Lake Area Planning Council (LAPC), the Regional Transportation Planning Agency for Lake County, has joined with 3 other Northern California entities to launch a new energy efficiency initiative in Lake and 16 other rural Northern California Counties to reduce energy consumption and costs. The Northern Rural Energy Network has hired a consultant to conduct a needs assessment for the area. Residents are asked to complete a survey to help gather information. That survey can be found at surveymonkey.com/r/lakeenergysurvey.