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e-mail: GreenChoice

Phone: 974-7827

 

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Green-e Energy certifies that Austin Energy’s GreenChoice Program meets the minimum environmental and consumer protection standards established by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions.

 

GreenChoice®

Austin Energy’s GreenChoice® program is the nation's most successful utility-sponsored and voluntary green-pricing energy program. It has been for nine years in a row!

GreenChoice customers support electric generation from clean, renewable sources. Current subscriptions number 754 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), and are increasing.

Understand your options

GreenChoice Batch 6 Now Available
Customers sign up for GreenChoice by subscribing to a specific “batch.” GreenChoice Batch 6 is now available to all Austin Energy customers.

A subscription to GreenChoice means that the current fuel charge (currently at 3.105 cents per kWh) is replaced with the GreenChoice Batch 6 fuel charge of 5.7 cents per kWh. A residential customer using an average of 1,000 kWh per month will pay about $25.00 per month more by subscribing to GreenChoice.

The Batch 6 fuel charge is fixed through December 31, 2014. A fixed fuel charge helps customers budget for future energy costs.

Read the program details and learn more benefits

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Green Power Partnership
Some commercial GreenChoice subscribers qualify for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership Program.

The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program. It encourages organizations to buy green power to reduce the environmental impacts associated with purchased electricity use.

Green Power Partners must meet EPA standards of supplying a percentage of their total energy use with green energy. Austin Energy’s GreenChoice Program has 39 Gree Power Partners; including 18 at 100% of their energy purchases.

Green Power Partners benefit from the use of green power and support the development of new, renewable energy in the United States.

Other Green Power Partnership benefits include:

  • National recognition as an environmental leader
  • Positive attention in our local community
  • Differentiation of organizations and brands from the competition
  • Increased organizational competitiveness through sustainable management practices

See our GreenChoice subscribers who are also Green Power Partners

How to Subscribe
New or renewing residential subscribers can sign up for GreenChoice online or can call (512) 974-7827.

Small business and commercial customers can get started by completing our online form. An Austin Energy representative will contact you to discuss your energy needs.

Key Account customers should contact their account manager.

Green-e® Certification
Austin Energy’s GreenChoice program is Green-e certified.

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 Commercial Application Form
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blank Green-e®Price Terms and Conditions (PDF)

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