Houghton County in Semis for Energy Competition

Houghton County has reached the semifinals in a national competition to create a plan for the community to become more energy efficient.The Houghton Energy Efficiency Team announced this week that their plan to reduce energy costs in Houghton County has been selected as one of 50 official semifinalists in the Georgetown Energy Prize competition. The next step is a two–year period where the plan needs to be implemented within the community. Team chairman Abhi Kantemneni says the biggest challenge will be making these changes accessible to lower–income households.

The team is now asking for community leaders to help implement the plan and are currently taking nominations for people to serve those positions. The positions will be elected either through an online poll or at the next meeting on January 6th.