11 Sep Affordable, Clean Electricity is Here

Affordable, Clean Electricity is Here



My friend Joep Meijer put together a few slides (below) re: the "controversial" Affordable Energy Resolution, created by council member Chris Riley. The Affordable Energy Resolution will:

1) Save Austinites $12 to $90M a year, 2017 to 2040 (roughly), 
2) Help stabilize the costs of electricity for Austinites & Austin employers, 
3) Break Austin's dependence on fracking and natural gas, 
4) Save millions of tons of water, related to cooling "thermal" (dirty) electricity plants, 
5) Shut down the most polluting electricity plant in Austin, replacing it with more affordable solar, 
6) Eliminate and/or mitigate MILLIONS of tons of greenhouse gasses and other forms of caustic air pollution by 2030, 
7) Create hundreds of new, clean energy sector jobs over the next 15 years,
8) Position the City of Austin as a global leader in climate protection, and 
9) Allow our citizen-owned utility to continuing selling kilowatts at a profit, providing funds for City governance. 

The resolution, co-sponsored by mayoral candidates Mike Martinez & Sheryl Cole, was approved 5-0 by Council on 8/28. Here's one article on the Affordable Energy Resolution. Read the Resolution here. 

GHG = greenhouse gasses

Chris Riley's Affordable Energy Resolution requires Austin Energy
have a zero carbon footprint in 15 years (by 2030).

Some of the people who supported Chris Riley's Affordable Energy Resolution.