Sheboygan, Plymouth wise to get in early on Clean Energy Program

From an editorial in The Sheboygan Press:

We're pleased to see that Sheboygan and Plymouth are getting in on the ground floor of Gov. Jim Doyle's Clean Energy Wisconsin plan — a combined effort by the state and local municipalities to find and implement energy-efficient operations.

This first-in-the-nation kind of partnership, according to Doyle's office, will make use of energy efficiencies already being used, couple them with new methods discovered as the effort progresses and share them with other communities, big and small, across the state.

In addition to energy efficiency, the program will also look for ways that renewable fuels can help government save money.

In the long run, the reduction in energy use will not only be good for the environment — making Wisconsin a greener state — but will also be good for state taxpayers who are footing the energy bill for government — leaving more green in the pocketbook.

There is also the economic benefit to the state from the production of renewable fuels in new jobs and income.