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  • Northeast Transportation Innovation – Engaging Community Allies for a Clean, Equitable Transportation Future

    Maine’s roads, highways, and bridges are vital to the state’s well-being and prosperity, and persistent budget shortfalls—$68 million annually—have real economic consequences. Our outdated transportation system is also responsible for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, and presents dangerous threats to our climate and public health. Proposals to reform transportation funding at the state level have failed every year since 2009, but regional collaboration offers Maine a path to meet these challenges and achieve a clean, modern transportation system that meets community needs, reduces air pollution, and enhances economic opportunity.

  • Joint Letter from 25 Organizations in Support of Amendment 10 to S.2545

    This joint letter supports Amendment 10 to S.2545 (An Act to promote a clean energy future). Adoption and promotion of optional on-peak/off-peak rates, as required by the amendment, is an important way of providing improved incentives for ratepayers to manage peak demand through a wide variety of methods. These include management of energy usage, advanced energy storage, smarter energy efficiency investment, local clean energy generation such as solar, and electric vehicle charging at off-peak times.

  • Acadia Center Letter to CT GC3 Supporting Regional Transportation Climate Policy

    In the 2018 legislative session, the CT General Assembly enacted a mandate for the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030 – aligned with Acadia Center’s EnergyVision 2030 analysis. The Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) is now considering policy mechanisms to reach this target. In advance of their June meeting, Acadia Center sent a letter to the GC3 highlighting the enormous benefits a regional transportation climate policy would have for Connecticut.

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