Monterey County - Lighting Retrofit
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Monterey County jail recently replaced 5,000 of the facility's light bulbs with more energy-efficient bulbs. The $100,000 retrofit project - funded by energy incentives from the Association of Monterey Bay Area Government's (AMBAG) Energy Watch program - could save the jail an estimated 750,000 kilowatt-hours annually, saving approximately $79,000 annually. The upgrades, coordinated through AMBAG, Monterey County Facilities Manager Mario Salazar and Captain Raymond McLaughlin of the Office of the Sheriff, also had the added benefit of brightening up the jail. Energy Watch is a California taxpayer-funded partnership between the Association of Monterey Governments and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. AMBAG provides $6.9 million to help reduce energy consumption in the tri-county region.