Casella ditches UMaine pipeline plan
Casella Waste Systems Inc. has ditched plans for a 7-mile methane gas pipeline from its Juniper Ridge landfill in Old Town to the University of Maine, a project the university projected would save $15 million in heating costs over 20 years.
The Bangor Daily News reported that Don Meagher, manager of planning and development for Casella, said the company was not able to get financing for the project based on a deal it reached in November 2011 with the university. Margaret Nagle, a spokeswoman for the university, said the two parties may continue discussions of the plan later.
The project also faced a challenge from Bangor Gas Co., which claimed the pipeline would hurt its business and contested Casella’s application with the Maine Public Utilities Commission to become a utility under its subsidiary EcoGas.
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