Citizen opposition to more nuclear reactors at Comanche Peak continues. On August 6th the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel found that Luminant had failed to adequately analyze issues brought by concerned citizens in their Petition to Intervene in the proposed expansion at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. “This is a major victory for [...]
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Citizens Groups Win Right to a Hearing for Comanche Peak Intervention
Posted in Nuclear, tagged alternative energy, atomic safety and licen, atomic safety and licensing board, bob eye, comanche peak, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Karen Hadden, Luminant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, SEED Coalition, solar, Texas Representative Lon Burnam, true cost of nukes, wind on August 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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, [...]
Austin Energy Wants to Know: What kind of an energy future do you want?
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged Austin Energy, austinites, city coucil, city of austin, Coal, Efficiency, fayette, generation plan, lcra, natural gas, Nuclear, powersmack, Public Citizen, shut down fayette, solar, survey, Texas, wind on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Austin Energy will make a recommendation to City Council in August of their future generation plan through 2020. According to their website, “an important component of the planning process is input from the community” — but as of April, only about 300 people had filled out Austin Energy’s survey. Through the survey, you can give [...]
Dispelling Green Choice Myths
Posted in Energy, tagged Austin Energy, Clean Energy, Coal, contract, electricity deregulation, Energy, energy grid, Gas, green choice, greenchoice, Myths, natural gas, Power, Renewables, Texas, transmission lines, wind on July 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since the Austin American Statesman published a couple of articles on the less-than-stellar sales of Austin Energy’s Green Choice program, many media outlets have picked up the story and the takeaway message is something like “liberal Austin finds out the hard way that renewable energy is too expensive”. It’s really regrettable that this message is [...]
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 [...]
Perry Announces Special Session
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Clean Energy, economic growth, governor perry, green jobs, jim kyle, memphis, Office of Public Insurance Counsel, pew, renewable energy, Rick Perry, Rodney Ellis, solar, special session, State Affordable Housing Corporation, sunset safety net, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Department of Insurance, texas department of transportation, Texas Racing Commission, voter id, wind on June 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Earlier this week, Governor Perry announced that he would, in fact, call back legislators for an extended special session. What exactly this session will cover (voter ID? please no!) remains unclear, but the Governor has committed to addressing the “sunset safety net” bill that was left on the table. The Houston Chronicle reports, The governor [...]
Mayors to the Rescue on Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, Carbon Dioxide, City Government, Clean Energy, climate change, Climate Protection Agreement, co2, college station, emissions, Kyoto, Local Government, Mayors, Seattle, Texas, wind on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Climate change is clearly an important issue, and there is a lot that needs to be done about it at all levels of society. Fortunately there have been individuals and localities that have made great efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, and this should be applauded. I want to focus on a particular success in [...]
Week of March 18: Recap
Posted in Energy, tagged 81st session, alliance for a clean texas, biomass, Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, floor pass, green jobs, house and state senate affairs committee, house energy resources, house environmental regulation, mark strama, Public Citizen, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standard, representative gallego, Rodney Ellis, rps, senator lucio, solar, solar day, sxsw, Texas Legislature, wind on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week was pretty crazy for Austin — SXSW came in like a lion, and I’ll admit I am quite pleased that the city is laying quietly like a lamb once again. But though Sixth Street may be back to its sleepy Monday morning self, Public Citizen’s office is back in full swing. We’ve got [...]
Van Jones Officially “Green Jobs” Special Advisor to Obama Administration
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Global Warming, tagged ap, bush administration, dina cappiello, Energy Efficiency, green economy, green jobs, Obama administration, Public Citizen, solar, special advisor, texas energy future, Texas Impact, van jones, white house council on environmental quality, wind on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This just in from the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Author and activist Van Jones will be a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation in the Obama administration. Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a release Monday that Jones will start work next week to help direct [...]
What’s in Store for the 81st Legislative Session
Posted in Efficiency, Renewables, tagged ACEEE, alliance for a clean texas, american council for an energy effient economy, appliance efficiency standards, committee assignments, energy demand, Energy Efficiency, incentives, LoanSTAR, renewable energy, Renewables, retrofits, solar, systems benefit fund, Texas, utilties code, wind, wind energy on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With the announcement of the Texas Legislature Committee rosters, I thought that some light should be shed on the 2009 Legislative Recommendations as posted by the Alliance for a Clean Texas. You can read the full reports here, but here’s a quick-read version for renewable energy and energy efficiency issues: Diversify our Renewable Energy Mix. [...]
Nuclear Misenergy
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Energy, nuclear energy, solar, uranium mining, wind on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nuclear power is not an answer to our collective energy problem. Essentially, turning to nuclear power as a primary solution to the current carbon-based system is like borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. It is not an “alternative”. Considering that, in resource-availability terms, we could already be powering most structures in this state with solar [...]
The future of small-scale renewable energy: Project 34890
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged interconnection, net metering, PUC, solar, wind on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This Tuesday I spoke at the PUC’s public hearing on Project 34890, which is charged with deciding on a net metering and interconnection policy for the deregulated markets in Texas. If that description sounds arcane and confusing to you, that’s because it is. In fact, in calling around to several investor-owned utilities last week, most [...]
You so CRE-Z
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged CREZ, PUC, Renewables, solar, wind on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So the Public Utility Commission of Texas announced today that they will go with Scenario 2 on CREZ (Competitive Renewable Energy Zone). This explains what’s going on pretty well. CPS Energy looks kind of ridiculous in it. They originally endorsed Scenario 1b (the least amount of transmission to be considered), but last week the Express-News [...]
Cleaner cheaper energy for Texas? Coming soon! (We Won!!)
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Global Warming, PUC, Renewables, solar, wind on July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This article originally posted at citizenvox.org Global warming is the singular environmental challenge of our generation. Some people claim you cannot be green without sacrificing economic development. Actually, we can create a greener energy future for Texas and reduce our electric bills at the same time by investing in our electric infrastructure. This week the [...]
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