11:00a.m. to 11:05a.m. -- Welcome and meeting objectives

11:05a.m. to 12:40p.m. -- Review policy options to plan and build necessary clean energy infrastructure

12:40p.m. to 12:55p.m. -- Updates from small groups on other topics

12:55p.m. to 1:00p.m. -- Next steps

1:00p.m. -- Adjourn

1:00p.m. to 1:05p.m. -- Welcome and agenda overview  

1:05p.m. to 1:30p.m. -- Centering ourselves in the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) data

1:30p.m. to 1:50p.m. -- Testing possible actions for an updated Maine Won’t Wait  

1:50p.m. to 2:20p.m. -- Small group conversations – refining proposed actions 

2:20p.m. to 2:40p.m. -- Break 

2:40p.m. to 3:40p.m. -- Consolidating our thinking 

3:40p.m. to 3:45p.m. -- Next steps  

3:45.p.m. to 4:00p.m. -- Close meeting – opportunity to explore on-site electric vehicles 

1:00p.m. to 1:05p.m. -- Welcome and meeting overview

1:05p.m. to 1:35p.m. -- Centering group in transportation data

1:35p.m. to 1:45p.m. -- Review of focus areas for likely policy updates

1:45p.m. to 2:05p.m. -- Small group conversations

2:05p.m. to 2:30p.m. -- Consolidating ideas

2:30p.m. to 2:45p.m. -- Break

2:45p.m. to 3:40p.m. -- Consolidating ideas, continued

3:40p.m. to 3:55p.m. -- Notes from Demand Management Workshop

3:55p.m. to 4:00p.m. -- Next steps

4:00p.m. -- Close meeting

• 9:00 AM: Welcome and meeting objectives
• 9:05 AM: Energy burdens and access as Maine advances beneficial electrification
• 10:40 AM: Demand management- Review of key take-aways from the January workshop 
• 10:55 AM: Next steps
• 11:00 AM: Adjourn

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Hear from co-chairs and staff from the six working groups of the Maine Climate Council about key topics that are emerging in their discussions and how to provide input.

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Meeting Agenda: The Maine Climate Council has started the process of updating the state's climate action plan, Maine Won't Wait, by December 1, 2024. This webinar will provide an introduction to the Maine Climate Council process and how to participate.

1) Review equity recommendations

2) Review clean copy of strategies/actions to submit to the CMWG chairs for March meeting

9:00a.m. to 9:10a.m. -- Welcome

9:10a.m. to 10:00a.m. -- Draft policy recommendations: resilience goals and metrics

10:00a.m. to 10:50am. -- Draft policy recommendations: integrating resilience and emergency management response/recovery planning

10:50a.m. to 11:00a.m. -- Break

11:00a.m. to 11:50a.m. -- Draft policy recommendations: getting out of harm's way

11:50a.m. to 12:00p.m. -- Next steps

12:00p.m. -- Adjourn

GOPIF staff will provide an overview of the EPA's Community Change Grants, up to $2 billion in funding available to support climate and environmental action in Maine communities. At this meeting, you will also have the opportunity to meet potential partners for joint applications.

Agenda in progress

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