{"id":31913,"date":"2024-08-09T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=31913"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:50:16","slug":"talk-its-all-about-the-grid-the-past-present-and-future-of-energy-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/event\/talk-its-all-about-the-grid-the-past-present-and-future-of-energy-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk &#8211; It&#8217;s all about the grid: the past, present and future of energy in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30430 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Electricity meter close up\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop-105x59.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop-317x179.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop-423x239.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2023\/08\/meter-crop.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Virtual attendance:<\/strong><\/em> Complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/maine.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZwtd-6pqjMqH92lOAnSxzR5ZFxCuoRnkeDO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration form<\/a> for Zoom connection information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kate Cough, Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/themainemonitor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Maine Monitor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;s landscape as the state looks to incorporate more renewable energy sources and meet its climate goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themainemonitor.org\/author\/kaitlincough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Cough<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. 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