Google “Austin green choices” for a great example of how a community was scammed by the “green energy” hucksters.
Subscriptions
GreenChoice subscriptions are again available to the public. Austin Energy customers can subscribe for five years at a GreenChoice charge of 5.7 cents per kWh. This charge will replace Austin Energy’s fuel charge of 3.65 cents per kWh. An average residential customer using about 1,000 kWh per month will pay about $20.50 per month more by subscribing to GreenChoice.
(Note: Austin Energy will automatically upgrade all customers who enrolled after January 2009 to this new five-year subscription.)