Kilowatt Ours Interviews

Fred Yebra - Director of Demand Side Management Programs, Austin Energy

Fred Yebra - Part One

Chapter Eight

• We are reducing the need to build capacity by working with customers to use energy conservation measures.
• The money we are spending in the community to implement these energy conservation measures we are building a healthy economy.
• What we are building here in Austin is building a Conservation Power Plant.

 

Fred Yebra - Part Two

Chapter Eight

• There is a tremendous opportunity to lower the energy consumption in buildings with very simple measures.
• You would think that we would be reaching the saturation point, but with new technologies we are achieving energy efficiency on top of previous gains.
• Lighting efficiency is a key example that just keeps getting better.

 

Fred Yebra - Part Three

Chapter Eight

• I think energy efficiency is a very good way to slow down the effects of global warming.
• Austin Energy has received long term support from the community.
• We have proven that energy conservation measures have deferred the need to build a new power plant.
• Ideally, the future should be that we are making our buildings more efficient and developing better technologies.

 

Fred Yebra - Part Four

Chapter Eight

• 500 Megawatt power plant will supply about 90 thousand homes.
• Instead of building another power plant we should consider investing in energy efficiency. We have proven that you can do that over the long run. It can be done for all the right reasons like environmentally, economically, and global warming.

Relevant Links:

• Austin Energy
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Reinventing Electric Utilities - A Conservation Power Plant