Article: PROGRAM COULD SAVE 6.7 MILLION KILOWATT-HOURS OF ELECTRICITY EACH YEAR

SEATTLE, July 10 -- The city of Seattle issued the following news release:

Seattle City Light will start recruiting workers Sunday for eight positions tied to a progressive program designed to help businesses quickly replace obsolete, energy-wasting lighting with new, efficient lighting.

The Quick Lighting Upgrade Initiative will use $750,000 in federal stimulus package money to hire assistant energy management analysts, a contract administrator and a program coordinator part-time for 18 months. City Light anticipates being able to hire military veterans with some energy management training to fill most of the jobs.

City Light is providing an additional $2 million for enhanced incentives to ...

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