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June 15, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Public Hearing: Rate Your Rate Increase
AE takes another stab, with middling results
"...General Manager Larry Weis briefed City Council on the utility's revised electric rate increase proposal, but the changes have..."
Feb. 10, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith
Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived
The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism
"...The appearance of Public Citizen Executive Director Tom Smith at the November meeting..."
Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King
In the Public We Trust
Is the Public More Trustworthy Than City Staff?
"...alone explain the difficulty surrounding its emancipation from the public world. Similarly large hairballs have also occurred of late..."
Oct. 11, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban
Servicing the Public
or Public Service?
"...and state levels who have become lobbyists/consultants after leaving public service:..."
Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature
Public Notice: Doomed?
Looking forward to the November ballot
"...The 2018 Charter Review Commission will hold their final public hearing this Saturday to..."
April 6, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Public Notice: Planning for Affordability
Council tackles thorny zoning cases
"...the "Response to CodeNEXT Prescription Papers" which the Planning Commission issued this week, largely praising the city staff for..."
Sept. 23, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?
Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?
"...Then there'll be a Public Workshop/Wrap-Up Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 6:30-8:30pm at Waller..."
Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Public Notice: The 30% Solution
Capital Metro slow-rolls out the next draft of the rail plan
"...billion to the estimate, but also $260 million for utility work, $350 million for additional bike and pedestrian facilities,..."
April 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Public Notice: A Drop in the Aquifer
Still in a drought, in the middle of a downpour
"...that you can measure month to month in your utility bill. And on a civic level there's a lot..."
Sept. 2, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Settlement Pending in AE Rate Case
Details Few -- City Council posted for Friday consideration
"...Friday. If it happens, a deal could spare the utility heaps of trouble – at least from the state’s..."
Feb. 26, 2013 News Post by Mike Kanin
Then There's This: Who Should Control Austin Energy?
A fast-tracked proposal poses radical changes for city-owned utility
"...believe such efforts place business interests ahead of the public's interest...."
Feb. 15, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith
The Players
The utility, the appellants, and the intervenors
"...Austin Energy The city-owned utility that raised electric rates. Key representatives are Mark Dreyfus,..."
March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Point Austin: Electric Lessons
Beneath the AE rate debate stands the strong ground of public process
"...bill this fall. As Mike Kanin recounts in "Total Utility," the rate changes, finally ratified by City Council last..."
June 15, 2012 News Column by Michael King
Austin Energy: Rate Cuts Solve Everybody's Problems
Council votes to approve utility rate reduction
"...to an agreement with Austin Energy that will reduce utility rates for all AE's customers for the next five..."
Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King
Explosive Charge Against Ignite Consulting
"Your neighbor Lisa" just the beginning of Kim campaign manager's problems, says Public Utility Commission
"...to be in deep prevaricator’s doo-doo. According to the Public Utility Commission, he could be liable for fines of..."
May 8, 2008 News Post by Katherine Gregor
The Sunset Shuffle
Legislature moves the massive Health and Human Services review back two years
"...Texas Department of Insurance and the Texas Department of Public Safety, not getting their current Sunset review bill passed,..."
May 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame
Gas demand also increasing with electrification
"...During a public hearing before the Texas Senate Committee on Business and..."
June 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher
What's Doing at City Hall?
An incentives package, a possible rate case settlement, and more
"...package for National Instruments, which will include time for public comment. But the bigger-name item comes Friday with a..."
Feb. 27, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith
Council Approves AE Settlement
Utility gives up $5.75 million; keeps everything else
"...out-of-city ratepayers. At first glance, the deal leaves the utility's business operations relatively unscathed, while big electricity users living..."
March 1, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith
Smitherman: It's Always The Quiet Ones
AG candidate flies to the far religious right
"...If anyone remembers Barry Smitherman from his time as Public Utility Commission member, they'll recall him as an uninspiring,..."
Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Referred to Committee
Quite a few items pushed to the curb in late Council session
"...Despite his late public email push, Mayor Steve Adler’s proposal for more staffing..."
Feb. 27, 2015 News Post by Michael King
Austin Energy Wins Round One
Austin Energy fends off rate case with only minor loss
"...administrative law judges. Five parties and representatives of the utility were ready to debate dry notions about cost, operations,..."
March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Twisting in the Wind
Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done
"...selling its latest batch of GreenChoice wind power, the utility announced plans to significantly lower the price, a proposal..."
Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
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 it..."
July 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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.
"...renewable power development, he says. Last year's landmark electric utility restructuring bill, Senate Bill 7, forces the state's privately-owned..."
April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
The Deal Gets Done
City Council settles AE rate case in principle, details to come
"...City Council vote to accept a deal between the utility and its rate case challengers. Indeed, if it hadn't..."
March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Then There's This: Another Swipe at Austin Energy
State report calls for slashing low-income assistance program
"...households would suffer a devastating blow if a state commission heeds the recommendations of its staff...."
Feb. 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith
City Hall Hustle: Milk Cows and Cash Cows
AE's uncertain future means wobbly program budgets
"...With apologies to federal "Cat Food Commission" chair Alan Simpson, the municipal milk's going bad at..."
Sept. 3, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Shock to the System
Brace Yourselves: Deregulation Is Coming, Eventually
"...to try and wrangle a rate break from the publicly-owned utility). It's too early to say that the issue..."
