Mount Desert Islander advances public energy meeting at UMaine
Mount Desert Islander reported the Governor’s Energy Office is asking Maine residents for their input as it develops an Energy Planning Roadmap to advance the state’s energy, economic development and environmental goals. A public meeting is set for the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 27. The roadmap, which builds on the 2015 state comprehensive energy plan update, has the following objectives: achieve energy and cost savings in the residential, commercial, industrial and transportation sectors; reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; and support the growth of a robust state and regional energy market and workforce, according to the article.