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    Just before 8 a.m. on a summer morning, Jennifer Noll fired up a pickup truck fitted with a full-size trailer and 250-gallon holding tank parked in the Augusta parking lot of the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Noll, a department biologist, pulled out and headed north, to the Lockwood Dam in Waterville. Her mission that morning — to collect a pair of adult salmon trapped in the Kennebec River below the dam and trying to swim north. "As soon as the fish come in, the dam staff let us know, a

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Peter McGuire, Maine Public

    Maine power line interruptions spark legal battle between Hydro-Quebec, Mass. utilities (opens the original)

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    Hydro-Quebec and a trio of Massachusetts utilities filed dueling lawsuits in federal court last week, alleging contract violations stemming from service interruptions this winter on a high-voltage power line through western Maine. Eversource, National Grid and Unitil allege that Hydro-Quebec stopped delivering electricity over the New England Clean Energy Connect line just a few days after it went into operation this January. The delivery shortfall coincided with a extended period of extreme col

  4. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Peter McGuire, Maine Public

    Maine selects company to build large wind farm, plus a transmission line, to send power south (opens the original)

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    Maine utility regulators have selected two companies to develop untapped wind power resources in the northern part of the state, part of an eagerly anticipated clean energy project supported by most New England states. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday selected Clearway Energy Group LLC to develop onshore wind turbines that can generate 800 megawatts of electricity in Aroostook County near the Canadian border. Commissioners also chose the company Avangrid to develop a new high vol

  5. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Peter McGuire

    Maine PUC selects developer for 800 megawatt northern Maine wind power project (opens the original)

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    Maine utility regulators have selected two companies to develop untapped wind power resources in Aroostook County, part of an eagerly anticipated clean energy project supported by most New England states. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday selected Clearway Energy Group LLC to develop wind turbines that can generate 800 megawatts of electricity in Northern Maine. Commissioners also chose Central Maine Power parent company Avangrid to develop a new high voltage power line to connect

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