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Mint
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Mint
RCB vs RR IPL 2025: Rajasthan CEO heads to liquor store after crushing defeat
Rajasthan Royals suffered a devastating defeat in the Indian Premier League on Thursday as they lost by 12 runs to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. It seems not everyone has taken the defeat well as RCB fans on the streets of Bengaluru filmed RR's CEO Jake Lush McCrum making a beeline for a well-known liquor shop in the centre of the city. In a video that went viral quickly, a self-confessed RCB fan captured McCrum walking briskly towards Tonique, located in central Bengaluru, shortly after RR failed to chase 206. The RCB fan can be heard jokingly saying that McCrum wants to drink away his sorrow after the crushing loss. Watch the viral video: RR slumped to their fifth consecutive loss as they crashed to a defeat from a strong position. Chasing 206 for a win, RR were cruising to victory with Yashasvi Jaiswal giving the team a flying start off the blocks. The swashbuckling left handed batsman scored 49 off just 19 balls before falling to Josh Hazlewood. Dhruv Jurel seemed to have been anchoring RR's chase with calm and poise but his 47 off 34 came in vain. With this defeat, their seventh in the nine matches they have played in IPL 2025 so far, the Rajasthan franchise are languishing at eighth spot in the standing with 4 points to their name. With the bottom two teams playing each other today - Chennai Super Kings is hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad - RR will slide further in the standings. Incidentally, RR's loss against RCB, their fifth in a row in IPL 2025, equals their longest-ever losing streak in the history of the tournament. They previously held this record in 2009. Could things get worse for RR? They host table-toppers Gujarat Titans on Monday, April 28, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Stay updated on all the action from the IPL 2025. Check the IPL 2025 Schedule, track the latest IPL 2025 Points Table, and follow the top performers with the Orange Cap and Purple Cap. First Published: 25 Apr 2025, 03:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Fan records RR CEO walking towards liquor store in Bengaluru after yet another loss in IPL 2025
Rajasthan Royals' downward spiral in IPL 2025 took another turn on Thursday night as the side slumped to its fifth consecutive defeat. The side faced an 11-run defeat against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, and a video of RR's CEO. Jake Lush McCrum, has since drawn attention off the field. In a video that quickly circulated online, a fan captured McCrum seemingly walking towards the upscale liquor store, Tonique, in central Bengaluru shortly after the Royals' latest collapse. The fan, who was an RCB supporter, said in the video that McCrum wants to drink in the pain after the side's defeat. The Royals were once again left gutted in a close run-chase, falling short at 194/9 despite a flying start from Yashasvi Jaiswal (49 off 19 balls) and some resistance from Dhruv Jurel (47 off 34). Their latest defeat leaves them stuck at eighth in the table, with just two wins from nine matches. It equals their longest-ever losing streak in IPL history – five matches – previously recorded in 2009. Earlier, Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted a daunting 205/5 thanks to a 95-run stand between Virat Kohli (70 off 42) and Devdutt Padikkal (50 off 27). Kohli moved second in the Orange Cap race with 392 runs in nine matches, trailing only Gujarat Titans' Sai Sudharsan (417). For Rajasthan, there were moments of hope – a 52-run opening stand between Jaiswal and 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a late burst from Riyan Parag and Jurel. But a flurry of wickets in the middle overs, including a double blow from Krunal Pandya and a four-wicket haul from Josh Hazlewood, sealed their fate once more. Sunil Gavaskar didn't hold back post-match either, saying on Star Sports: 'With someone like Rahul Dravid as the coach, it was quite baffling—it was unthinking cricket... it's just a different kind of cricket.' RCB, meanwhile, jumped to third spot in the table with their sixth win of the season, and a first at home. The side remains unbeaten on the road, and will face an away fixture this Sunday as they take on the high-flying Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Many believe Maine's net energy billing needs reform, but diverge on whether to tweak or toss
Solar panels in Damariscotta, Maine. (Photo by Evan Houk/ Maine Morning Star) When Maine's solar energy incentive program was expanded in 2019, former state legislator Jeffery Hanley was at the table during those discussions. 'It was, in my eyes, a disaster then, and it's a disaster now,' he told the current members of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee during a public hearing Thursday. Hanley attended the hearing to speak in favor of a series of bills introduced by his fellow Republicans to repeal the state's net energy billing program. The committee heard four such proposals with the stated goal of reducing energy costs for ratepayers. The bills drew hours of testimony from people who want to see the program tossed in the bin and those who believe it works but agree it could be improved. Net energy billing is a utility program designed to encourage customers to install or participate in small-scale renewable energy projects like solar panels by offering credits to offset their electricity bills. It was expanded in 2019 so customers can use renewable energy generators located outside of their property but within the same utility service territory, such as a community solar project. That expansion, in particular, has come under fire for providing generous incentives to solar farm developers that utility customers are helping pay for. The legislators seeking to repeal the program argue it is driving up costs for ratepayers, especially small businesses and low-income households who can't afford to get solar panels. Opponents of the bills also want to lower energy costs, but many said that simply getting rid of net energy billing won't fix the problem and could create an issue for those who have transitioned to renewable energy because of the program. McCrum, a 15,000 acre potato farm and processing facility in Aroostook County, is paying $57,000 a month in public policy charges, according to an electric bill Senate Minority Leader Trey Stewart (R-Aroostook) shared with the committee while presenting LD 257. While Stewart specifically linked that charge to net energy billing, a representative from Versant Power told the committee he would get back to them with more information about what is included in that fee. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Legislators meant well when they enacted the net energy billing program; however, it grew too large, too fast and has now become a 'job-killing solar tax,' said Sen. Stacey Guerin (R-Penobscot) when presenting her bill, LD 32. She said she has heard stories from her constituents who have had to close their businesses over mounting energy costs, which she also attributed largely to increased net energy billing costs. However, the Natural Resources Council of Maine and others who testified at the hearing pointed out that volatile natural gas prices due to international events and other market factors have driven up energy costs in recent years. Hanley argued that while it isn't 'all due to the solar issue…it certainly is a component.' And for those like himself who live on a fixed income and have seen their power bill more than double from four years ago, 'This is just salt in the wound.' The most recent analysis from the Office of the Public Advocate estimates the annual ratepayer cost of operational net energy billing projects to be more than $240 million, which is higher than expected, said Public Advocate Heather Sanborn at the hearing. Committee members said that number is higher than what they had recently been told, but Sanborn said her number includes a slew of projects that came online at the end of December. While some ratepayers' bills have increased, net energy billing has also helped launch a successful solar industry in Maine and stabilize rates for the schools, grocery stores, municipal governments and other customers who have participated in the program, said Caroline Colan from the Governor's Energy Office. Ending the program raises questions about what would happen to participants, which isn't addressed in the bills, Colan added. The agency is open to modifying the program, but as written, the bills to repeal the program are 'irresponsibly blunt.' Legislature to again weigh whether clean energy credits are helping or harming Maine ratepayers The Thursday hearing also included LD 450, which has nearly identical language to the bills proposed by Guerin and Stewart, and LD 515, which seeks more specifically to undo the 2019 expansion of the program. Though she has concerns about how the program affects ratepayers, Sanborn testified neither for nor against the bill, echoing the need to modernize rather than completely scrap the program. With more than 100,000 participating ratepayers, Sanborn said she can't support bills that would erase the program without a 'legislative solution' for what would come next. Instead of the blanket approach proposed in the bills, Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Patrick Woodcock, who spoke neither for nor against the bills, offered a series of suggestions to improve the current program, including a ceiling on credits, adjusting compensation rates based on the size of the project and more utilization of energy storage, among other considerations. Though a renewable energy compensation program is not unique to Maine, Woodcock said the rates provided to large projects are more generous in comparison. Guerin touched on this during her testimony, saying that out-of-state developers have benefited by utilizing the tariff rate program, which offers a dollar credit to nonresidential customers. In 2023, legislators passed some reforms to address those criticisms. Sen. Bruce Bickford (R-Androscoggin) said he overpaid for a 9.5-acre parcel of land, but he has solar companies offering him nearly three times what he paid for the land. 'There's a lot of land in the state that is overvalued due to solar,' he told the committee when presenting his proposal, LD 359, which would change how participants are credited for the energy they produce. More specifically, it seeks to cut out the compensation given for transmission and distribution. Bickford said his bill would ensure that net energy billing remains fair, focused and beneficial to individual customers and argued it would prevent large-scale investors from dominating the resources. Though he said the bill would not penalize existing contracts, environmental advocates testified against the bill arguing that it could hurt current participants. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
