Sierra Club Lonestar Chapter has launched this statewide coalition with the following goals:
- Stabilize the grid.
- Do not pollute.
- Keep bills as low as possible for hardworking, everyday Texans.
The following solutions can achieve all three goals, and do not require major technical overhauls of our electricity system. We just need our state’s decision makers, like Governor Abbott, his appointees at ERCOT and the Public Utilities Commission, and private utilities like Centerpoint, AEP and Oncor, to act:
- Invest in a modern electric grid.
- Pay Texans the same way wealthy corporations are paid to use less electricity when energy conservation calls are made.
- Increase investments in energy savings programs.
- Remove anti-renewable energy policies.
- Responsibly transition away from climate-polluting power plants.
Third Act Texas Power Up Communities is a member of this coalition and will participate in the planning and execution of these solutions. If you would like to help with this effort personally, contact me at beki.halpin@gmail.com, and I will connect you with the various meetings and committees that are forming around this initiative. We will need help from communities from all across Texas, so please join in wherever you are.
Here is a link to the website for the Keep the Power On effort.
https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/keep-the-power-on
The website has a petition to Governor Abbott, supporting the goals of this initiative, that you can sign.
Beki Halpin
Third Act Texas Power Up Communities Coordinator