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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Department of Administrative Services says Utah's four-day workweek likely won't meet its goal of saving $3 million in energy costs this year.
Last summer, Utah became the first state in the country to shut down most of its services on Fridays in an effort to save money on utility bills.
Instead of having employees working eight hours a day, five days a week, Gov. Jon Huntsman ordered about 17,000 of the state's 24,000 executive branch employees to begin working four days a week, 10 hours a day. Huntsman's staff projected it would save about $3 million.
On Wednesday, lawmakers were told that goal likely won't be met this year -- but it will eventually.
Exact figures on projected savings weren't available Wednesday.
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