AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.95 MW MSD Guimond Facility solar project. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a prior certification granted on August 9, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Fairfield, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills Welcomes Plan to Rebuild and Protect Maine's Communities and Infrastructure from Severe Storm Damage Maine's Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience Commission, established by Governor Mills in 2024, delivers the state's first Infrastructure Resilience Plan today Damariscotta, MAINE \--Governor Janet Mills today joined the Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience Commission to release its Pl  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.95 MW Jay Solar Facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a prior certification granted on August 9, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Jay, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). In a petition submi  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order, dated May 6, 2025, revoking the renewable resource certifications for Nexamp, Inc.'s 4.95 MW TPE ME NB11, LLC solar facility located in North Berwick. This decision comes in response to a petition filed by Nexamp on March 12, 2025, seeking the rescission of the original certification order issued on November 14, 2022. The 2022 order had certified the North Berwick solar facility as a Class I and Class IA r  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- Following a similar decision regarding its Samoset facility, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the new renewable resource certifications for Nexamp, Inc.'s Madison CSG Facility. The order, dated May 6, 2025, comes after Nexamp requested the rescission of the original certification granted on October 17, 2023. The Madison CSG Facility, a 4.0 MW solar installation located in Madison, Maine, had been designated as a Class I and Class   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the new renewable resource certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s 4.5 MW Milo Solar Facility. The decision, dated May 6, 2025, follows a petition filed by Nexamp on March 12, 2025, requesting the rescission of the original certification order issued on May 5, 2022. The 2022 order had classified the Milo facility, located in Milo, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, mak  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the new renewable resource certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s Samoset Solar Facility in Rockport. The decision, dated May 6, 2025, follows a request from Nexamp to rescind the original certification order issued on October 17, 2023. The 2.125 MW solar facility had been classified as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible to satisfy Maine's renewable portfolio  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has revoked the Class I and Class IA renewable resource certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s 4.95 MW solar facility located in Hollis, Maine. The decision, outlined in an order dated May 6, 2025, comes at the request of Nexamp itself. The PUC had initially granted the certifications for the MEVS Hanson Facility on November 8, 2023, making it eligible to satisfy Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). However  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the renewable energy certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s Surry Solar 1 Facility, a 4.99 MW solar project located in Surry, Maine. The decision, dated May 6, 2025, follows a petition filed by Nexamp on March 12, 2025, requesting the rescission of the original certification order issued on November 8, 2023. The 2023 order had classified the Surry Solar 1 Facility as a Class I and Clas  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- Following a petition from Nexamp, Inc., the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has revoked the renewable resource certifications for the company's 3.25 MW Livermore Falls CSG, LLC solar facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a previous certification granted on July 26, 2022. The earlier order had designated the solar facility, located in Livermore Falls, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, qualifying it under Maine's Renewable Portfol  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.29 MW Oxford Solar 1, LLC facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a previous certification granted on January 27, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Oxford, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 8 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dodge applauds Community Action Grant funding for Belfast and Northport AUGUSTA - On May 1, the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future announced that Belfast and Northport have each been selected to receive a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership. Belfast will receive an award of $48,600 to be used for the Belfast Harbor Master Building Modernizati  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.99 MW Searsport Solar 1 Facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a prior certification granted on August 9, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Searsport, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). In a   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 8 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough: * * * Sen. Brenner introduces landmark legislation to establish climate superfund AUGUSTA -- Yesterday, Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, introduced a landmark climate bill that would establish a climate superfund to help pay for environmental damages resulting from climate change in the state of Maine. LD 1870, "An Act to Establish a Climate Superfund Cos  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 8 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol: * * * Sen. Cameron Reny, Rep. Holly Stover present legislative sentiment to Boothbay Region High School Drama Club AUGUSTA -- On Tuesday, April 29, Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol, and Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, presented a legislative sentiment to the Boothbay Region High School Drama Club in recognition of their victory at the Maine Drama Festival's Class B R  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 8 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono: * * * Sen. Tipping celebrates Community Action Grants awarded to Howland, Enfield, Lincoln, Orono and Eastern Maine Development Corporation AUGUSTA -- Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, is pleased to announce that municipalities and non-profit organizations in Senate District 8 are recipients of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership. Th  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, May 8 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE Summer Sustainability Fellowship returns for 2025, expanding opportunities for student learning and local impact Sixteen fellows will engage in full-time, paid work addressing Maine's sustainability challenges this summer Building on the success of its inaugural year, the University of New England has announced its latest cohort of Summer Sustainability Fellows who, in the coming months, will comple  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Centers of Discovery: The Stable Isotope and Trace Element and Radiogenic Isotope Labs The University of Arkansas Stable Isotope Lab, or UASIL, was established in 2000 to provide isotope analysis to researchers at the university. Erik Pollock, who came to the U of A from Maine in 2002 to earn a master's degree in geosciences, became the lab manager in 2007. His research was in low temperature water is  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s petition to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 2.50 MW West Paris CSG, LLC solar facility. The decision, formalized in an order dated May 6, 2025, reverses a previous certification issued on March 30, 2023. The earlier order had designated the solar facility, situated in West Paris, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, thereby qualifying it under Maine's Renewable Po  more