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AE proposes rate change to improve value of solar
At Monday’s Electric Utility Commission meeting, Austin Energy officials presented a rate change that promises to create greater stability in the compensation of residential customers for the value of electricity generated by their solar units. The rate change is part…
Energy • By Gene Davis • Nov 19, 2014
Austin Energy works to increase ECAD compliance
The city’s Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure ordinance went fully into effect this year, and Austin Energy staff say they are happy with the program’s progress and optimistic about its future. City Council adopted the ordinance in 2008 to keep…
Austin • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 17, 2014
Water/Wastewater recommends rate changes, again
The Water and Wastewater Commission has recommended that Council amend Austin Water Utility’s residential rates for 2015 in a way that staff says will cut an average user’s rates while raising them for more intensive users. Austin Water Assistant Director…
Austin • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 14, 2014
San Antonio approves $3.4B for water pipeline
Saying the city needed to act to secure a new, long-term source of water, the San Antonio City Council voted Thursday to approve a $3.4 billion project to build a pipeline to deliver an estimated 16 billion gallons of water…
Resources • By Mark Richardson • Oct 31, 2014
Reporters Notebook: Rail bonds & fluoridated water
Discovering the flip side of Laura Pressley … Two separate local media outlets started digging deeper into District 4 City Council candidate Laura Pressley’s recent political past Thursday. The Chronicle struck first with a piece from Monitor political editor Jo…
Austin • By Austin Monitor • Oct 31, 2014
Parks Board says 'no thanks' to Rainey house
The Parks and Recreation Board voted Tuesday to recommend that City Council “politely decline” the donation of a small historic house for use as the Rainey Street History Center. The vote came after the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Center…
Development • By Tyler Whitson • Oct 30, 2014
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Code violators may get administrative hearings
The Code Department may soon have a new tool to enforce city code, if an ordinance passes at today’s City Council meeting that would create an administrative hearing process for certain violations. Code Department Director Carl Smart told Council members…
Resources • By Tyler Whitson • Oct 23, 2014
Decker decommissioning faces complex hurdles
A key Austin Energy reserve fund that would be used to pay for the potential decommissioning of the Decker Lake gas generation plant has no money that could be used in that effort, according to Austin Energy. Utility spokesman Carlos Cordova…
Resources • By Michael Kanin • Oct 23, 2014
Council members disavow Gonzalez audit
On Thursday, City Council approved a resolution that backs away from a City Auditor’s report associated with the fraught ethics review of former Zero Waste Advisory Commissioner Daniela Ochoa Gonzalez. Though the measure initially passed on consent,Council Member Mike Martinez,…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Oct 17, 2014
Reporters Notebook: Lawn renamed for Mathias
Council renames part of Auditorium Shores for Mathias … Council members voted 7-0 Thursday to name the east lawn of Auditorium Shores in honor of Vic Mathias, the former CEO of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. The honor was…
Local Politics • By Austin Monitor • Oct 17, 2014
Commissioners debate Capital Metro pass program
A relatively routine spending item at Travis County Commissioners Court Tuesday turned into an extended discussion of the value of providing free Capital Metro transit passes to county employees. The item, to approve a contract with Capital Metro for an…
Resources • By Mark Richardson • Oct 16, 2014
Martinez's living wage proposal raises questions
A proposal from Council Member Mike Martinez to tie the city’s living wage mandate to an index that would allow it to adjust with the going rate drew a handful of questions from Council members at their Tuesday work session.…
