Sunday, September 20, 2009
PEC Board committee on conservation, renewables seeking member involvement
Press Release
TO: All PEC-area newspapers
MEDIA CONTACT: Anne Harvey, (830) 868-4933; Austin line, (512) 219-2602
Pedernales Electric’s Energy Conservation and Renewable Generation Programs Committee approved at its Sept. 11 public meeting in Johnson City the formation of a membership advisory panel on conservation and renewable energy. The six-member panel will be asked to bring members’ ideas forward and advise the committee on issues related to energy efficiency and green energy.
Members interested in serving on the panel should submit their names and qualifications to PEC at: PEC Membership Panel, P.O. Box 1, Johnson City, Texas, 78636, or e-mail them to: membership_panel@peci.com. The committee will review all submissions and select panel members.
At its July meeting, PEC’s Board of Directors gave committee chairs the latitude to appoint PEC members and other individuals to serve as volunteer advisors. The Energy Conservation and Renewable Generation Programs Committee is chaired by PEC Board President and District 6 Director Larry Landaker and includes District 2 Director James E. Williams and District 7 Director Dr. Patrick Cox. PEC’s full Board in August referred the Cooperative’s energy efficiency and renewable energy goals to this committee.
In other business, the committee:
- Received reports from PEC staff about the Cooperative’s current position in the areas of conservation and renewable energy. The reports prompted discussions on the costs, marketing efforts, effectiveness and public perception of PEC’s programs and initiatives in these areas, including its interconnection policy, home energy audit process and rebate programs for air conditioning units and commercial lighting.
- Learned from PEC Deputy General Manager Paul Hilgers that the Cooperative is working with the Lower Colorado River Authority, PEC’s primary wholesale power supplier, on an energy conservation and efficiency study.
- Directed PEC staff to develop a report on what the Cooperative is currently spending on, as well as what funding is set aside in future budgets for conservation-related programs.
The next meeting for this committee will be Oct. 12, at 1:30 p.m., at PEC’s Johnson City headquarters building. The next regular meeting of the entire Board will be Sept. 21, at 10 a.m., also at PEC headquarters.
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2 comments:
"Green" energy still is not an affordable option because government, business and consumers do not reward and are not sufficiently rewarded for using it.
As an example... Energy Conversion (ENER) is a large company that manufactures and distributes thin solar panels that are supposed to be smaller, more flexible, easier to install & maintain and cheaper than the larger solar panels.
However, the market dictates the higher costs of these products. As silicon stays high, costs for thin solar panels is higher.
Even so, the orders for solar panels are enormous and many such companies are backlogged, some for more than one year. They can not keep up with demand.
Until we focus on REAL solar growth, with REAL incentives and affordability, the big energy conglomerates of oil and gas will continue to rule our energy direction and destiny.
Consequently, I'm not really sure what PEC wants us to do, except maybe for just providing lip service to the idea of "green" energy growth and usage.
Yes, it's all lip service. PEC is so locked in with LCRA they have no plans for participating in any "green" energy for us. Our PEC monthly costs will be double in 5 years, is my guess.
My custom home builder friend attempted for 1 solid year to get PEC to "allow" him to build his family's home off the grid. PEC fought him every, single, step of the way.
After 1 year, PEC gave in, after- get this- he signed a $3 million dollar liability document saying if any PEC employee ever got HURT on his property, he woulf pay. He has since moved to Fredericksburg.
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