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Green Power: Best Deal for Austin
By Axel Gerdau for PowerSmack.org
The debate over Austin’s energy future is getting louder. Energy experts and consumer rights activists are taking a firm stance against criticism voiced by predicament advocates and state legislators against Austin Energy’s generation plan proposal. Their argument: The utility should do more, not less, for green...
Read More Coal: Not Cheap
Coal has long been considered cheap energy: unhealthy yes, but with an intoxicatingly low price. That mindset should be abandoned. Austin's coal expenditures tripled in 10 years to $180 million in 2008. Now, carbon regulation looms. More...
Learn about the medical dangers of burning coal in our video with Dr. Elliot...
Read More Clean Energy is Painful in Austin ???
By Mike Sloan for PowerSmack.org
In response to concerns expressed in the September 21, 2009 Austin American Statesman lead story : “Clean Energy may be Painful”:
Clean Energy: Austin’s Cheapest Sources in 2008
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Austin Energy’s lowest cost electric resources for 2008 were: ...
Read More Townhall Meeting: Austin Energy Proposes Energy Future
Austin Energy is going public with its generation plan proposal. Starting on Tuesday at 6 pm utility administrators will present their vision of Austin’s energy future during an open town hall meeting at AE headquarters at Town Lake Center (721 Barton Springs Road). Previously, the utility’s General Manager Roger Duncan...
Read More Austin is Running on Coal far into the Future
By Axel Gerdau for PowerSmack.org
For 30 years Austin has been running on the world’s dirtiest fuel – and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Administrators at Austin Energy want to continue our dependence on coal power. If City Council and Mayor Lee Leffingwell accept the utility’s “Recommendation for the...
Read More Los Angeles Gets Out of Coal
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a dramatic shift in Los Angeles' energy policy: The city will phase out all its coal-based electricity by 2020 and replace it with power from cleaner and renewable sources of energy. Currently, 40 Percent of the electricity delivered by Los Angeles' Department of Water and Power...
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