Sunday, 22/12/2024 | 22:41 GMT+7
A new institute is being launched to help Idaho residents and businesses conserve power and save money.
Leaders from private businesses and public entities joined Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter at Boise's Centre on the Grove to announce the birth of the Energy Efficiency Institute.
The Institute will evaluate energy-saving technologies to see which ones work best. The program will be run by the Idaho Falls' Center of Advanced Energy Studies, and Otter says it will play an important role in Idaho's energy future.
"The Energy Institute will be a leading and recognized interdisciplinary entity that will enhance the center for advanced energy studies. Delivery of innovative, cost-effective research leading to a sustainable, technologically-based economic development and industrial competitiveness," said Otter.
The governor's office says supporters of the program will work with together to identify specific initiatives and ways to fund them over the next few months.
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