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Efficiency Maine Triennial Plan Update
Efficiency Maine Trust is in the process of developing its strategic plan (“The Triennial Plan”) for Fiscal Years 2014-2016. This important document serves to guide our programs and initiatives, and establishes cost-effective goals and objectives that help the Trust to maximize...
READ MORESugarloaf to Add 300 Snowmakers
Morning Sentinel By David Robinson May 23, 2012 CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf on Tuesday announced its plan to install 300 new energy-efficient snowmaking machines, which should help avoid a repeat of this past winter, when historically low snowfall totals kept some skiers from hitting...
READ MOREPUC Approves Transmission Alternative for Midcoast
Portland Press Herald By Tux Turkel AUGUSTA — The Maine Public Utilities Commission today approved a pilot program to test alternatives to building costly new transmission lines in the midcoast region. The agreement between Portland-based GridSolar, the Maine Public Advocate, the Conservation...
READ MORELow-interest Loans for Heating Efficiency
ByBen McCanna Lewiston Sun Journal April 16, 2012 WINSLOW — For more than a decade, John and Sheila Bacon were throwing money out the window. More accurately, the couple was losing money through the walls of their poorly insulated 62-year-old Benton Avenue home. Not anymore. A year...
READ MOREHome Tour Offers Glimpse of Benefits from Insulation
By Betty Adams Kennebec Journal April 12, 2012 The 1947 home at the top of Carlisle Street has a new blanket of insulation in the attic, new foam insulation around the sills and a much warmer feel. It was possible because of a $11,000 loan from Efficiency Maine. Homeowner John Dickens pointed...
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