Naomi Schalit

127 posts

Naomi Schalit is a co-founder of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, which operates The Maine Monitor.

LePage, utilities commissioner conflict over conflicts only partially resolved

A conflict over ethics between Gov. Paul LePage and a member of the state’s Public Utilities Commission has been settled in the short term, but threatens to produce more controversy over the long term.

ByNaomi Schalit

July 30, 2014

wind turbines and power lines seen looking up from the ground to the sky

State utility regulators approve giant wind deal — again

A deal to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into construction of wind energy projects in Maine and across the Northeast has been approved by Maine’s utility regulators.

ByNaomi Schalit

July 22, 2014

LePage, utilities commissioner at odds over ethics

A conflict has broken out between Commissioner David Littell and Paul LePage in an argument about ethics and public confidence.

ByNaomi Schalit

June 5, 2014

Public advocate reverses position on giant wind energy deal

The state public advocate’s office, which represents the interests of utility customers in Maine, has withdrawn its opposition to a multimillion-dollar transaction to build wind turbines across Maine and the Northeast.

ByNaomi Schalit

May 5, 2014

Prominent anti-wind activists investigated by Maine Attorney General

Two of the state’s most prominent anti-wind activists and the non-profit organization they run are under investigation by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills for alleged conflicts of interest that may have benefitted them financially at the expense of the organization.

ByNaomi Schalit

April 16, 2014

the Pelletier home as seen from across a lake

Sen. Jackson’s bill designed to help local man avoid fines for lake development

Lawmaker tried to get special legislation passed to help a single constituent by undoing part of a legal agreement with the state designed to protect a lake in Aroostook County.

ByJohn Christie Naomi Schalit

April 9, 2014

PUC ponders what’s next for multimillion-dollar wind deal vacated by court

Now what? That’s the question being asked by regulators, utilities and representatives of one of the biggest business deals to hit Maine after Maine’s high court invalidated regulatory approval of the deal.

ByNaomi Schalit

March 21, 2014