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In addition to the work we are pursuing at the Pecan Street Project, we are also working with other organizations that are promoting individual initiatives we believe will drive the evolution of the energy system. And one of the most important ingredients of a smarter, cleaner grid is better energy efficiency.
To that end, [...]

Pecan Street Project, Inc. today issued a report of recommendations spurred by the research and deliberations conducted throughout 2009.
Download the report here.
Scroll down for the press release. Click here to listen to the March 24 press call.
Many thanks to the staff and board of the Pecan Street Project, Inc., as well as [...]

This short video introduces many of the team members that have been steering the Pecan Street Project and gives a quick explanation of what we’re trying to accomplish.  Many thanks to Arrowhead Films and Workforce Solutions – Capital Area Workforce Board for their help with the production.
And don’t miss our newly released report of recommendations [...]

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New Design – by frog design – Lays Foundation for Online Community-Building and Integration with Smart Grid Demonstration Project at Mueller

AUSTIN – January 13, 2010 – Following the award of a $10.4 million smart grid demonstration grant from the Department of Energy and the selection of a new executive director, Pecan [...]

McCracken to lead clean energy initiative

By Marty Toohey
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
As a member of the Austin City Council, Brewster McCracken organized a coalition of big businesses, academics and government officials to test clean-energy technology, an effort that would morph after 18 months into the Pecan Street Project.
On Tuesday, after months of deliberation and concerns about eligibility, Pecan Street’s [...]

By Michael King
If the Pecan Street Project eventually fulfills its promise, we’ll all be living large like the Jetsons.
At least that’s the future portrayed in the project description for the PSP’s latest funding achievement, a $10.4 million grant announced last week by the U.S. Depart ment of Energy, which will underwrite an “advanced smart grid [...]

Federal stimulus money will be used to create a smart-grid demonstration project at Mueller.
By Lori Hawkins
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Austin’s Pecan Street Project has won $10.4 million in federal stimulus money to create a smart-grid demonstration project at the Mueller development in East Austin.
On Tuesday, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $620 million in clean-energy [...]

By Katherine Gregor, Austin Chronicle
“I love the Pecan Street Project,” someone told Brewster McCracken at a recent event. “But, um, I don’t really understand what it is.”
Addressing that common predicament, the Clean TX Foundation held an Aug. 26 panel discussion on the project, explaining the tech market and economic development it hopes to generate and [...]

The Austin American-Statesman reported yesterday on a ranking recently published by Intelligent Utility Magazine naming Austin Energy as the nation’s second-smartest utility.  The rankings were based on five metrics:  Productivity, Renewable Energy, Smart Initiatives, Demand Response/Energy Efficiency and IT Investment.
Click here for the Statesman’s story.
Click here to see the rankings.

By Marty Toohey
Austin American-Statesman
The men in hard hats sweated under the afternoon sun as they hammered away at Joe Zabreznik’s roof. As he stepped around an electrical cord dangling down the side of his new house, Zabreznik smiled and described how he thinks solar power finally makes sense — not environmentally, but financially.
“I’d like to [...]