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  • Advancing Energy Efficiency in Maine

    This report advocates for energy efficiency as a key tool for helping Maine achieve its ambitious climate goals. The report provides recommendations—including supporting Efficiency Maine Trust programs, modernizing codes and standards, and undertaking regulatory reform for a clean and resilient grid—that will advance the state toward its clean energy goals and resulting consumer and energy system benefits.

  • Statement on the New England Clean Energy Connect Transmission Line

    Acadia Center's statement on the transmission line project proposed by Central Maine Power and selected by Massachusetts to satisfy a state law and bring hydroelectric power from Canada into New England.

  • The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Ten Years in Review

    This report analyzes data since the launch of the country’s first multi-state carbon reduction program. The analysis shows that CO2 emissions from power plants in the RGGI states have fallen 90% faster than in the rest of country, while economic growth in the RGGI states has outpaced the rest of the country by 31%. The program has also driven substantial reductions in harmful co-pollutants, making the region’s air cleaner and its people healthier.

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