[ausev] Austin Energy Green Choice...

[John Penry at Texrocks]

Exactly!
In the long run you end up saving money, because the other methods involve 
expendable materials, that have to be trucked to the plant, or waste 
materials that have to be removed.

I don't object to marketing wind energy. I object to:
1)  The only company in town that sells electricity is spending advertising 
to get people to use less.
2)  Telling people they are buying green, when they are signing up for a 
rate hold.
3)  Having to decipher the gobbledygook instead of plain facts.

My son-in-law has been involved in setting up wind farms between the 
Washington State and Flatonia, Texas.
They now live in Lubbock, and I think the landscape between Abilene and 
Snyder was improved by those 350 foot ballerinas.    And the town of Snyder 
is now a boom town.  This is good.  But the fact remains that we don't need 
to pay extra to "help the electric company" buy it, it makes sense for them 
to buy it.  20 years from now it will be seen as the smartest thing they 
ever did.

John in Seguin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kenscircus at aol.com>
To: <ausev at austinev.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ausev] Austin Energy Green Choice...


> 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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