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Friday, January 28, 2011 at 9:00 AM Energy News Roundup: January 22-January 28
This week in regional energy news …
- The proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR is drawing controversy from environmentalists and competitors.
- Standard offer electricity prices will drop for CMP’s and Bangor Hydro’s customers.
- New Hampshire’s regulators have increased incentives for the purchase and installation of residential biomass heating systems.
- Wood Pellets Company and Corinth Wood Pellets, two Maine wood pellets companies, received grants totaling $288,000 this week from the Department of Agriculture’s Bioenergy Program.
- After a party-line vote, Darryl Brown has been confirmed as Maine’s newest Department of Environmental Protection commissioner.
- NB Power asks its customers to curb their energy usage during a cold spell.
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