Volunteers are being sought to help with a collaborative effort to update Garfield County’s Energy Action Plan for the first time in five years.
The project is being spearheaded by Garfield Clean Energy (GCE), Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) and Xcel Energy.
Written in 2017, the current plan updated and refined GCE’s goals for increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy, and mapped out steps for meeting the goals.
GCE is an intergovernmental collaborative including Garfield County and its six municipalities, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA), Colorado Mountain College and Holy Cross Energy.
“Energy is the lifeblood of our society, and we’re in the process of literally transforming our entire energy system,” Jason White, RFTA planner and GCE board chair, said in a news release announcing the plan…