coal Archive
Green Power: Best Deal for Austin
By Axel Gerdau for PowerSmack.org SEP 29, 2009.
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...
Read More Coal: Not Cheap
by Mike Sloan SEP 26, 2009.
7 Reasons for Austin to Re-Think its Loyalty to the Fayette Coal Plant.
Coal has long been considered cheap energy: unhealthy yes, but with an intoxicatingly low price. That mindset should be abandoned. It is no longer true.
If you believe quitting coal is...
Read More Clean Energy is Painful in Austin ???
By Mike Sloan SEP 24, 2009.
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
by Axel Gerdau AUG 31, 2009.
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...
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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