Maine will use $4.4 million in federal funds to strengthen electric grid vulnerable to extreme storms

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 9, 2024

Utilities, power generators and others can apply for funding to strengthen the state’s electric grid, which has been vulnerable to recent destructive storms, Gov. Janet Mills said Friday. The $4.4 million in federal funds awarded to Maine under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will pay for resilience projects. The goals are to increase resilience of the electric grid and reduce the frequency and duration of power outages. The grants also aim to improve clean energy workforce opportunities and meet electric grid modernization and state climate policy objectives.