Clean Energy Austin

Victory!

On Apr 22 - Earth Day - the Austin City Council unanimously approved a new generation plan for the municipally owned utility Austin Energy. 

The plan doubles the city's solar goal, boost our energy efficiency, and cuts use of dirty coal by almost one-third. It is one of the greenest electricity plans of any utility in the country. 

Learn more at Clean Energy for Austin. 

How You Can Help

Please contact the Austin City Council and thank them for approving the Austin Energy generation plan.

Brief Summary

Coal-fired power threatens our health and environment

Austin prides itself on being one of the greenest cities in America, but we still get one-third of our electricity from dirty coal. Pollution from coal-fired power plants causes asthma attacks, contaminates our water and contributes to global warming.

• In 2002, Austin's Fayette coal-fired power plant emitted more than 12 million tons of global warming pollution.

• According to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, pollution from the Fayette power plant is linked to 44 deaths every year.

Austin can lead the switch to a clean energy future

We have the technology to end our dependence on coal and switch to clean energy from the wind and sun. If their plans are approved by City Council, Austin Energy would reduce use of coal by one-third in the coming decade and come up with a plan to completely eliminate coal use.

Today, Austin has the opportunity to break our dependence on fossil fuels. We can switch to renewable energy, creating thousands of high-tech jobs in a clean energy economy, and protecting our health and the environment for future generations.