Drive Electric Maine Quarterly Meeting: September 29th, 3 - 4:30 pm

 

Recording of DEM Meeting:

Recording can be viewed here. Password: R$=K!w7!

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Maine Clean Communities Program Updates: 

• Soon, all of I95 will be an EV Corridor 

• Recap of Electric Trash Trucks Webinar on Sept 1st 

• Recent electric school bus demos in Southern ME

• Introduction of EMPOWER workplace charging project

Efficiency Maine Rural EV Updates

• Announced Rural Level 2 Funding Opportunity 

• Local governments, public libraries, businesses outside of Cumberland and York counties

• Applications due Nov 17th

• Very generous incentives...up to 100% of project costs

• Maine's EV Charging network is growing 

• Over 8,000 EVs in the state

CMP Electric School Bus Fleet Assessment Tool/L2 Make Ready

• It will tell you how you can expect your utility bill to change

• Can help you analyze the economic and operational impact of EV fleets

• Check out the tool here: Electric School Bus Fleet Assessment Tool

• Aaron Smith, aarron.smith@avangrid.com

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 Electric Transit Bus Updates with the Center for Transportation & the Environment 

• Working with GPM and BSOOB

• Focus is zero-emission transportation technologies 

• Help with prototype development & demonstration, smart deployment, fleet transition, education and outreach​

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Marine Electrification with The Boat Yard

• Chad and Nick from The Boat Yard/Shred Electric 

• Working to wean aquaculture off of fossil fuels through the use of electric work boats & tenders, batteries on the water rather than generators, and improving harvest efficiency 

Drive Electric Maine is a coalition of public and private stakeholders whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and the expansion of charging infrastructure throughout Maine. We meet quarterly to discuss EV infrastructure development with a focus on advocacy. Sign up below to join!