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July 13, 2012 Postmarks
Energy News: New Ethanol, Electric Power Reports
One warns of unintended consequences of rapidly rolling out domestic biofuels; other focuses on energy efficiency, renewables
"...the next 15 years, Texas could meet its growing electric-power needs – without new power plants – and create..."
Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Power Surge
Local company finds flywheel generated electric power is a growing niche in the current market.
"...dot-com disaster waiting to happen. Although Pinkerton's company, Active Power, has a market capitalization of about $900 million, it..."
Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce
ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame
Gas demand also increasing with electrification
"...June 12, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) reported that Texas’ power..."
June 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher
Could New EPA Haze Rule Push Fayette Power Plant Out of Favor?
Stricter pollution controls mean higher costs to keep it running
"...Austin Energy plans for 100% of its power to be carbon-free a little more than a decade..."
May 13, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher
Three-Eyed Fish Alert! Texas No. 1 in Power Plant, Mercury Emissions
Toxin linked to birth defects
"...changes that will permit drastically more mercury pollution from power plants, putting one in six pregnant women in the..."
Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Austin Energy Says Those Without Power Could Stay That Way Through Tonight and Into Tomorrow Afternoon
Historic winter storm challenges energy grid
"...Austin Energy, city and county officials addressed customers without power throughout Austin neighborhoods...."
Feb. 15, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones
AE & Plug-In Hybrids: Power Coming and Going
Electric cars could both run clean and boost our power supply
"...that could save gas and stop construction of new power plants – and Austin Energy is leading the field..."
May 25, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Bill Would Connect ERCOT to U.S. Electric Grids
Environmental and labor groups support cost-saving bill
"...Mexico, California, Arizona, and other Western states; bring the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) under Federal Energy Regulatory..."
Feb. 22, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher
Oh, This $20 Electric Bill Hike?
It’s on top of the other one
"...Sept. 29, City Council will consider increasing Austin Energy electric bills by about $20 per month for the average..."
Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Cost of New Electric Generation (cents/kWh)*
"...Face it: Power plants -- of any kind -- are expensive. It's..."
April 21, 2000 News Feature
We Have Power
No news from ERCOT is good news for Austin Energy
"...According to city officials, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas hasn't passed any message forward..."
Feb. 3, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith
ERCOT Asked and Texas Listened, and the Power Stayed On
Strain on the grid continues, but without devastation so far
"...The Electric Reliability Council of Texas' call for energy conservation seemed..."
July 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Anne Washburn's inventive play shows how, after the apocalypse, we still cling to Springfield
"...one form or another. Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a post-electric play takes us through civilization's end and rebirth with..."
Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver
A Rare Power Plan Occurrence
"...announcement that construction will commence on a new coal power plant is rarely accompanied by words of praise from..."
Aug. 24, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola
Young People Power Texas Climate Plan
House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment
"...positive contributions to the climate movement. Runaway fracking, chemical plants, and the recent power grid failure have created widespread..."
April 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Naked City
Austin Energy readies a "secrecy resolution" to present to council that would allow it to conceal some of its financial information from the public. The resolution already has many consumer activists up in arms.
"...So, Austin, how much do you trust your electric utility to work on your behalf? Enough to let..."
July 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Climate Change: Still Not a Hoax
Reducing carbon emissions with Austin Energy, without the Fayette Power Project
"...signed executive orders aiming to dismantle Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which requires that states reduce by one-third the..."
April 28, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine
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.
"...Legislature, consumer advocates and environmentalists voiced concern over Dallas' power delivery infrastructure, which is provided by privately owned TX..."
Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
ERCOT Listening Tour Offers More Explanations Than Plans
Virtual town hall tries to allay fears of power grid reliability
"...Voters and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, hosted the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' interim CEO Brad Jones on..."
Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...a so-called "voluntary emissions reduction program," whereby polluting industrial plants which were "grandfathered" out of the state's environmental laws..."
Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature
The Hightower Report
Free Market Hypocrites; and Lobbyists Go Shopping
"...ban massive releases of ammonia from their factory farms, electric power plants want to increase their toxic emissions without..."
Dec. 21, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?
A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas
"...one that, realistically, can never generate enough momentum and power to get up and running?..."
June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry
Whittaker's Review – Lazy Thinking and Lazy Journalism
"...alone, China added more than 100 gigawatts of new electric power plants, 90% of which are coal-fired. Only a..."
March 7, 2008 Postmarks
Winds of Change
As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.
"...caught his eye. But these days, he's positively beaming. Wind-powered generators, long shunned by Texas electric utilities, are primed..."
April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Twisting in the Wind
Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done
"...Energy's troubles selling its latest batch of GreenChoice wind power, the utility announced plans to significantly lower the price,..."
Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
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
Keeping Busy
Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment
"...endeavor that includes helping move Austin beyond the Fayette Power Project, a goal set by City Council with passage..."
Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
It's the Carbon, Stupid!
Texas leaders continue to drag their boot heels on global warming
"...by various Texas utilities to build 19 new coal-fired power plants have drawn widespread criticism for increases in smog,..."
Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...a $115,000 fine for campaign-finance violations and shutter his once-powerful fundraising arm – Americans for a Republican Majority –..."
