AUGUSTA – Efficiency Maine held
its Annual Symposium yesterday in
Augusta honoring
business leaders in Efficiency Maine programs and Maine’s energy efficiency community. Approximately 200
efficiency contractors, stakeholders, and legislators attended
the event.
Efficiency Maine also awarded the Philip C. Hastings
Award
to recently retired Maine Public Utilities Chairman Thomas L. Welch for
his frequent and influential commitment to energy efficiency.
Dave’s World of Windham and Dover-Foxcroft was
recognized for innovation in energy efficiency.
Participants attended
a panel discussion on Maine’s path
to affordable home heating led
by home
performance and heating system professionals. A workshop entitled
“Using New “Smart” Technology to
Lower Energy Bills
for
Maine Businesses” highlighted smart meter analytics and advanced
controls technology. Patrick
Woodcock, Director of the Governor’s Energy Office and Efficiency Maine Trust
Board Member, offered
his
thoughts on the future of
energy efficiency in Maine. Michael Stoddard, Executive Director of Efficiency Maine, provided highlights from Efficiency Maine’s
work
in the past year, including
delivering electricity savings
at an average levelized cost of 2.3 cents/kWh
compared
with an average cost of
supply of 7 cents/kWh.
Stoddard also shared
that Efficiency Maine’s programs in
FY14 helped Mainers avoid $191,779,901 in
wasted energy costs. Efficiency upgrades installed since the Trust
started in July, 2010 through the end of FY2014 are projected to lower lifetime energy costs by $964 million and now deliver the equivalent of a 96 MW power plant operating on the hottest day of
the
summer, accounting for 3
percent of Maine’s generating capacity during summer peak.
Efficiency Maine is
an independent
trust dedicated to promoting the efficient and cost-effective use of energy in order to save money for Maine residents and businesses,
grow the economy and create jobs.
For more information, visit www.EfficiencyMaine.com or call 1-866-376-2463.
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