The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono.
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Speaker: Kate Cough, Editor, The Maine Monitor
Join Maine energy reporter Kate Cough for a discussion on the history of electricity generation in Maine, recent efforts to shake up the system and what a transition to the grid of the future might look like. Cough will give an overview of the changes that have shaped Maine’s energy landscape since the late 1990s, when the Legislature effectively banned grid owners from owning and operating generation plants and how those changes have influenced today’s landscape as the state looks to incorporate more renewable energy sources and meet its climate goals.
Kate Cough is editor of The Maine Monitor. She previously served as enterprise editor for The Monitor while also covering energy and the environment and writing the weekly Climate Monitor newsletter. Before joining The Monitor, Kate was a beat reporter for The Ellsworth American and digital media strategist for The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander. Kate graduated with honors from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College. Kate is an eighth generation Mainer who lives on Mount Desert Island with her husband, daughter, and dogs.
