Source: The New York Times
Today, the City of Austin, TX announced a set of recommendations that would give its electrical grid system a huge make over. The have based their project on the notion that in order to make a significant impact, the basic business model of increasing revenues as homeowners use more energy, needs to be challenged. City officials are looking into finding ways to change that, encouraging more efficiency uses of energy throughout Austin. This project, named the Pecan Street Project, has received a great deal of national attention, with many advocates claiming that it can potentially develop into a national model program. Read this article to learn more about what Austin is doing!
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