Program Information For Maine's Municipalities

Efficiency Maine is excited to be partnering with Maine’s municipalities to provide attractive home energy improvement financing to your residents. Maine PACE and PowerSaver Loans can deliver meaningful energy savings to homeowners seeking to make cost-effective home energy improvements. Efficiency Maine’s financing, coupled with our appliance rebates and solar incentives can help residents save money, make valuable improvements to their property, and possibly increase the resale value of their home.

To get a PACE loan in Maine, a customer’s property must be located in a municipality that has adopted a PACE ordinance. Unless and until a municipality adopts a PACE ordinance, the homeowner cannot obtain a PACE loan. NOTE: PowerSaver Loans are available statewide.

Efficiency Maine has developed a Model PACE Ordinance on which towns can base their own ordinances. Click here for Model Ordinance, in which Efficiency Maine will administer the PACE program on behalf of the municipality. Click here for a Model Contract. Click here for the List of Municipalities (PDF) that have notified Efficiency Maine that they have passed a PACE Ordinance.

For municipalities that adopt ordinances using the town meeting approach, there can be a significant lag time between opportunities to adopt an ordinance. As such, it is important to place the PACE ordinance on your agenda as time permits.

Here you will find:

Background information on the Maine PACE law
Model PACE Ordinance that municipal governments adopt if they want to provide Maine PACE financing to homeowners
Maine PACE Loans Brochure (PDF)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and answers about Maine PACE

Next Steps

Interested in having your community pass a Maine PACE ordinance? Email Dana Fischer at dana.fischer@efficiencymaine.com.