We need your help!
The public hearing for Maine’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator (LD 1659) is scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, at 10am.
Written testimony can be submitted online, and you can also sign up to speak in person. The form for both is available here. Even a short note asking the committee to support the bill makes a big difference! - Select 'public hearing', choose the 'Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee', select the hearing date, 'May 12, 10am', and then select LD 1659 - An Act to Create the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. The form allows you to either type a message into the text box, or to attach a document or pdf.
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- Each year, Mainers collectively spend more than $4 billion importing fossil fuels from outside the state. Yet hundreds of thousands of Maine families are unable to afford the upfront cost of efficiency and clean energy projects. The Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator, LD 1659, will help every Maine family to participate in the clean energy transition.
- It will also help generate investments in regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, clean transportation and climate-resilient infrastructure, creating thousands of jobs across the state. Maine can solve the climate emergency, and kick-start our economy at the same time!
- The Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator will leverage private capital from local banks, credit unions, CDFIs and other lenders to reduce barriers for Mainers to fund cost saving, clean energy solutions at home. This bill will enable Efficiency Maine trust to administer a broad program focused on low-income populations through federal dollars and encourage private investments from local banks, credit unions and other lenders.
- The new program created at Efficiency Maine will invest in efficiency, clean energy, clean transportation, regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, climate resilient infrastructure, and other climate solutions.
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