Bethel Citizen highlights economics students’ energy plan
The Bethel Citizen highlighted an effort spearheaded by the Bethel Conservation Commission and two University of Maine graduate students to develop a five-year energy plan and present it to town officials in the spring. A member of the commission networked with Sharon Klein, associate professor of economics at UMaine, who then connected the commission member with a master’s student in the School of Economics, Rafiel Ahmed, and a Ph.D student in ecology and environmental sciences, Harry Arden, to create a cost basis analysis spreadsheet for the energy plan.