Maine Public Benefit Funds for Energy Efficiency

• During the 2002 legislature, rules were established for electric energy conservation programs. (See electric utility restructuring legislation.) In 06/02, the PUC approved interim conservation programs for immediate implementation, including $300,000 for low-income refrigerator replacement. The refrigerator replacement program, which reached 300 households in 2002-03, is being augmented with an energy-efficient lighting program. The combined refrigerator-lighting program will reach 1,200 households during 2003-04, at a cost of $1.2 million. Funding for the program is included in the rates of the major state utilities under restructuring law and continues under the Conservation Act.
  

LEGISLATION

Act To Strengthen Energy Conservation

Page Last Updated: December 7, 2005