Long thought to be the last commodity that can’t be saved for later use, large scale electrical energy storage is finally looking like a technology who’s time might have come. Recently introduced the “Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2010″ Act (S. 3617) introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden [...]
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Fed’s getting into the energy storage act, along with the TCEQ ?
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, natural gas, tagged renewable energy, Renewables, Energy, energy storage, Energy Efficiency, solar power, public citizen texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, flywheel energy storage, compressed air energy storage on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
TCEQ Decides That Regulating Pollution Isn’t Their Job
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Good Government, TCEQ, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, public citizen texas, solar power on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the TCEQ remanded the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas petroleum-coke plant back to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. What they didn’t do is require the facility to do what’s called a case-by-case analysis of MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) for Hazardous Air Pollutants. In effect, TCEQ (the agency tasked with protecting [...]
Anchia and Johnson: A challenge to build on solar idea
Posted in Energy, solar, tagged PUC, solar, Public Citizen, TXU, solar power, environment texas, rafael anchia, green jobs, incentives, public utility commission, dallas, republicans, retail electric providers, distributed energy, energy future holdings, democrats, jobs, hispanics, mccall johnson, legislator of the year, solarcity, oncor, silicon, manufacturing, market development, 82nd legislature, females, males, irving, carrollton, farmers branch on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Great joint op-ed by our friend McCall Johnson over at Environment Texas and State Rep. Rafael Anchia, winner of Public Citizen’s Legislator of the Year award. Following on the heels of TXU’s announcement last week that it will offer customers an affordable solar leasing program, the gist of it is that we can’t let the [...]
Year in Review: Solar Power
Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, City Council, environment texas, mic sol-o, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, solar, solar plant, solar power, texas solar roadmap, Webberville, wildcatting the sun on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Part 4. Sunny With a Chance of Economic Development: Solar Potential, the Solar Session that wasn’t, and City of Austin Solar Plant Last spring, our minds were budding with thoughts of birds, bees, and… Texas’ solar potential (didn’t you know, a robust solar program would put Texans back to work and position the state as [...]
Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, solar, tagged 2009, 2010, 81st legislative session, Air Quality, american petroleum institute, API, astroturf, auld lange syne, calendars, chubbing, City Council, clean air act, Clean Energy, climate, climate legislation, Energy, Energy Citizens, Energy Efficiency, freedomworks, governor perry, green fleets, green gee, Netroots, new year, no regrets, north carolina, Obama administration, public citizen texas, solar districts, solar power, Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP), texas vox, voter id on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Now that the ball’s dropped, toasts made, fireworks popped and black eyed peas consumed, we’re feeling reflective today. Faced with that eternally annual question, “Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot?“, I’m moved to such mental poetry as “Heck no, this year was too much fun!” We’ve had a hell of a year here at Texas Vox. [...]
San Antonio Nuclear Show Down: VIDEO from KSTX Town Hall on Energy
Posted in Renewables, tagged Renewables, STP, Energy, Public Citizen, San Antonio, CPS Energy, South Texas Project, Nuclear Power, Tom "Smitty" Smith, solar power, bay city, town hall, nuke, kstx, michael kotara, julian castro, solar san antonio, lanny sinkin, citizens against nuclear power 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 [...]
Austin Energy’s Generation Plan: More Renewables and Efficiency, Less Coal?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Global Warming, wind, renewable energy, Renewables, Coal, Austin, Clean Energy, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Austin Energy, Roger Duncan, Nuclear Power, Carbon Dioxide, solar power, coal plant, austin city council, Lee Leffingwell, lcra on August 18, 2009 | 2 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, [...]
Take Aim at Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, climate change, coal plant, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, green jobs, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power, take aim, video, what can I do on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Music Video on climate change and personal choices, artist Rhythm,Rhyme, Results, produced by polar-palooza.com
Good Day (for Texas) Sunshine!
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged good day sunshine, green jobs, hb 1243, net metering, sb 545, solar energy, solar in schools, solar power, Texas Legislature on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Voter ID Chubfest Put Texas Environmental Bills At Risk
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, amendments, austin american stateman, chubbing, driver's license, electric coops, Energy Efficiency, kip averitt, solar energy, solar power, stalling, texas house, texas senate, voter id, Waco on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been following the Texas Legislature at all over the weekend, you’ve probably heard the term “chubbing” at least once. Yesterday marked the deadline for all bills that originated in the Senate to pass second reading — which means that any bills that didn’t make it through the House by midnight last night are [...]
House Calendars Committee Has Ultimate Power over Solar
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged solar, Renewables, Texas Legislature, solar power, sb 545, sb 541, texas senate, texas house, byron cook, fraser, watson, strama, pink dome, farabee, conference committee, sine die, Brian McCall, Eddie Lucio III, Norma Chavez, Garnet Coleman, Brandon Creighton, Charlie Geren, Jim Keffer, Lois W. Kolkhorst, Edmund Kuempel, Jim McReynolds, Allan Ritter, Burt R. Solomons on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bad news from the big pink dome. Looks like two of our key bills to promote solar power this session, SB 545 (Fraser/Strama) and SB 541 (Watson/Farabee) are getting stuck in the gummy gears of the legislative process. These bills have both made it through committee and the Senate, but still need to be voted [...]
Go Solar: Make Utilities Give Consumers a Fair Price for Surplus Electricity
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged buy back rates, electric rates, environment texas, foreign oil, gallego, house state affairs committee, lubbock, luke metzger, net metering, pollution, public utilities commission of texas, PUCT, shallowater high school, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, solomons, Texas, texas house, Texas Legislature, texas senate, TXU on May 11, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Thanks to Luke Metzger at the Environment Texas blog for this take on pending net metering legislation (read: making sure folks with solar panels get paid back for the excess energy they produce): On Monday, the Texas House will decide whether to promote solar energy by requiring utilities to pay consumers fair prices for surplus [...]
We’ve hit the big Times
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged austin solar plant, david power, Global Warming, green, inc, Kate Galbraith, luke bellsynder, mark strama, New York Times, Public Citizen, renewable energy, solar, solar power, Texas, texas association of manufacturers on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good mooooooorning Texas! Just woke up, haven’t even gotten out of my pajamas or had my coffee (okay, I’m running a little late), but I couldn’t wait a moment longer to spread the good news. We’ve hit the big Times. Yes, that Times. The New York Times. Check out the following post from Kate Galbraith [...]
Busy day, a quick news roundup
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, coal moratorium, EPA, Global Warming, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, solar, solar power, Texas Legislature on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen will be testifying on nearly three dozen bills today during committee meetings in the House and Senate. You can watch the action in the House or the Senate by going to the individual committees. Be sure to tune in to our 10am Press Conference on a coal moratorium by clicking on the link [...]
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