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Maine PACE Loans Helps Keep Mainers Warm
12.28.11To save money last year, Rob and Amy Dudley shut off a third of their home and kept the thermostat low. Despite that, the family stilled burned through more than 1,800 gallons of heating oil and their house was so cold that their new baby, Clara, lived in her snowsuit. One morning, they discovered the dog’s water dish had a layer of ice over it.
Efficiency Maine in USA Today
12.28.11Gas and electric utilities will spend more than $6 billion in rate-payer funds this year to help customers slash energy use — an amount that's been growing by about $900 million a year since 2006, according to Steven Nadel of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Efficiency Maine - Year In Review Presentation
12.20.11Efficiency Maine Trust completed our first year operating as an independent Trust on June 30, 2011 and completed work on our FY 2011 Annual Report. We are proud to have delivered a record-breaking year and helped Mainers access the lowest cost energy in the state.
HESP Evaluation Released
12.12.11The Home Energy Savings Program Final Evaluation Report was released on November 30, 2011. The report can be found at the following link: http://www.efficiencymaine.com/docs/reports/Efficiency-Maine-HESP-Evaluation-Report_For-Release.pdf
Holding Onto the Heat Should be Priority
11.28.11The cheapest energy is the energy that is not used. That’s the thinking behind Efficiency Maine, a state program that helps businesses and residents cut their power usage, to save money and improve the environment.
Efficiency Maine Presents Awards to Contractors, Customers
11.18.11Efficiency Maine recently recognized a number of customers and business partners at its Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration, which took place Oct. 20 at the Ramada Conference Center in Lewiston.
Life Lessons: Energy Efficiency and Economic Responsibility
10.31.11Breakwater School Saves Energy and Money with Updated Heating System
20 Bright Ideas For Energy Savings
10.31.11WMTW Channel 8 is running a month-long series featuring practical energy efficiency tips for homeowners. The one-minute segments are airing each weekday during their 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 a.m. morning news shows. The 20-part news series featuring WMTW news reporter Norm Karkos and members of Efficiency Maine staff, began in late October and continue until November 23rd. Click here to see these helpful energy-saving tips!
Efficiency Maine Launches Save Like A Mainer
10.27.11The campaign encourages Mainers to explore energy-saving investment opportunities through Efficiency Maine to assist them in saving money on heating, electricity and fossil fuels through efficient and cost-effective uses of energy laid out in Efficiency Maine’s strategic three-year plan. The new awareness campaign is integral to Efficiency Maine’s implementation of that plan and achieving the more than $472 million in net benefits it will deliver to Maine’s consumers and the local economy.
Bill Nemitz: Warm way to energize economy
09.29.11He's tired of watching the politicians tie themselves up in rhetorical knots over the wisdom, or lack thereof, of a new economic-stimulus program. So Josh Wojcik is starting his own. It works like this: Between now and the end of the year, Wojcik will forgo any and all profit on the first 100 home weatherization projects that come his way. That's right – you pay for the materials and the labor, he pockets nary a dime.
