PHILADELPHIA $ Maine Gov. John Baldacci is in Philadelphia with his counterparts from across the country for the National Governors Association summer meeting.

Clean energy and finding good teachers are top agenda items at the four-day meeting, which got under way Friday. But finding the money to pay for such initiatives is on a lot of state leaders' minds.

The governors will divide their official time between forums on energy, teacher quality, welcoming home war veterans and the association's centennial.

Before the meeting, New England governors wrote to Congress and President Bush for more federal help to cover skyrocketing energy costs. In addition to sitting governors, more than 40 former governors including President Clinton are expected.