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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 [...]

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Public Citizen Salutes Roger Duncan on His Retirement

Posted in Energy, tagged Austin Energy, distribut, Energy Efficiency, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Roger Duncan on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Statement from Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Roger Duncan announced his retirement today. Although it is sad to see a dedicated public servant move on, Public Citizen congratulates him on a fine career as general manager of Austin Energy, a municipal power company. Austin is a national and world leader in fighting [...]

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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, [...]

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Austin Energy May Cut GreenChoice Power Prices

Posted in Energy, tagged Austin Energy, City Council, green choice, greenchoice, maintenance fees, Roger Duncan, transmission on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

After a rash of local and national press about the recent failure of Austin Energy’s GreenChoice program, Austin Energy has decided to re-evaluate their pricing structure. The city may be able to reduce the cost of the program by as much as 25%. Turns out Austin Energy was overly conservative in their estimate of how [...]

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Too Much Fun this Week

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, Uncategorized, tagged americana, Austin, Austin Energy, Brewster McCracken, camp ben mcculloch, city forum, climate change, coal block, coal wars, earth day weekend, environmental justice, fighting goliath, focus the nation, green apple festival, hundred acre3s, Lloyd Doggett, old settler's music festival, PODER, Public Citizen, robert redford, Roger Duncan, ryan rittenhouse, salt lick pavilion, St. Edward's University, susana almanza, texas union, town hall, urban planning, will wynn on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There is too much fun going on in the next few days… I can’t handle it. I wish I could be multiple places at once… and influence climate change legislation by sheer will power.. and attach documents to e-mails telepathically. Ah well, if wishes were horses, I’d have gotten that pony when I was six. [...]

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City Delays on Solar Plant Vote

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin city council, austin community college, Austin Energy, Brewster McCracken, david power, environment texas, freescale semiconductor, gemini solar, green choice, green jobs, Lee Leffingwell, luke metzger, matthew kresha, mike martinez, paul robbins, Public Citizen, renewable energy student's association, Roger Duncan, roger wood, save the austin solar plant, solar plant, solar power, spansion, Texas, texas vox, tim lasake, Webberville on February 13, 2009 | 8 Comments »

As expected, the Austin City Council made the decision to delay the vote on Austin Energy’s proposed solar plant until March 5th. Council Member Mike Martinez wanted to put it off longer, but since the bid for the plant will actually expire just seven days after this March meeting, the council agreed unanimously to have [...]

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Nuclear Falls Out at Austin City Hall

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, matthew johnson, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, paul robbins, randi shade, Roger Duncan, south texas nuclear project, South Texas Project, worley parsons on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Hip-hip- HOORAY! After a series of informative, provocative presentations and public comments this morning, the Austin City Council voted unanimously to DECLINE participation in the South Texas Nuclear Project’s expansion plan. Austin has a 16% stake in the current South Texas Nuclear Project, and has been questioning for months whether it should be a financial [...]

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Austinites: Got a minute? Take a quick survey on our future energy mix

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, Roger Duncan on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Got a few seconds? Austin Energy has a survey tool on the Austin Smart Energy website to solicit feedback on their current energy mix and where to get new energy. Public Citizen is a stakeholder in the process. We will do our best to advocate for lots of renewables and more efficiency. And coming soon, [...]

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