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Maine Senate passes Sen. Henry Ingwersen bill to incentivize heat pumps and electric vehicles, support climate goals

AUGUSTA — Yesterday, the Maine Senate enacted LD 585, “An Act to Use Certain Regional Transmission Organization Payments for Beneficial Electrification to Reduce Electricity Rates,” a bill sponsored by Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel, that would incentivize the use of heat pumps and electric...

Sen. Ingwersen introduces bill to strengthen water protections with septic system reform

AUGUSTA — On Tuesday, Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel, introduced a bill to safeguard Maine’s lakes, rivers and coastal waters. LD 1550, “Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services to Amend Its Rules to Protect Water Quality by Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Septic...

Sen. Henry Ingwersen is an experienced legislator, educator, small business owner, and devoted family man. He was a public school teacher for more than 25 years before retiring to work on his family farm in Arundel.

Sen. Ingwersen has a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Maine. He was elected to the Maine House of Representative in 2018, serving Arundel, Dayton, and Lyman. As a member of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, he helped pass laws to raise teacher pay and increase the state’s share of K-12 public school funding.

Sen. Ingwersen and his wife Christine have been married for 47 years and are beekeepers on their family farm in Arundel. They have three daughters and ten grandchildren – all of whom live close by. Along with raising bees and selling honey, they also enjoy helping to raise their growing crop of grandkids.

Sen. Ingwersen is deeply committed to building community relationships to promote protection of our natural spaces and resources. He serves as president of the Arundel Conservation Trust and is a member of the Kennebunk River Remediation Advisory Committee for the Town of Arundel. He also serves on the board of Defend Our Health, a group working to ensure all people have access to safe food and drinking water.

Sen. Ingwersen is serving his first term in the Maine Senate, representing Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Hollis, and Lyman.

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