PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 21, 2023
On Friday, Gov. Janet Mills announced Maine had met one of its key climate action plan goals two years early. In 2019, Mills committed to the installation of 100,000 new heat pumps in Maine by 2025. As of June, Maine had provided rebates for the installation of 104,000 pumps. Mills said Maine is now a national leader in heat pump installation, and she wants to sustain the momentum. With White House officials looking on in approval, Mills told a small crowd gathered in Fairfield about Maine’s new goal: 175,000 more heat pumps installed by 2027.