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Austin City Council Heard Its Citizens
UPDATE This morning, Mayor Lee Leffingwell pulled Item 29 from the consent agenda indefinately. Item 71 has been set for 7PM May 22, 2013 Our basic premise that governance by an elected body is more...
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Public Citizen’s Legislative Wrap-Up: Where We Made Progress & Avoided...
With the regular session behind us and energy and environmental issues not likely to find a place in the special session, it’s a good time to look at what we accomplished. Our wins came in two forms –...
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Is Houston Cleaner Than Your Town?
Probably not overall, but the City of Houston has made a historic commitment – to buy half its power from renewable sources. Houston was built around the oil and gas industries and has long suffered...
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Texas Solar and Wind Get Fair Credit by Regulator
Solar Excellent Resource for Meeting High Demand for Energy You’ve probably heard how solar and wind are intermittent energy sources that aren’t always available, but that’s not the whole story, or...
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Solar a Shining Opportunity for Austin – Solar Goals and Programs Need Expanding
Business leaders, environmentalists and low income advocates are behind a push to get Austin to increase its solar energy goal to 400 megawatts by 2020 and expand solar programs to meet that goal. A...
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Climate-Com: Climate Change Communications From the Media – A Mini Symposium
Our climate is changing and action is desperately needed, but that message is not getting through to to many of our leaders. Climate-Com will explore how the media can better present current climate...
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A Missed Opportunity for Cleaner Air in Texas
Instead of taking action to clean Texas air, as requested by the Dallas County Medical Society, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Chairman Bryan Shaw and Commissioner Toby Baker voted...
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Austin Solar Victories
Many of you probably remember our concern when Austin Energy proposed slashing the solar budget by 42% for fiscal year 2014 – which we’re now in. But public outcry and our meetings with Austin City...
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Is Austin Energy joining the war on solar? Bit by bit, our publicly owned, nationally renowned, supposedly green electric utility is trying to roll back programs that support customer owned solar....
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Solarize Texas
Let’s Solarize Texas! Texas has more solar energy potential than any other state in the nation, but it’s going to take lots of us working together to utilize this great resource. In 2013, Plano Solar...
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I Bet You Actually Care About Austin Energy’s Generation Plan
Updating the the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2020 to become the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2024 probably doesn’t sound super...
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Where Are We Going, Austin Energy?
Austin Energy Ratepayers Rally for an Accelerated Transition to Affordable Renewable EnergyPhoto by Al Braden Read this post, then click here if you want to submit comments online to Austin Energy....
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The People of Austin Will Have a Voice in the Austin Energy Generation Plan...
Good governance advocates got a win at City Hall today when the Austin City Council approved a resolution to create the Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force. The task force will examine...
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New Austin Energy Solar Project Projected to Reduce Electric Bills
Late last week, Austin Energy announced that it will bring contracts for two large new solar projects to City Council for approval at the March 20th meeting. The contracts that Austin Energy is poised...
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Engaged Citizens Leave Standing Room Only at Public Hearing on the Austin...
Austin Energy customers turned out in force to support renewable energy last night. Over 100 people packed the Shudde Fath Conference room at Austin Energy headquarters for a joint hearing in front of...
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Austin City Council Passes Ambitious Climate Protection Plan to Take on...
This afternoon, Austin City Council passed a resolution establishing a community wide goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is one of the most ambitions emissions reduction...
View ArticleHow to Keep a Good Thing from Getting Better: Austin Energy Cuts Solar...
Once again, Austin Energy has reduced solar incentives with less than 2 hours notice. This time, the changes will impact both residential and commercial customers. As of 3pm today, the rebate for a...
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Good Policy isn’t Set in Stone – Austin Electric Utility Commission...
Even the best policies are rarely perfect from the onset. Sometimes circumstances change and sometimes certain outcomes simply weren’t considered. Either reality can result in a potentially great...
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Historic Proposal for Affordable Clean Energy Will Save Austin $13 – $30...
Today, Austin City Council will consider an historic energy proposal from Council Member Chris Riley that would save Austin millions while demonstrating an unprecedented commitment to renewable energy....
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Austin City Council Candidate Forums on Austin Energy Issues
As Austin prepares to enter a new phase under 10-1 governance (10 Council members to represent geographic districts and 1 at-large mayor), many voters may find themselves overwhelmed with the large...
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