WHEREAS, Maine is committed to advancing an affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy future and enjoys abundant forms of renewable energy that power homes and businesses across the State; and

WHEREAS, clean energy sources including solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass facilities provide cost-effective power to Maine and the region; and

WHEREAS, the generation of power from renewable sources, including forms such as hydro, wood, wind, and solar, accounts for 54 percent of net electricity generation in Maine; and

WHEREAS, Maine has increased its Renewable Portfolio Standard to 90 percent by 2040 and adopted a complementary Clean Energy Standard to reach 100 percent clean energy by 2040; and

WHEREAS, Maine leads New England in wind-powered generation, and ranks eleventh in the country in its share of electricity generated from wind; and

WHEREAS, in 2024, hydroelectric power generated nearly 20 percent of the electricity in Maine, and Maine ranked ninth in the nation for hydropower production as a share of total energy generated; and

WHEREAS, Maine’s more than 16,000 clean energy jobs grow local economies and boost economic development; and

WHEREAS, Maine has led the nation in the adoption of high efficiency electric heat pumps, installing more than 200,000 units with a goal of 275,000 installed by 2027; and

WHEREAS, National Clean Energy Week provides an opportunity for individuals, local governments, corporations, and other organizations in Maine to champion commonsense solutions that address the United States’ evolving economic and energy needs;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that I, Janet T. Mills, Governor of the State of Maine, do hereby proclaim September 14-18, 2026, as

National Clean Energy Week

throughout the State of Maine, and I urge all citizens to recognize this observance.

In testimony whereof, I have caused

the Great Seal of the State to be

hereunto affixed GIVEN under my

hand at Augusta this seventeenth day of

August Two Thousand Twenty-Six