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GreenChoice is back in Austin(renewable energy) Come sign up and help save the earth.

IT'S BACK. You can now subscribe as of January 14, 2008, Austin Energy again offers GreenChoice to the public.

The GreenChoice charge of 5.5 cents per kWh is fixed until December 31, 2022. It replaces Austin Energy's fuel charge of 3.65 cents per kWh. The average residential customer consuming about 1,000 kWh per month will pay about $18.50 more per month for GreenChoice power

Austin Energy already has 665 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) in subscriptions makingGreenChoice the nation's most successful utility-sponsored green power program. GreenChoice® electricity comes from clean, renewable sources.

http://austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Choice/index.htm

How awesome is this? Just another way to keep the earth green.

Remember if you would like a rebate on a new home in Texas see my website at http://www.rebateontexashomes.com/ for more info on how to get up to 5% cash back. Just another great rebate program

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Posted by Jeff Kessler ABR,GRI, Texas 512.801.5666 on 01/03/2008 07:32 AM

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4 Comments on GreenChoice is back in Austin(renewable energy) Come sign up and help save the earth.

Jeff, we all want to save the earth for future generations but most of us don't want to pay more.. I think the key would be to pay less to get more subscribers to Green Choice? Our leaders need to figure out how to do it with less money... not more.

01/03/2008 07:41 AM

by Gail Tassey (Keller Williams Realty)

Gail The thing is, is that you get to keep this rate until 2020. So when fuel charges are 7-8 cents you are way ahead. That is the point. The money goes into creating more solar and wind products.

01/03/2008 07:46 AM

by Jeff Kessler ABR,GRI, Texas 512.801.5666 (Austin Homes Realtors)

I think this is a great idea to have a fixed rate for so darn long! We have been SOAKED here in Nevada with the "western energy crisis" from years ago. We have had our prices go up 50% this year, you read that right! Our utilities were stuck in contracts, had credit ruined and now need to move on to green power initiatives (which ain't so bad!)

The only reason why I personally wouldn't want to be stuck in a contract that long is that personal green power is becoming cheaper and cheaper & more aesthically pleasing. I am looking into photovoltaic shingles for my house.

01/03/2008 09:28 AM

by Renee Burrows - Las Vegas NV Real Estate (Nevada Realty Solutions)

Renee If you get the energy from Greenchoice you have the option to keep it that long. If you move I am pretty sure you lose it. Plus, if you get personal UVP's then can get most of your energy there and not on the grid. So you will have double the green power.

01/03/2008 09:33 AM

by Jeff Kessler ABR,GRI, Texas 512.801.5666 (Austin Homes Realtors)

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