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E2Tech's new  Grid silience series bringing together regulators, electric utilities, generators and storage developers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of building the grid of the future with an affordable and resilient energy supply. May's Grid silience event featured three panels, this is the first focused on system planning with ISO New England's Melissa Winne, Maine Publ...

Find out what happened in the 132nd Maine Legislature and how Augusta is shaping Maine’s energy and environmental landscapes with Melanie Loyzim of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Jack Shapiro of Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), Sylvia Most of the Office of the Public Advocate, Eliza Donoghue of the Maine Renewable Energy Association (MREA), and Tony Buxton of the Indus...

When E2Tech first talked about organizing a discussion about data centers, someone said to me, “Make sure you present both sides of the issue.” But then every person I talked to had a unique perspective that somehow was both aligned and in tension with other perspectives in unexpected ways. We have put together a diverse panel with expertise in energy, environmental, and policy issues that goes be...

This energy discussion at E2Tech's Legislative Breakfast is a good primer for E2Tech's Legislative Wrap Up webinar on April 29th and E2Tech's Gridsilience event on May 6. Check out these and other great informational resources at www.e2tech.org   For about 20 years E2Tech has hosted a morning gathering in Augusta for our Maine's legislative leaders and E2Tech members. The February...

It has become popular in some circles to write the obituary of the environmental movement, to refer to the passing of the "golden era" for environmentalism. It is asserted that public interest has waned, that new worries have captured attention, that inflation, the energy crisis, and international conflict have superseded if not wiped out public concern over environmentalism. Those who w...

Jeff Marks is ClimateWork Maine’s first Executive Director and has worked for twenty years at the intersection of business, government, and the economy. ClimateWork Maine's Annual Summit digs into one of the most urgent questions facing Maine’s economy: how do we put climate at the forefront while keeping our businesses—and our communities—affordable and resilient? Marks tells E2Tech's Ori...

A discussion of the challenges of permitting energy projects and opportunities for improvement with Maine DEP's Rob Wood, Stantec's Eben Baker, Preti Flaherty's Jeff Thaler, Representative Chris Kessler of South Portland, and moderated by the Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine's (E2Tech) Orion Breen. This episode discusses how energy permitting reform can improv...

E2Tech's Orion Breen and Elisabeth Bialosky recap what they learned in E2Tech's first podcast interview with Matt Gamache of Competitive Energy Services, including a discussion of AI, energy affordability and policy stability to spur investment - topics that may be covered more in depth in future episodes. www.e2tech.org/post/new-podcast

E2Tech's Orion Breen interviews Matt Gamache of Competitive Energy Services about the current energy landscape one year into the second Trump administration. The discussion highlights growing complexity, affordability concerns, and reliability risks. Gamache explains that while oil and natural gas prices are not dramatically different from a year ago, markets have been volatile. Domestic produ...