TXU Tries Smoothing Waters
Partners involved in sale of TXU to private equity firm visit Lege to make nice, turn back wave of anti-TXU legislation
"...Partners involved in the sale of TXU to a private equity firm – Henry Kravis of..."
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March 23, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
On the Lege: TXU Meltdown
TXU says FU, then backs down
"...critical make-or-break stage of the legislative process, the "new" TXU had hoped by now to be basking in the..."
April 13, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
TXU Faces Fines
The commercial supply side of the electricity giant gets caught re-signing customers without telling them.
"...Commission has handed down a $5 million fine against TXU Energy Retail Company LP. It's part of a settlement..."
July 23, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
Utilities' estimates of stranded costs associated with deregulation are coming in, and they're far higher than the figures originally provided to the Texas Legislature when the law was being approved.
"...Critics worry that changes stemming from last year's successful electric utility deregulation bill (Senate Bill 7) could leave Texans..."
June 2, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Naked City
Wind power is creating a huge buzz in Texas; but will the honeymoon last?
"...launched last spring, have outstripped Austin Energy's supply of electricity generated from wind farms and other renewable energy sources...."
Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Naked City
A public forum over Austin Energy's proposed "secrecy resolution," which will allow the utility to keep some financial information under wraps in response to competition, yields plenty of discussion but little agreement.
"...a clear directive from Teresa Reel, chairwoman of the Electric Utility Commission, that attendees should not view the meeting..."
July 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Naked City
Thanks to soaring energy prices, wind energy is becoming cheaper than that fueled by natural gas and other fossil.fuels.
"...plenty of reasons why it's ultimately cheaper to generate electricity from wind turbines rather than in smog-belching power plants...."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Making the Energy Grid Smarter
New nonprofit pushes energy providers for efficiency via high tech
"...new nonprofit organization, the Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technology – a unique conglomeration made up of investor-owned..."
Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
CCET Membership
"...Current members of the Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technology include:..."
Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
It's the Carbon, Stupid!
Texas leaders continue to drag their boot heels on global warming
"...the Texas "coal rush" is an estimate by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (which oversees 85% of Texas'..."
Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Dirty Air Update
Energy industry still running roughshod over Texas
"...The financial ties between Texas electric utilities and Gov. Rick Perry's political coffers run deep...."
Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Capitalists, Conservationists Say No to Dirty Coal
Showdown taking shape over plans to build 16 old-style coal-fired power plants, which threaten to push Austin's marginal air quality into the red
"...Texas-sized showdown is taking shape over plans by various electric utilities, led by Dallas-based TXU, to build 16 old-style,..."
Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
"...SOAH's decision to combine application hearings for six proposed TXU plants into one. According to plaintiff attorneys, "The Texas..."
Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature
Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?
A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas
"...of engineering for the PUC, major utilities such as TXU, LCRA, and American Electric Power are expected to participate..."
June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry
Three-Eyed Fish Alert! Texas No. 1 in Power Plant, Mercury Emissions
Toxin linked to birth defects
"...pounds, 15% of the state's total, thanks entirely to TXU's Monticello Steam Electric Station and Lignite Mine, a coal..."
Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
Austin looks to ways it can build its utility infrastructure
to accomodate new growth while keeping the
environment clean, avoiding the precedent set by
cities such as Dallas that have built infrastructure
without regard for where future growth will be.
"...infrastructure, which is provided by privately owned TX Utilities (TXU). In contrast, Austin Energy (AE), Austin's municipally owned utility,..."
Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Unrealized Opportunities: Ester Matthews on the Austin Climate Protection Program
Ester Matthews reflects on the progress of the ACPP
"...Here's a little-known fact: The departments don't see their electric and water bills. Since we're all internal, the money..."
Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...which would land in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with TXU leading the charge on 11 of them. Bell chided..."
July 28, 2006 News Feature
Neighbors vs. Neighbors
A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.
"...power it. (A fourth smokestack owned by utility company TxU, for which Alcoa supplies the lignite, is also part..."
July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
PUC Gathering the Western Wind
A new source for electricity is on the wind
"...billion dollars' worth of power lines to carry wind-generated electricity from West Texas' booming wind farms to the state's..."
Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
"...• The state's electricity grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, reported..."
Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature
Austin Energy Ain't Gonna Get Enroned
Austin Energy's bringing in market experts on keeping the lights burning.
"...Back in January, most Texas electricity consumers woke up to a bright shiny future of..."
June 29, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Trouble on Green Mountain
Green Mountain blames regulatory and market obstacles for its woes, but critics cite lack of investment in clean energy.
"..."one of the nation's largest retail providers of cleaner electricity products," generated from sources such as wind, solar, water,..."
Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Day Trips
Fairfield Lake State Park caters to a lot of different recreational activities, including fishing, mountain biking, birding, and hiking
"...the 2,400-acre lake is actually a cooling pond for TXU's Big Brown Steam Electric Station, the first lignite-fueled power..."
April 29, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Beyond City Limits
"...among industrial and large commercial energy customers, petroleum and [electric] generation companies, chambers of commerce, [state regulatory agencies] to..."
July 11, 2008 News Feature
Writing the Climate
Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming
"...reviewer wrote, "[Y]ou will never again look at an electric-light switch in quite the same way."..."
May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
Naked City
"...era and the Public Utility Commission of Texas during electric deregulation (plus more than 40 more). For more info,..."
Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...radioactive waste dump in West Texas); Lucas works for TXU, owners of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant (aka..."
July 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Local news this week in Austin.
"...according to business news site LocalBusiness.com, 98% of the electricity Green Mountain provides will come from gas, with wind,..."
