Austin Energy hopes new solar standard offer can scale up sorely …
Oct 2, 2024 · Key Players & Topics In This Article. Austin Energy: As a municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy is a rarity in the largely deregulated State of Texas.It's annual budget clocks in at over $1 billion. The utility's annual direct transfer of a Council-determined percentage of its revenues offers the city a notable revenue stream.
Updated: Austin Energy still considering options to answer to grid ...
Nov 7, 2024 · As its end-of-year deadline approaches, Austin Energy is busy crunching numbers, hoping to finally nail down a much-anticipated update to its Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan. Update: Following publication of this story, Austin Energy reached out to …
Austin Energy proposes gas peaker units, not larger combined …
Nov 20, 2024 · Austin Energy has been working for more than a year – collaborating with stakeholders and looking at a variety of technologies, “including energy efficiency, demand response, batteries, rooftop solar expansion and natural gas peaker units or combined-cycle generation and more” – in order to deliver the Austin Energy 2035 plan, according to Austin Energy Chief Operating Officer Lisa Martin.
Part I: District 7 Council candidates talk public safety, climate ...
Oct 14, 2024 · This is Part I of a two-part series profiling the candidates running for Austin City Council’s District 7 seat. Read Part II here.. Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool, who has represented North Central Austin since the creation of the district-based 10-1 City Council system in 2014, is completing her final term on Council.
Ethics complaints filed against Siegel, AURA - Austin Monitor
Dec 12, 2024 · An ethics complaint has been filed against Mike Siegel, who is running to take the District 7 City Council seat in the Dec. 14 runoff. Adam Haynes also filed an ethics complaint against a major urbanist group that has been campaigning for Siegel. The complaints were first reported Wednesday in The ...
New zoning would allow huge building on South Congress
Oct 29, 2024 · At the last meeting before the Nov. 5 election, City Council spent more than 11 hours in chambers, with most of their time being devoted to the contract with the Austin Police Association, which they approved. But with a barely…
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After a busy 2024, Fuentes looks to take on more leadership roles. With her first term and a smooth reelection behind her, Vanessa Fuentes returns to the dais in January with a fresh to-do list and aspirations of becoming the next mayor pro …
Voters pass Austin Independent School District Proposition A
Austin Independent School District Proposition A, a tax rate election, passed with 58 percent of the vote on Nov. 5, resulting in a property tax increase for Austin residents that will invest $41 million in AISD. The Austin ISD Board…
Planning Commission postpones East Austin rezoning decision …
Nov 15, 2024 · Key Players & Topics In This Article. City of Austin Planning Commission: This commission addresses issues of land use as assigned to it by Austin's City Code.These include the abilities "[t]o make and amend a master plan, recommend approval or disapproval of proposed zoning changes and control land subdivision within neighborhood planning areas and submit, annually, a list of recommended ...
Austin City Council passes new police contract - Austin Monitor
Oct 25, 2024 · Austin City Council approved a five-year, $218 million contract with the city’s police union Thursday. The deal passed on a 10-1 vote. The approval came after hours of impassioned testimony from scores of Austinites. Supporters argued the contract is necessary…