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Committee backs drafting of bill to create a low-cost Home Energy Navigator resource hub pilot
Summary
DOER and GOPIF presented a three-option pilot design for energy coaches and a Home Energy Navigator under LD 1967; the committee favored a low-cost resource-hub pilot (proposal 3) and voted to pursue a committee bill to establish the pilot, asking DOER to draft language and provide a fiscal note (committee vote 6-5).
Staff from the Maine Department of Energy Resources and the Governors Office of Policy Innovation for the Future presented the Legislatures report responding to LD 1967 that designed options for a Home Energy Navigator and community-based energy coaching pilot.
Molly Siegel (GOPIF) summarized the pilots purpose: energy coaches would help residents access rebates, grants and programs (Efficiency Maine, Maine Housing, weatherization assistance, LIHEAP), perform low-barrier outreach and provide technical-assistance…
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