Bluebonnet Electric moving towards more sustainable energy

Living in Bastrop County it has felt like we ve just been a  bit behind the times living in Austin’s green and eco friendly shadow, but I recently learned that Bluebonnet Electric Coop which serves this area, has been quietly doing a lot of work and research to address energy needs in a proactive and sustainable way.

Bluebonnet Electric has  a trademarked their Sustainable Grid program  which details how they are looking at the present and future needs of the areas they serve which includes Bastrop.  They recognize that this area between Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. is no longer just a community on the Highways in between the big cities, but a big energy user base that is constantly growing.

Recently they have adopbed a net metering policy and will be actively  involved the local economic development of the area. Bluebonnet will be proactively discussing  the concepts and systems that can be implemented to create a partnership with new subdivisions and new industry which would move those new consuemer from a position of just being an energy demand to a potential partner in the creation of shared sustainable energy.  It is easier financially  to put energy saving or energy creating  systems in place from the beginning rather  than trying to retrofit after the fact.

Right now any customer of Bluebonnet Electric Coop can choose to use green –   sustainable – renewable energy by participating in the Bluebonnet Green Rate on their existing accounts.  This participation is a bit more expensive than the already established electric rate, they say by about $.005 per KW .  As it is explained if a customer uses 1000 KW of service it would be approximately $5.00 more per month.  There is no fee to switch, no length of term agreement to do this, a customer can call and change to the Green Rate and it will become effective the next billing cycle, and can always call and cancel to have the billing rate dropped back down to the established rate.  The energy that is purchased comes from outside of Ft. Stockton from the Delaware Mountain and Indian Mesa  wind farms.