Welcome & Keynote Address from Maine House of Representative Melanie Sachs to provide statewide context for residential energy transition in Maine including current legislative initiatives climate and clean energy goals and how state policy is supporting homeowners and communities through incentives planning and infrastructure investment.

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Panel One | Home Energy Independence

Nate Cronauer of Maine Solar Solutions and Alan Caron, founder of ClimateWork Maine, will lead a panel on home energy generation and independence: solar, storage, geothermal & tech solutions.

Attendees visit tables hosted by partner organizations, nonprofits and selected vendors offering information on programs resources and next steps.

A practical experience based discussion of heat pumps in Maine homes, myths, challenges and opportunities including integration with solar and storage solutions, etc. led by Scott Libby of Royal River Heat Pumps.

Panel led by Andy Meyer, Senior Program Manager for Efficiency Maine and Mika Heming, Director of retrofitMAINE, to help homeowners understand how to fund energy efficiency, solar and heat pump projects using local state and federal programs.