Bangor
Natural Gas LLC and Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC have inked a deal to extend a
compressed-gas pipeline to the mill by late next year, officials said.
The
pipeline will make the mill an oil-free facility and cut the energy costs of
the town's largest employer by 40 percent, said Keith Van Scotter, co-owner of
Lincoln Paper and Tissue.The pipeline gas will also be available to residents and other area businesses, providing potential energy savings and a lure to new business and investors, Town Council Chairman Steve Clay said.
