3 Opponent Arguments to Municipal Power Renewable Energy Goals

The municipal power: Austin Energy (Austin, TX)

The opposition to Austin’s renewable energy goals: Texas Public Policy Foundation

The opposition arguments:

• Example of Failure. Look at Georgetown, Texas and its Utility Systems’s 2017 $6.84 million shortfall from its renewable energy plan
• Impractical. Manhattan Institute’s “The New Energy Economy” says that global energy production would have to increase 90 fold in 20 years to replace hydrocarbons
  • oil grew only 10 fold over 50 years
•  Inefficient. 600% more electricity can be generated with fossil fuel than with renewables for the same capital spent on primary energy-producing hardware

The Center Square | Critics: Austin’s renewable energy goals unrealistic