Mark your calendars! On May 12th, Solar Austin will be hosting our first virtual happy hour with Austin Energy’s Customer Renewable Solutions Manager, Tim Harvey. Come along as Tim walks us through the 35 year historical voyage of renewables at Austin Energy. Tim will outline the...
SummaryIn March, Austin City Council approved the latest update to the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan, which basically determines where Austin will get its energy for the next 10 years. In this guest blog, the Sierra Club runs down the good parts...
Now, more than ever, it seems pretty important to know what the heck your government is up to. Big decisions are being made every day, right here in Austin, that will affect our lives and livelihood. But how do you attend a Council meeting or share...
Austin reached a big milestone this year. The 10,000th electric vehicle hit the road in our city. That's significant, especially since Austin has a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Add onto that the fact that more than a third of our emissions currently...
Guest Editorial - by Al Braden Al Braden is a local environmental activist and photographer. He is also a member of the Electric Utility Commission Resource Planning Working Group, which is helping to advise Austin Energy and City Council on where Austin should get its energy...
Maybe you've seen the news stories about the 16-year-old from Sweden who's demanding climate action from our world leaders. Or you've watched a video on Instagram of one of the hundreds of marches taking place across the globe. Perhaps you've even attended a recent climate...
Guest Editorial - from Al Braden Al Braden is a local environmental activist and photographer. He is also a member of the Electric Utility Commission Resource Planning Working Group, which is helping to advise Austin Energy and City Council on where Austin should get its energy...
Guest Post - from the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club Written by Shane Johnson, Clean Energy Distributed Organizer with the Sierra Club For community advocates and policy wonks alike, Austin Energy’s recently-announced Working Group to Update the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (Resource Plan) for early...
Austin is about to get more than half its energy from renewables. And that's a pretty big deal. Austin Energy, our city's electric utility, just announced a new wind power contract that will allow Austin to get 61 percent of its energy from renewables (once the wind farm is complete...
Hosted by the City of Austin - To help customers manage and lower utility bills this summer, City of Austin Utilities is hosting several community events! The months of June through September account for 45 percent of all the electricity used by residents. Residents typically use the...