WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is advancing its review of the Lewiston Falls Hydroelectric Project, which is seeking to renew its operating license. The 28.44-megawatt facility, operated by Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC, is situated on the Androscoggin River and impacts the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, along with the town of Durham in Maine. The company submitted a relicense application on August 28, 2024. Following a readiness notice issued on May 15, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- Paradigm Shift Hydro LLC has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a pumped storage hydropower project near Roxbury in Oxford County, Maine. The Partridge Peak Energy Project proposes a closed-loop system featuring two artificial reservoirs, interconnected by penstocks, with a generating capacity of 15 megawatts. The planned facility includes upper and lower steel storage tanks, each holding approximately 50 acre-feet of water, conn  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is reviewing a request for a temporary alteration to a major hydroelectric project on the Penobscot River. The Mattaceunk Hydroelectric Project, operated by Great Lakes Hydro America LLC, has applied for a variance from its license requirements to permit maintenance on its fishway structures and a sluice gate. The proposed modification would involve lowering the water level by approximately 22 feet from early August to late Sept  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden cosponsors bill to reduce financial burden on Eastport Port Authority, maintain border security * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is supporting the Securing Ports and America's Commerce and Economy (CBP SPACE) Act, which would prevent Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from offloading additional costs and responsibilities onto local ports while threatening closure for noncomplian  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Nearly $11 Million for Maine Community Colleges Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bills * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $10,663,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for Maine Community Colleges in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. The bill,  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 -- Springfield College issued the following news: * * * Alumnus Believes in Healing Power of Hypnosis By Damon Markiewicz Hugh Sadlier, G'68, is a board-certified hypnotherapist with more than three decades of experience helping individuals achieve mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being through hypnosis. He is the founder of Hypno-Health, based in Maine, and has worked with more than 4,000 clients on more than 300 different issues ranging fro  more