KELT is pleased to welcome Sam Saltonstall to introduce us to the tax credits and Efficiency Maine rebates available now for energy efficiency upgrades and transitioning away from fossil fuels.

This program will outline the exciting range of new tax rebates and credits available now to help you shrink your energy bills while keeping your home warm and comfortable and your vehicle up to date with the latest technologies.  Last year, Congress passed legislation that provides many generous tax credits and rebates to tighten up your space, purchase energy efficient electric appliances including heat pumps, acquire an electric car and perhaps even a solar system.  Many of us Mainers are not aware of these unusual opportunities, and the generous financial help available particularly to low and middle income folks.  Sam will explain how best to take advantage of the incentives, navigate potential obstacles like the upfront cost, and talk about why tackling these improvements with help from the Inflation Reduction Act and Efficiency Maine makes good sense for your pocketbook and your community!

WHEN: THURSDAY, February 22th AT 6:00PM

WHERE: ZOOM - A LINK WILL BE SENT FOLLOWING REGISTRATION BELOW.

Sam Saltonstall is a retired school teacher who worked on Peaks Island as an energy efficiency volunteer to test the wind resource, build insulating window inserts, get 108 home weatherized, form heat pump purchase groups, and implement an air sealing project and heating plant upgrade at the island school. Sam moved off Peaks in 2016, and now makes his home in Brunswick, where he is Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s MidCoast South Chapter Leader. He led the charge to insulate, install heat pumps and a rooftop solar system at this Bath church, and is Coordinator of WindowDressers’ Brunswick Community Build of insulating window inserts. Sam was the 2021 winner of the Natural Resources Council of Maine People’s Choice Award.