An RDF Success Story
1996 "In August 1988, KTI Operations, Inc. assumed operations responsibility at the Maine Energy Recovery Company facility" |
Biddeford could buy, close MERC incinerator for $6.6M
6/29/2012 "Within a year of the purchase, the company must demolish and pay for demolition of the facility, except for the main stack. The stack must remain to fulfill cellular contracts." |
Biddeford's Stevenson courts developers for incinerator site
1/21/2013 "Dec. 31 marked the end of an era in Biddeford as Maine Energy Recovery Co. closed its doors after being purchased by the city for $6.5 million." |
Casella 2007 Annual Report
p.20 PPA w/Central Maine: through May 31, 2007 at an initial rate of 7.18 cents (determined in 1996) per [kWh], escalates annually by 2% (9.41 cents per kWh as of April 30, 2007). From 6/1/2007 to 12/ |
Casella Waste to close Maine WTE facility by Dec. 31
11/2/2012 "The 25-year-old WTE facility will be taken apart soon after the closure. City officials told the newspaper that the MERC has been a source of complaints about odor and noise, and its remova |
Developer seeking to buy MERC, then shut it
3/15/2010 "There is no deal on the table, according to officials for both Mattson and Casella Waste Management, the parent company of the Maine Energy Recovery Co." |
MERC trash plant sale delayed by discovery of banned chemicals
11/15/2012 "a last-minute environmental report showed the presence of dioxin and PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyls" |
Title V License
"(14 tons of refuse) firing refuse derived fuel including licensed supplemental wastes, tires, waste wood and wood chips." |