[ausev] Austin Energy Green Choice...

[kenscircus at aol.com]

Heidi and I subscribed to GreenChoice when we moved to Austin in 2000. 
We were never confused about where our energy came from. Our goal was 
to support wind power development. Just like anything else, if you want 
something nice you have to pay for it. It turns out that while it was a 
premium when we subscribed, our rate is now below the "regular" rate. 
Enough lower that "Tweety" cost us $0.0055 (just over 1/2 cent) per 
mile. Guess which car gets the most use!

Ken

http://www.evalbum.com/983





-----Original Message-----
From: Claire Sorenson <csorenson1 at austin.rr.com>
To: 'AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion' 
<ausev at austinev.org>
Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 8:32 pm
Subject: Re: [ausev] Austin Energy Green Choice...



I hope I am not straying from our forum here. If we are looking for 
cleaner
sources of energy for our electric cars, there are some interesting 
things
to note about the GreenChoice program. Not to be a wet blanket, but we 
all
use the energy from the wind farms. Those who participate in the
GreenChoice program pay more and that allows more green power to be 
added to
the grid to replace fossil fuels for all Austin Energy customers to 
use. I
think it is a great program. But, at first I thought that by 
participating
in the Green Choice program it meant my house would then run on 100% 
green
energy. I am curious to see if in the end the green energy actually
replaces fossil fuels or just adds more total energy to the grid. Either
way it is still a good program. I would rather have a percentage of our
grid run by wind power than none at all. Little by little we will ge 
there.

You might also look up Green Mountain. They buy only green energy from
various sources and sell it to Texas Consumers. The catch is that their
service coverage is still limited. See the website below. You can plug 
in
your zip code and see if they serve your area.

http://www.electricitytexas.com/greenmountain/index.html?mrc=Ggreen+mountain
&9gtype=search&9gkw=green%20mountain&9gad=585420915

CS Unlimited
Claire Sorenson
Ph: 512-689-5911
Fax: 512-282-9942



-----Original Message-----
From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Lasseter
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:13 PM
To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
Subject: [ausev] Austin Energy Green Choice...

For those who want to power their electric car with power from Texas 
wind
farms... Now is your chance. Batch-5 GreenChoice energy became
available today. GreenChoice power has been unavailable to new
customers for the past two years... since January 12th, 2006.


http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Choice/inde
x.htm


--
TTFN,
Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

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