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Energy efficiency code across Maine

What this decidesWhich code version a project will be held to, and whether a town is adopting a stretch code.

Adoption and amendment of energy codes for new and renovated buildings, including stretch codes and the enforcement arrangements behind them.Our definition of the class.

Your own viewEnergy efficiency code, cut to what you need to know
18
towns on the record
34
events on the record
11
in the last 90 days
2
threads on the record

What this page is for one topic across Maine's municipalities on the public record: where it is moving, which towns carry it, the documents behind it. A subscriber sees it cut to their own towns and questions. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

Where it is on the record18 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-08-31: events in the last 90 days against the 90 before, the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number, the latest document.
Falmouth7 events5 in 90 days ▲ +150.0%latest 2026-08-25, Presentation.pdf
Presque Isle4 events2 in 90 days ▲ +100.0%latest 2026-08-24, Chapter 60 Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) O
Kennebunk3 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda
Bangor1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Housing - Residential Checklist Accessory Dwelling
Brunswick1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-22, Packet
South Portland1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Comp Plan DRAFT - Planning Board Review Pt 2
Bath5 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-03, 2025-11-06-Agenda.pdf(PDF, 79KB)
Wiscasset2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Packet
Augusta1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-02, PDF
Cape Elizabeth1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, School Board Policy Cmte 2026-03-18 — Agenda Schoo
Caribou1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-26, Minutes
Cumberland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-25, Electrical Permits September 2025 (PDF)
Kennebunkport1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-06-01, Growth Planning Committee — community survey revis
Limington1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, Download
Livermore Falls1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-19, PB 11.19. 2025 Minutes
Orono1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-05, Penobscot Climate Action Survey 2 Paper Version
Portland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-16, Sustainability & Transportation Committee Meeting
Yarmouth1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-04, Historic Preservation Committee — AGENDA 10-27-25

Threads on the record2 threads

Matters in this class that have come back to a board more than once: the title, the towns, the documents by their meeting date. The reading of each is written for subscribers.
EV charging ordinanceBiddeford and SacoCity Council, Finance Committee, Policy Committee, Sustainability Commission
22 June Finance Committee: 6 22 finance committee22 July28 July Sustainability Committee10 August Town Council24 August Policy Committee
Falmouth Council weighs ordinance on poultry, setback variances, energy systemsFalmouthCommunity Development Committee, Planning Board, Town Council
24 August Town Council10 August Town Council13 July Town Council

Who this typically touches

Business types a matter in this class typically reaches. Our inference from the class, not the record's words; a specific organization is named on these pages only when the record itself names it.

Likely to gain: energy raters and code consultants (a stretch code adoption creates compliance and verification work).

Likely affected: builders and envelope subcontractors (the adopted code sets insulation, air sealing and testing obligations).

Worth watching: code officials and their training providers (enforcement capacity is decided alongside adoption).

One scope up

The same class at a wider scope: Energy efficiency code in Maine · Energy efficiency code in Massachusetts · Energy efficiency code in New Hampshire · Energy efficiency code in Vermont · Energy efficiency code in Connecticut · Energy efficiency code in Illinois · Energy efficiency code across the country.

Counts and dates are taken from the documents on the record in this window. The class and its definition are ours.