This 40 year old coal plant is owned by the City of Austin and the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), a quasi-governmental agency. It imports coal from Wyoming, sending money out of Texas and leaving health-damaging pollution behind. This pollution has also contributed to the detriment of thousands of pecan trees throughout the region, hurting the local farmers, their orchards, and the way of life they have relied upon for generations.

 

The City of Austin now has an opportunity to change all that and put Austin on the course to a future without reliance upon this dirty coal plant. Farmers from Fayette County have banded together into the Texas Pecan Alliance, and together with a coalition of environmental groups in Austin they are putting pressure on the LCRA and Austin to make a plan for shutting down this coal plant and replacing it with energy efficient renewable energy. Austin is preparing to vote next year on the city’s generation plan for the coming decade. Join us and demand that Austin set a course forward that will free us from coal power and make us a truly progressive and visionary city. Click here to learn more about this plant.