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Lester R. Brown  "When [[Austin Energy]], the publicly owned utility in Austin, Texas, launched its GreenChoice program in 2000, customers opting for green electricity paid a premium. During the fall of 2005, climbing natural gas prices pulled conventional electricity costs above those of wind-generated electricity, the source of most green power. This crossing of the cost lines in Austin and several other communities is a milestone in the U.S. shift to a renewable energy economy," according to an EPI report by Lester R.Brown.<ref>Lester R.. To read the rest of this article and to view a supporting datasetBrown, please visit Earth Policy Institute at "[http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update52.htmWIND ENERGY DEMAND BOOMING: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in U.S. Shift to Renewable Energy]," Earth Policy Institute, March 22, 2006.</ref>