GP Energy savings earn Avista credits

Energy-efficiency lighting improvements to Palouse Elementary School and Garfield-Palouse High School have qualified for almost $38,000 in incentives from Avista Corp. The energy savings from the lighting project are expected to save the Palouse School District more than $10,000 per year in energy costs.

Installing new energy-efficient lighting in all classrooms, offices, the two gyms and other lighted space will save the school district 168,000 kilowatt-hours per year.

Supt. Bev Fox said the lighting upgrade was a project that had needed to be done for many years.

“We had been shutting off ha...