FY2027 budget adds XL battery funds
Efficiency Maine Trust (Efficiency Maine)Maine- Detected
- Sep 30, 2026
- 38 days ago
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From the meeting
At its September 30, 2026 meeting, the Board voted to adjust the FY2027 source of funding and expenditure budgets. The plan added $10 million of uncommitted RGGI funds for the XL battery initiative for T&ST customers, $2 million for a DIY winter preparation promotion, $1 million for EV rebates, $500,000 for HPWH mail-in rebates, $40,000 for call center mailings, and $3 million of Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) funding for Innovation projects through NEHPA. The total FY2027 source of funding and expenditure budgets were set at $262,039,836 and $262,040,648.
decision state: approved.
- Meeting date
- September 30, 2026
- Agency
- Efficiency Maine Trust (Efficiency Maine)
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