Maine getting millions in federal grants to install heat pumps [Video]

MASSIE WILL HAVE TO PAY A 15 HUNDRED DOLLAR RESTITUTION. MAINE, ALONGSIDE FOUR OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES, IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT HEAT PUMP INSTALLATIONS IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES. CAMERON LOBLEY LOOKS INTO HOW THIS NEW FUNDING CAN HELP HOMEOWNERS ACCROSS THE STATE. UP TO 72 MILLION DOLLARS IS HEADED TOWARDS MAINE’S HEAT PUMP INDUSTRY, AS PART OF A GREATER FEDERAL GRANT SET TO HIT THE NORTHEAST. 0:09- 0:17 “THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GRANTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT HAVE REALLY LED TO A LOT OF INSTALLATIONS, BUT NONE LIKE THIS. I MEAN, $72 MILLION COMING TO MAINE IS UNHEARD OF.” THE FUNDING IS PART OF A GREATER EFFORT ACROSS NEW ENGLAND TO BOOST HEAT PUMP PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION IN HOMES AND SMALL BUSINESSES. SCOTT LIBBY, OWNER OF HEAT PUMP INSTALLER ROYAL RIVER, SAYS THE BENEFITS OF SYSTEMS LIKE THIS ARE TWOFOLD: BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, …