MAINE PUBLIC • November 12, 2021
A mid-sized project in York County that's part of the state's new "community solar" program is just about to go live. It's happening as the state's capacity for generating low-polluting electricity from the sun has surged in the last two years by more than 300% — and that's expected to grow as the state moves closer to its clean energy goals. That's largely due to a slate of reforms Gov. Janet Mills, supportive lawmakers and solar advocates helped to enact in 2019, which ended years of anemic growth under the administration of former Governor Paul LePage, who was hostile to renewable energy development.