*Update: Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current just published a fantastic and very thorough recap of the twisted nuclear saga. Check it out! Here’s part 2 in this year’s first annual Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009 series. Part 1 is just a hop, skip and scroll down. 3. San Antonio [...]
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Year in Review: San Antonio Nuclear Debacle/Amores Nucleares Telenovela
Posted in Nuclear, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, austin city council, center for american progress, city public services, CPS, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, japan, mark cooper, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear reactors, nukes, Public Citizen, San Antonio, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas nuclear project, steve hennigan, STP, Texas, texas vox on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
$18.2 Billion! Amores Nucleares: San Antonio Nuclear Expansion Soap Opera Update
Posted in Global Warming, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, clarence johnson, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, mark cooper, Nuclear, nuclear expansion, Nuke Free Texas, Public Citizen, San Antonio, san antonio express news, SEED Coalition, soap opera, South Texas Project, transparency on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The San Antonio Nuclear Expansion Soap Opera plot thickens. Today’s update brings the shocking news that South Texas Project Reactors 3 & 4 could actually cost, not $13 Billion, not even $17 Billion… but $18.2 Billion! With all the trouble CPS has gotten into recently regarding transparency (a gentle term we’re using that translates roughly [...]
Georgetown Council Snubs Students Over Nuclear Power
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Clean Water Action, connor hanrahan, cooperative, CPS Energy, david foster, georgetown, georgetown city council, georgetown utility services, mayor, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, pec, pedernales electric coop, Public Citizen, reenergize texas, Renewables, san antonio city council, seak, southwestern universitys, students, students for environmental activism and knowledge, Texas on November 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Original post can be found at the ReEnergize Texas Blog On Tuesday, students from Southwestern University’s Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK) had intended to speak before the Georgetown City Council regarding the 20 year energy plan for their city. They had registered an agenda item with the City Secretary’s Office, asked all the [...]
CPS has dropped the ball on alternatives to nuclear
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, City Council, CPS Energy, Nuclear, San Antonio, South Texas Project, STP, toshiba on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CPS has dropped the ball on alternatives to nuclear By Arjun Makhijani – Special to the San Antonio Express-News CPS Energy is asking its board and the San Antonio City Council for permission to sell $400 million of bonds to follow the $276 million CPS Energy has already spent to get an option to buy [...]
Four more contentions added to STP nuke expansion legal fight – isn’t it time for CPS and San Antonio to reconsider?
Posted in Nuclear, tagged CPS, CPS Energy, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, San Antonio, SEED Coalition, South Texas Project, STP, Texas on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great news about the legal fight against STP. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel admitted four more of the contentions (all water related) brought by SEED Coalition, bringing the grand total to 5 contentions admitted for a hearing with 7 still pending. This is more than anywhere else in the country. This increased uncertainty [...]
Come Speak TONIGHT at CPS Public Hearing
Posted in Nuclear, tagged CPS, CPS Energy, Energia Mia, nuclear reactors, San Antonio, South Texas Project, STP on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight at 6 pm is the final CPS hearing regarding the proposed nuclear reactors. The trustees will vote at their next meeting, Oct. 5th, on whether to participate in the proposed two additional nuclear reactors and spend an additional $400 million. This could be the last chance for citizens to directly address CPS on this [...]
WATCH: San Antonio Clean Tech Forum- The Great Nuclear Debate
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, CPS Energy, Craig Sererence, economics of nuclear, no to nuclear, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, nuclear waste, Patrick Moore, San Antonio, south texas nuclear project, STP on September 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Many of you have been clamoring for these videos of the clean tech forum that we attended on Wednesday, so here they are in streaming digital goodness. Outside the event we caught up with two of the panelists from the forum, specifically the ones opposed to San Antonio investing in the new nuclear expansion. First, [...]
San Antonio Nuclear Show Down: VIDEO from KSTX Town Hall on Energy
Posted in Renewables, tagged bay city, citizens against nuclear power, CPS Energy, Energy, julian castro, kstx, lanny sinkin, michael kotara, Nuclear Power, nuke, Public Citizen, Renewables, San Antonio, solar power, solar san antonio, South Texas Project, STP, Tom "Smitty" Smith, town hall on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we invited folks to attend KSTX’s Town Hall on Energy in San Antonio. This event featured Michael Kotara, Executive Vice President for Energy Development, CPS Energy and Mayor Julián Castro, Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director, Solar San Antonio and co-founder of Citizens Against Nuclear Power, and Public Citizen’s own Tom “Smitty” Smith, whitehat extraordinaire [...]
San Antonio Nuclear Showdown TONIGHT
Posted in Nuclear, tagged clean technology forum, CPS Energy, facebook, julian castro, kstx, lanny sinkin, michael kotara, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Public Citizen, public radio, San Antonio, san antonio town hall, solar san antonio, South Texas Project, STP, terry gildea, Texas, texas public radio, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Twitter on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: The streaming audio from last night’s event was, unfortunately, very hard to listen to — but folks who weren’t willing to wade through the feedback can watch our video of the town hall in its entirety, which we should be able to post in the next couple days Tonight KSTX will host a Town [...]
Austin Energy’s Generation Plan: More Renewables and Efficiency, Less Coal?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, coal plant, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, lcra, Lee Leffingwell, Nuclear Power, renewable energy, Renewables, Roger Duncan, solar power, wind on August 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It has been less than 24 hours since I received a copy of Austin Energy’s Generation Plan recommendation and there’s a lot here to like. Before I get to the highlights, let me just say that those of you who spoke up, filled out the survey, played the sim game and demanded more renewable energy, [...]
Local Power/Energia Mia Update
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Budget, coalition, CPS Energy, Energia Mia, Energy, Grass roots, Local Power, Municiple utilities, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear waste, Organizing, Reactor, San Antonio, South Texas Project on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
CPS has a meeting today at Firefighters Union Hall (8925-IH10 WEST) from 6:00-8:00 pm. Anyone from District 8 is encouraged to attend and speak for the cause. Each person gets three minutes of talk time and the Local Power/Energia Mia Coalition needs to have its concerns about the South Texas Projects Proposed expansion voiced by [...]
Express News Editorial Gets It, Why Doesn’t CPS?
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, CPS Energy, electricity, energy storage, Nuclear, renewable energy, San Antonio, san antonio express news, solar, South Texas Project, wind on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following editorial from the San Antonio Express News is an excellent take on the issue of the South Texas Project nuclear expansion. Kudos to Carlos Guerra! Expert offers uniquely Texan power solution Carlos Guerra – San Antonio Express News With a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from UC-Berkeley, Arjun Makhijani has followed energy issues and [...]
South Texas Nuclear Project: The Early Years
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged brown and root, CPS Energy, houston lighting and power, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ralph nader, reactors, San Antonio, South Texas Project, three mile island on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After CPS Energy unveiled its optimistically low $13 billion proposal for South Texas Project reactors three and four, I decided to look into the history of the construction of the first two reactors. What I found was troubling, but it seemed to be pretty much in line with my understanding of problems with nuclear projects [...]
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