SNOWMASS VILLAGE — Claiming it needs more time to weigh its options, Snowmass Village Town Council on Monday decided to delay a decision on whether to join a local energy mitigation program.
The town of Snowmass Village is a member of the nonprofit Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE), which administers the energy program and doles out environmentally oriented grants. Unlike Aspen and Pitkin County, however, it has not joined the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program (REMP), essentially CORE’s funding mechanism, which charges a fee to large homes and/or those who use fossil fuel-burning energy for amenities such as swimming pools or heated driveways.
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