Dan Berger

FocusMaine's strategic plan is centered on propelling the growth of Maine's key industries, including the bioeconomy and food economy, to transform Maine into a hub for top talent and enhance economic opportunities for all Mainers. The plan focuses on business and market development, business attraction through a bioscience ecosystem, eliminating sector barriers, and workforce development. Key goals include empowering entrepreneurs, improving market access, attracting bioscience companies, fostering collaboration, and building sustainable talent pathways to showcase career opportunities in the innovation economy.

The Maine Energy Plan focuses on delivering affordable energy, ensuring reliable and resilient energy systems, responsibly advancing clean energy, deploying efficient technologies to reduce energy costs, and expanding clean energy career opportunities. It addresses Maine's over-reliance on imported fossil fuels, the need for grid modernization, and the importance of regional collaboration. The plan outlines strategies to reduce energy burden for low-income households, promote innovative resilience solutions, and achieve the state's clean energy and climate goals.

The Maine Energy Planning document outlines the state's strategy to achieve 100% clean energy usage by 2040. It includes developing a comprehensive integrated energy plan that builds on past modeling, laws, and policies, ensuring the plan benefits all Maine residents and businesses through broad stakeholder engagement. The plan analyzes long-term energy demand, explores multiple scenarios to meet energy needs, models the operation of future energy supply and demand, and considers various policy options.