A Climate To Thrive

TO ACHIEVE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FOR MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE BY 2030.

MAINE CLIMATE ACTON NOW (MCAN) PROGRAM: THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, MCAN WORKS WITH YOUTH, FRONT-LINE COMMUNITIES, AND OTHERS HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE CLIMATE CONVERSATION TO ACHIEVE A TRANSITION TO ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2030, AND TO DEMAND THE EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY, ECOLOGICAL LAND USE PRACTICES, AND COMMUNITY-LED ACTION FOR A MORE RESILIENT MAINE.

OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES TOTALING 96,008 COMPRISED OF: HANCOCK COUNTY ENERGY AUDIT PROGRAM, 21,930; CLIMATE RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP (PROGRAM WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO REDUCE ENERGY AND RESOURCE CONSUMPTION), 19,279L ELECTRIFY MDI (MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE) (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VERSANT POWER, PROMOTION OF BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF DUCTLESS MINI-SPLIT HEAT PUMPS), 11,444; DOWNEAST ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM (FACILITATES INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS DOWNEAST MAINE), 9,967; A CLIMATE TO THRIVE (ACTT) ENERGY COMMITTEE (EXPLORES RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICIES, PROJECTS, AND TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF ACTTS'S MISSION), 8,699; SUMMER & HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 7,425: PUC MONITORING PROJECT (MONITORS VARIOUS MAINE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION DOCKET MATTERS TO DETERMINE E OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT ACTT'S MISSION), 6,336; SUSTAINABLE MDI PROGRAM, 4,798; MDI MICROGRID PROJECT 9EXPLORE FEASIBILITY OF AN PROMOTE AN ELECTRICITY MICROGRID ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE, 3005; TOWN OF MOUNT DESERT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PROJECT (DEVELOP A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF MOUNT DESERT, MAINE), 2,496; ZERO WASTE & PLASTICS PROGRAM, 411; MDI HIGH SCHOOL (MDIHS) E-BUS EVALUATION PROJECT (BEGINNING OF PROGRAM TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE OF THE MDIHS LIONC ES, 216.

SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS: A CLIMATE TO THRIVE (ACTT) WORKED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE-SCALE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECTS (ON AND IN THEVICINITY OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE) AND RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESSROOFTOP SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS TO FURTHER ITS PRIMARY MISSION OF ACHIEVING ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FOR MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BY 2030.

BLUE HILL ELECTRIC VEHICLE EV) PROGRAM: ACTT LAUNCHED AND MANAGED AN ON- GOING PROGRAM TO FUND INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC EV CHARGERS IN THE BLUE HILL AND HANCOCK COUNTY (MAINE) AREA. THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF A PRIVATE DONOR WHO, RECOGNIZING ACTT'S EXPERIENCE FACILITATING EV CHARGER INSTALLATIONS, PROVIDED THE NEEDED FUNDING. BY THE END OF THE 2021, 13 NEW CHARGING PLUGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND BROUGHT ONLINE ON THE BLUE HILL PENINSULA, WITH 14 MORE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. DESPITE COVID RESTRICTIONS THAT HAMPERED ACTT'S ABILITY TO STAGE PUBLIC EVENTS, PLANS CONTINUE FOR EDUCATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE RIDE-AND-DRIVE EVENT. PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE BLUE HILL EV PROGRAM TO RESULT IN A TOTAL OF OVER 30 NEW EV PLUGS AT 15 SITES BY THE MIDDLE OF 2022 AS WELL AS INCREASED INTEREST IN DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING STATIONS IN HANCOCK COUNTY.