The 84 of us who actually were dumb enough to subscribe to Batch 6 of Austin Energy’s GreenChoice program aren’t as stupid as we look. 

Our family likes to bounce around from house to house, (it’s good for the kid, roots and community are way over-rated) and contribute to about 1.4% of the City budget through our utility connect/disconnect fee payments, so as soon as Batch 6 became available,  the cobbler had to re-subscribe to AE’s world class program that allows the average joe to buy renewable energy to power their otherwise normal home.

The cobbler didn’t really do any research.  He didn’t even pay attention to how much we’d be paying for a wind-generated kW. He had read that costs for the program were way up compared to the one or two other batches we bought in to in years past, but we’re pretty frugal especially after we got rid of all those tanning beds and live in a pretty small house.  So an extra 40-50 bucks on the utility bill didn’t really bother the cobbler.  Until he started reading all these articles in the Statesman and Chronicle about how nobody is subscribing to Batch 6, and how only a few dozen are actually stupid enough to participate compared to the thousands would subscribe within days of previous releases, which sold out with days.  The cobbler literally broke into sweats every time he read about it.  How could he be such a chump?

But not anymore!  We got a letter, which might as well have been hand written and signed by the entire City staff because they only had to send out a handful, letting we the chumps know that AE has reduced the GreenChoice energy rate by about 30%.  In addition to being our biggest maintenance client, AE improved the cobbler’s self-esteem by voluntarily reducing our energy bill, thus eliminating the cobbler’s recurring monthly reminder of his poor financial judgement.  Thanks Austin Energy!

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