HEAT: Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday that high efficiency electric heat units have made the Blaine House in Augusta more comfortable and cheaper to cool and warm. A unit has been installed next to the television on the first floor of the governor’s residence.

HEAT: Augusta Fuel Company HVAC technicians Scott Miller, bottom, and Marty Roy set a line for a high efficiency heat unit at the Blaine House in Augusta on Thursday.

HEAT: The Blaine House in Augusta is installing new electric high efficiency heating units. A unit sits behind a door Thursday in a dining room. Workers matched the color of the trim to the case of the unit.

HEAT: The furnace in the basement of the Blaine House in Augusta on Thursday.

HEAT: Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday that high efficiency electric heat units have made the Blaine House in Augusta more comfortable and cheaper to cool and warm. A unit has been installed next to the television on the first floor of the governor’s residence.

HEAT: A door is open with a fan running on Thursday to circulate air in a living room at the Blaine House in Augusta. New electric high efficiency heating units that are being installed at the Blaine House will keep the room cool in the future.

HEAT: Gov. Paul LePage and James LaBrecque chat beneath a heat unit Thursday that is being installed on a wall in the kitchen of the Blaine House in Augusta. LaBrecque is serving as a technical advisor on the install of electric high efficiency heating units in the governor’s residence.

HEAT: Gov. Paul LePage next to a high efficiency, electric heat unit at the Blaine House in Augusta on Thursday