The Ellsworth American reports on Bucksport’s new committee to consider energy sources.
The Bucksport Town Council voted unanimously at its Dec. 13 meeting to approve a resolution creating an energy committee for the town.
The committee would investigate alternative energy and conservation projects.
“I think we have an obligation to our citizens to pursue this,” Town Manager Roger Raymond told the council.
The idea for the committee arose about a year ago when the council authorized Raymond to pursue the possibility of using wind power to provide electricity for several publicly owned facilities in Bucksport.
Since then, the city has received several proposals from companies that build wind turbines.
One possible wind power site was the town’s wastewater treatment facility. Another was proposed at the middle school.
The energy committee would review these proposals as well as investigate other alternative energy sources, such as natural gas and geothermal energy.
