"Austin needs to attract clean-tech business to secure its economic future, and nothing can do that as well as an internationally-recognized innovative electric utility. A broader view of our region's economic strategic potential can show that the investment we make between 2010 and 2020 in clean energy leadership can have pay-backs that extend for decades beyond 2020."
-Terry Moore, Carbon Shrinks, LLC

"Commitment by the City of Austin and Austin Energy on behalf of our community will positively impact our overall economic, physical and environmental health."
-Craig Overmiller, Texas Solar Power Company

"Now is not the time to backtrack on that progress, but to commit to the plan and keep Austin a national center for the development, commercialization, and implementation of clean energy technologies."
-Steve Wiese, Clean Energy Associates, LLC

"As a former General Manager of Seattle City Light, at the time the 2nd largest municipally-owned electric utility in the USA, I know from experience that these task force recommendations are the consensus result of BY FAR the most ambitious, protracted, expertise-supported, and inclusive public involvement process I have seen any utility conduct. Seattle earned the reputation of being the first and most innovative utility nationally in recognizing the superiority of focusing first on energy efficiency, and in the very positive use of comprehensive citizen involvement to support and enhance what was then (in the late 1970's) a radical departure from the conventional wisdom among utility peers. Austin Energy's achievements in executing the process which resulted in the current task force recommendations are even more commendable, and can have an even more dramatic effect on Austin's electrical energy future than did Seattle City Light's actions, 40 years ago."
-Robert Murray, Savvy Integration