Maine regulators side with Passamaquoddy Tribe in solar project dispute

Maine regulators side with Passamaquoddy Tribe in solar project dispute

Maine utility regulators have sided with the Passamaquoddy Tribe in a dispute with its local utility to install solar panels and battery storage across more than 200 homes in Indian Township. The tribe’s plans have been delayed for almost a year, after Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative argued that the federally funded rooftop arrays amounted to a “single discrete generating facility.” The co-op insisted that meant the arrays collectively had th…