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22 Bow Street savings
A Freeport grocery store is
saving on its energy bills by
using LED lights and
iceless seafood displays.
20 State of wind
Wind power has gotten
knocked down, but it
continues to attract
investment in Maine.
Chuck Piper, owner of Sundog Solar, is one of the solar industry's business
owners worried about the Jan. 1 rollback of the state's net-metering credit.
Cloudy days
ahead for
F O C U S E N E R G Y
Lack of government support may chill Maine's solar growth
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