This is Andy checking in from Vegas and Netroots Nation: sheesh, we leave Texas for a few days and the wheels start to come off the bus, don’t they? Of course, our fearless and tireless leader, Tom “Smitty” Smith is there to handle everything, as he has done for the last 2 and a half [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Austin Energy’
Smitty: Austin and San Antonio took different paths when choosing new electric utility management
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged Austin, San Antonio, CPS Energy, Austin Energy, Tom "Smitty" Smith, public citizen texas, transparency on July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Austin Environmental and Consumer Advocates say “Try Again” to Austin Energy General Manager Candidate choices
Posted in Energy, Good Government, tagged Austin Energy, climate change, coal plant, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After a several hour closed-door meeting between the two remaining candidates for Austin Energy’s General Manager position and some of Austin’s best environmental, energy, and consumer advocates, all of the groups represented came to the same conclusion: neither of these candidates was a right fit for Austin. In fact, former City Councilwoman Brigid Shea told [...]
Three Finalists for Austin Energy GM Announced!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, Energy Efficiency, green jobs, public citizen texas, Texas on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the Austin Business Journal: The finalists include Ronald Davis, Larry Weis and David Wright. Ronald Davis (Burbank, Calif.) Davis has worked 30 years in the electric industry and has led Burbank Water and Power for the last 12 years. Burbank Water and Power is a municipal utility in urban Southern California with a 2009 [...]
Celebrating Earth Day: City Council passes AE Generation Plan
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, Energy Efficiency, Austin Energy, david power, austin city council, public citizen texas, earth day, clean energy for austin, matt johnson, Austin Energy Generation Plan, energy affordability, Ryan Rittenhous, Cyrus Ree on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Today is a great day. Not only is this the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, but Austin City Council just gave every Texan a reason to celebrate: Mayor Lee Leffingwell and City Council passed the Austin Energy Generation Plan! After two years of hard work, enormous inclusive cooperation and citizen participation, the council unanimously [...]
Monday’s Earth Week Action: Get One Person to sign on to Clean Energy for Austin!
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, green jobs, solar, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, clean energy for austin, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, environmental defense fund, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wanna do something green to start off Earth Week? You can do this from your desk. Quick and easy: Sign up as a supporter for Clean Energy for Austin. Tell a friend or co-worker to sign on too!* Austin City Council will vote on this forward-thinking energy plan this week! Clean Energy for Austin is [...]
Town Hall Meeting on Energy Plan for Austin TONIGHT
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, City Council, Clean Energy, clean energy for austin coalition, Efficiency, energy plan, fayette coal plant, Lee Leffingwell, mayor, palmer events center, Public Citizen, Renewables, solar, wind on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell will host a town hall meeting on an energy plan for Austin Energy that would establish our own carbon dioxide cap and reduction plan. The great news is that by 2020, Austin’s investments in solar, wind and energy efficiency would allow us to reduce our dependence on the Fayette coal [...]
Businesses, Environmental and Low-Income Groups Unite Behind Energy Plan
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 20/20, Air Quality, Applied Materials, austin city council, Austin Energy, cary ferchill, Clean Energy, clean energy for austin, coal plant, coalition, electric utility, electric utility commission, Energy Efficiency, flexibility, fossil fuel reliance, foundation communities, generation and resource planning task force, green businesses, health, Lee Leffingwell, low income residents, matthew johnson, mayor, natural gas, nonprofits, nuclear plant, phillip schmandt, Public Citizen, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, Sierra Club, solar, Solar Austin, steve taylor, sunshine mathon, town hall, Weatherization, wind on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dozens of businesses and nonprofit organizations as well as more than 200 citizens have formed Clean Energy for Austin, a coalition whose purpose is to push Austin City Council to adopt a clean energy plan. Specifically, the coalition supports the passage of Austin Energy’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan and recommendations of a city task [...]
What’s Missing from Austin’s Energy Generation Plan Discussion
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, Austin Energy, Clean Energy, climate change, Coal, Generation Task Force, Global Warming, renewable energy, wind on February 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Austin American Statesman’s article this morning about Austin’s 2020 energy plan leaves a few things out that are crucial to understanding the costs and benefits of adding more energy efficiency and renewable power to Austin’s generation portfolio. Judging from the rather depressing comments section, many readers took away the unfortunate misconception that poor Austinites [...]
Austin Mayor to Host Town Hall Meeting on Energy Generation Plan
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Public Citizen, Austin, Austin Energy, Texas, Lee Leffingwell, energy resources, fayette coal plant, goundhog day, puxsutawney phill, faceboook, energy generation plan, austin generation resource planning task force on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I sure hope you don’t have any plans for the evening of Monday, February 22nd, because it is going to be the social event of the season (and by season, I mean this 6-week period of rain and cold we’re getting due to that pesky groundhog’s shadow prediction — curse you Punxsutawny Phil!). From 6-8pm [...]
Energy Generation Plan Presented to Austin City Council
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged Air Quality, Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, cap and reduction, Clean Energy, climate protection plan, electric utility commission, emissions reductions, Energy Efficiency, fayette coal plant, generation plan, green jobs, pollution, Public Citizen, renewable energy, renewable energy credits, resource management commission, Roger Duncan, solar, Texas, town hall, wind on February 4, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Last Thursday Austin Energy General Manager Roger Duncan briefed Austin City Council on the utility’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan. This plan is the culmination of 18 months of input from the public, the creation of a generation resource task force of various stakeholders to review various energy plans and make recommendations, and support and [...]
Public Citizen Welcomes Opportunity for Senate to Hold Rogue Utility CPS Energy Accountable
Posted in Energy, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, CPS Energy, low income families, municipal utilities, Nuclear Power, public citizen texas, San Antonio, senate business and commerce, South Texas Project, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office The latest interim charge of the state Senate Business and Commerce Committee provides a welcome opportunity for Texas to rein in rogue utilities like CPS Energy of San Antonio. Now tasked with studying the costs of municipally owned utilities’ generation plans and their impacts [...]
Attention: Green businesses and Austinites!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Applied Materials, Austin, Austin Energy, Carbon Dioxide, co2, copenhagen, Energy Efficiency, energy plan, environmental defense fund, fayette coal plant, greenling organic delivery, matt johnson, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, solar, Texas, wind on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you were as frustrated as I was watching world leaders dither in Copenhagen while the Earth heats up and island nations continue making evacuation plans, there is good news on the horizon for Austin. Austin Energy has developed a consensus plan that would establish our own CO2 cap and reduction plan. The great news [...]
Austin Climate Protection Conference and Expo
Posted in Global Warming, tagged alternative transportation, austin climate protection conference and expo, austin climate protection plan, Austin Energy, climate change, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, green building, mass transportation, palmer events center, renewable energy, urban planning, water conservation on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Austin Energy is hosting the Austin Climate Protection Conference and Expo this Friday and Saturday, January 15th and 16th from 10am to 5pm at the Palmer Events Center. Admission is free to the public and participating professionals, but you’ve still gotta register. The 2nd annual expo will feature: Expo floor will feature dozens of exhibits [...]
Austin Community College: A Leader in Sustainability
Posted in Global Warming, tagged acc, acc green pass program, austin community college, Austin Energy, austin texas, bus passes, energy efficieny cars, green building, green technology, parking garage, powerpoint, recycling, renewable energy program, rio grande campus, semiconductor industry, solar, solar installer, sustainability, sustainable ACC, times magazine on December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As a student at Austin Community College, I have witnessed the school adopt many environmental programs and truly set a great example to its student as to how be good stewards of our environment. The college has been recently featured in the Times magazine to recognize its new Renewable Energy Program, When Austin’s semiconductor industry [...]
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