CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Centre Region Council of Governments received a silver designation from the National Solsmart Program for its efforts to make Centre County more solar-friendly.
They join only 20 other award winners in Pennsylvania and more than 450 municipalities, counties and regional organizations across the nation.
The council was recognized for making it faster, easier and more affordable for homes and businesses to go solar. As a SolSmart designee, the Centre Region COG is working to help solar companies reduce the cost of installations and pass those savings on to consumers.
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“To get this designation is really exciting. It feels really good,” Pam Adams, Sustainability Planner in the Centre Regional Planning Agency, said. “We’ve been working a lot in trying to…