GreenChoice Archive

Fixing Austin’s Green Rate

Austin City Council voted on a substantial price reduction for the GreenChoice electric rate. This is great news for the people of Austin. But even if the Austin rate drops as expected, saving a typical green residential customer $38 per month, it will still be higher than the average green electric rate...
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Austin is Overcharging for Green Power

As chairman of the City task force that planned Austin’s green power program in 1997, it was with keen interest I read two Statesman articles during the past week suggesting that Wind Power is too expensive for Austin. The current lack of sales is simple: as you point out, GreenChoice is...
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