Tag Archives: Austin Energy
Plan suggests shutdown of Decker power plant
The City of Austin is considering taking the Decker Creek Power Station offline in order to secure access to water from adjacent Lake Walter E. Long in the case of a future drought emergency. The idea is one of several key recommendations set forth…
Environment • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 12, 2014
Austin Energy pitches Council to restore its cash reserves
Austin Energy officials pressed Austin City Council members Tuesday to allow the utility to reconfigure its cash holdings to allow it to fill a series of neglected reserve funds. The move, according to utility representatives, would better position the utility…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Aug 6, 2014
Austin Energy looks to get under affordability cap
Austin Energy General Manager Larry Weis told the Austin Monitor Tuesday that he and utility staff are working on a proposal that would keep the utility’s FY2015 budget revenue request under a 2 percent affordability cap on potential rate increases.…
Local Politics • By Michael Kanin • Aug 6, 2014
Energy, water utility rates top Council concerns over 2015 budget
The Austin City Council took on next year’s budget in earnest Thursday. Of the $3.5 billion budget, members’ biggest concerns continued to rest with the city’s water and energy utilities. A proposal from Austin Energy to increase the fuel charge…
Local Politics • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 1, 2014
Austin Energy now backs full collection of line extension costs
Taking a cue from City Council members, Austin Energy has shifted its position and now supports recovering the full costs of extending power lines to new customers starting in October. Utility officials plan to take the new proposal to the…
Resources • By Bill McCann • May 21, 2014
Austin Energy to build $67 million office building in East Riverside area
Facing continued cramped quarters and a big-dollar lease, Austin Energy officials say they hope next week to take a major step toward construction of a new office building for the city’s electric utility. Austin Energy officials plan to ask…
Development • By Bill McCann • Apr 23, 2014
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Some Austin Energy commercial customers get surprise in their bill
A newly instituted and complex rate structure has led to headaches for Austin Energy executives as well as a number of the utility’s commercial customers. At Thursday’s Council Committee on Austin Energy,AE General Manager Larry Weis and Chief Financial…
Resources • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 4, 2014
Activists ramp up campaign for renewables and against fossil fuels
As Austin Energy begins to update its energy plan, local solar and environmental advocates have ramped up their three-year campaign to get the City of Austin to invest even more in renewable energy and to pull the plug on coal.…
Environment • By Bill McCann • Mar 20, 2014
Solar project draws praise at Generation Plan hearing
Solar energy advocates were still buzzing Monday at the recent news that Austin Energy has negotiated a 25-year contract to buy up to 150 megawatts of solar-generated electricity at a price that is among the lowest ever. A number…
Resources • By Bill McCann • Mar 18, 2014
New wind-power agreement is Austin Energy’s cheapest
A wind-power purchase agreement going to the City Council Thursday for approval will not only allow Austin Energy to reach a key renewable energy goal four years ahead of time, it will be the cheapest wind energy the utility has…
Resources • By Bill McCann • Feb 26, 2014
Renewable energy pioneer retires from Austin Energy
Michael Osborne, long-time entrepreneur, author, and renewable-energy pioneer in Texas, is turning another page in his storied career. Over the past four decades, Osborne has built energy-friendly homes; developed the first wind farm in Texas; helped form the Texas…
Resources • By Bill McCann • Feb 11, 2014
Austin Energy backs retiring city’s share of Fayette plant in 2025
Shifting position on the Fayette Power Project, Austin Energy has recommended retiring, rather than selling, its share of the controversial coal-burning plant. The recommendation calls for the city to establish a shut-down date of 2025, nearly a decade later…
