Drive Electric Maine Quarterly Meeting: June 23rd, 3 - 5 pm 

Recording of DEM Meeting:

Recording can be viewed here  

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Maine Clean Communities Program Updates: 

• In discussions to bring electric school buses to the state for schools to test out 

• Working on outreach to towns to help support those who want to apply to the EPA Clean School Bus rebate program  

Hope Kohtala from Efficiency Maine 

• Announced expanded eligibility in Low to Moderate Income Rebate Program (anyone who participates in the programs such as LIHEAP, SNAP, Maine Care, can get preapproved for enhanced rebates) 

• Low Income Energy Rebates and Options | Efficiency Maine 

Rural EV Adoption Toolkit 

• Rob and Dave presented findings on the intersection of rural driving and EV uptake  

• Benefits and barriers of EV adoption in rural NNE 

• The Toolkit can be viewed here: https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/TNC_NNE_Rural_EV_Toolkit_April_2022_Final.pdf 

• David Roberts, droberts@veic.org 

• Rob Wood, Robert.wood@tnc.org 

Electric School Bus Fleet Assessment Tool 

• Presented by Aaron Smith, CMP/Avangrid 

• Seeking feedback on what outputs you would be interested in, the tool is currently in Beta 

• Understanding both the cost of the vehicle and what you’re going to budget for operating costs and energy bill  

• Check out the tool here: https://www.cmpco.com/wps/portal/cmp/home/?1dmy&current=true&urile=wcm:path:/CMPAGR_Navigation/Header/SmartEnergy/Innovation/Plug-InElectricVehicles/EVBusFleetPilotProgram/ 

• Aaron Smith, aarron.smith@avangrid.com