Mayor Watson and Council Member Vela, are pushing Austin Energy to put a deposit on overpriced gas-burning peakers (power plants) without examining clean energy options. This is in direct contradiction to the commitments made in the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan.

Austin Energy is already increasing base rates at 5% per year, and this sort of rash decision making could put customers at risk for even higher rate increases.

Use the form on the right side of this page to email Mayor Watson and the Austin City Council to ask that they examine all options for meeting energy needs affordably.