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State Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Saturday October 12, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Maine PUC Issues Order Involving Van Buren Light & Power District
AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 11 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00237) on Oct. 10, 2024: * * * VAN BUREN LIGHT & WATER DISTRICT, Request for Approval of Tariff Revision and Waiver of Rule ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Through this Order, the Commission approves Van Buren Light & Power District's ("Van Buren" or "the District") proposed revision to Sheet 1 of Rate 16, and newly proposed Sheet 2 and Sheet 3 of Rate 1  more

University of Maine System Wabanaki History Course and Credential Reaches Milestone
ORONO, Maine, Oct. 12 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: * * * Less than two years after it was launched, more than 1,000 learners have earned the University of Maine System Dawnland credential, which was developed by John Bear Mitchell, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation. * * * More than 1,000 learners -- many of them PK-12 educators -- have now completed a self-directed University of Maine System (UMS) course about the history of the Wabanaki Nations in Mai  more

University of Maine: Kerr Receives $1.2M for Climate-Informed Fisheries Management and Modeling Project
ORONO, Maine, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Warming oceans due to climate change have a significant impact on fish in the Gulf of Maine. Fisheries in the region need to adapt to the shifting dynamics -- and thanks to research led by the University of Maine, they will soon have science to show them how. A research team led by UMaine scientist Lisa Kerr, associate professor of fisheries sciences, has received a $1.2 million grant from the National  more