From Solar Austin - Solar Austin Happy Hour - Perspectives on Utilities: Where Does Solar Fit In? As solar, storage, demand response, and energy efficiency continue their ascent, new utility business models are emerging that align utilities’ financial incentives with increasing distributed energy resources (DERs)...
From Solar Austin - Distributed solar on homes and businesses has traditionally been largely ignored by electric markets. The energy produced benefits the customer and their electric utility, but hasn't been valued by the market that determines when all other energy resources - including utility...
From Solar Austin - In honor of this year's election season, and given that the election falls 10 short days later, we have chosen to focus on the body politic with a party based panel on energy policy in Texas. Some knowledgeable and good-natured persons have agreed to...
From Solar Austin - Our holiday party was so much fun last year, that we're making it an annual event. This year, we will honor Tom "Smitty" Smith, who has served as the director of Public Citizen's Texas office for 31 years and Karen Hadden,...
From Solar Austin - Electric vehicles are poised to transform transportation. Effective charging solutions are critical to that transformation. Established in 2007, Smart Charge Residential was born right here in Austin, TX as one of the first companies in America to focus exclusively on electric...
From Solar Austin - Join us for a visually stimulating discussion of the challenge of our age - climate change. The topics that may be covered are enumerated below and with some audience input a select few will be explored. Bruce Melton is a science...
From Solar Austin - There was a time when solar energy was only accessible to those with cash on hand to buy a system outright. Then financing for solar became common place and middle income people with decent credit scores could go solar without paying...
From Solar Austin - Austin Energy has been a leader on renewable energy adoption, including distributed solar for many years. That’s both because of leadership at the utility and the Austin City Council and because of public demand for progressive energy policies. That’s the beauty...
From Solar Austin - As solar and other renewable energy technologies spread further throughout society, effectively connecting these distributed means of generation to current transmission infrastructure and expanding and modernizing the grid become ever more pressing issues. Solar Austin is excited to present our July Happy...
From Solar Austin - With every passing day, society's reliance on fossil fuels further exacerbates the climate change crisis. The reality of climate change impacts on central Texas is sobering—unless we move past fossil fuels, even more severe storms, droughts, and extreme heat will become...
