(SKAGIT COUNTY)— Skagit County recently received $56,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help fund a Skagit Council of Governments Resource Conservation Manager program, which will help reduce local government energy usage and increase savings.

Officials say the Resource Conservation Manager’s sole purpose is to reduce costs associated with energy, water, natural gas, fuel oil, solid waste disposal, and other utilities through improved use practices, greater attention to utility billings, and the installation of resource management equipment.

Savings associated with reduced energy and increased resource efficiency are expected to help fund ongoing RCM activities in subsequent years.

Nine local jurisdictions, including the cities of Anacortes, Burlington, and Sedro-Woolley, the town of La Conner, Skagit County, Skagit Public Utility District Number One, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and the Ports of Anacortes and Skagit County are partnering with the Skagit Council of Governments and Puget Sound Energy in a three-year effort to save money on utility usage by means of reducing internal operations energy consumption.

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