Getting Started
Document Actions
Austin, TX, Pecan Street Project releases Suggestions for Making City More Efficient To Avoid New Power Plant.
Austin American-Statesman.Com
Rethinking how electrical power is generated, delivered and conserved in Austin can be a complex subject.
That's why organizers of the green energy-oriented Pecan Street Project devoted 31/2 hours Tuesday to explain their work so far and listen to community feedback.
More than 120 students, entrepreneurs and consumers packed into a meeting room at the Capital Area Workforce Board in North Austin to learn more about the project.
Organizers said other public information meetings will be scheduled.
Over the past six months, about 150 volunteers have been gathering information and ideas that could save energy in Austin.
On Tuesday, project leaders released a list of more than 100 ideas generated by 12 working committees that cover energy conservation and alternative energy resources.
The object is to identify and implement solid ideas that will help Austin Energy save enough energy by 2020 — 300 megawatts or so — to avoid the expense of building a new power plant.
The backers of the effort say the project could not only result in energy savings, but also serve as a vehicle to help incubate a new generation of green technology companies.
