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Yarmouth 4 in Yarmouth tops our list
of Maine's largest power plants.
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14 More than a Maine thing
Wicked Whoopies
has 30 employees,
$3 million in
annual sales and
one sweet product:
the whoopie pie.
18 Debate over energy costs
It's a common gripe
among businesses,
but how do Maine's
rates compare with
New England and
other states?
26 Baker Newman changeover
Carl Chatto takes
over leadership of
one of Maine's
largest accounting
firms, Baker
Newman Noyes.
Mississippi Louisiana
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Businesses look for
innovative ways to
cut energy costs
B y L a u r i e S c h r e i b e r
A
t Caravan Beads, owner Barry Kahn
hired ReVision Energy last year to
install 264 photovoltaic panels, each 260
watts, on the roof of his 22,000-square-
foot retail store and warehouse.
e solar array, which generates 68
kilowatts of electricity, is the largest
photovoltaic array in Portland, although
it will soon likely be eclipsed by a larger
one in development at Bayside Bowl.
Caravan Beads, a Portland wholesaler
and retailer of beads and beading supplies
used by jewelry artists, installed the array
based on the success of a smaller set-up
on the owner's adjacent building, which is
Dead River
makes
leadership
transition
B y L o r i V a l i g r a
New CEO is a steady force in
a turbulent energy market
Deanna Sherman, president
of Dead River Co., is set to
take over as CEO in July.
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