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Solarize Wells Branch
Solar fever is spreading in the Austin area! A passionate group of solar supporters is working to bring more solar to Wells Branch. It all started with a solar fair on October 28. A couple...
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Georgetown to be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy
Barilla Solar Project – Photo from First Solar The City of Georgetown announced yesterday that it will provide the entire city with clean, affordable renewable energy by 2017. This is thanks to new...
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Pedernales Electric Co-op Expands Affordable Solar Energy Programs
The cost of solar energy has dropped so much that the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), the nation’s largest electric cooperative, which serves a large area to the west of Austin, has announced a...
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Why Georgetown Ditched Fossil Fuel
The following was written by Dale Ross, the mayor of Georgetown, Texas and published in Time on March 27th. A decision such as that made by Georgetown might not be possible for other Texas utilities...
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Travis County PACE Program to Finance Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and...
Energy efficiency upgrades are widely accepted to be the cheapest way to meet energy needs, yet many businesses don’t make such upgrades because of the up-front costs. That’s why the Texas Legislature...
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Austin Energy Contracts for Community Solar Project
Community solar at Austin Energy is one step closer to being a reality. After months of negotiations, Austin Energy signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with PowerFin Partners for a solar...
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Texas Legislature Expands Homeowners’ Solar Rights
This weekend, Governor Abbott signed a bill into law that establishes solar rights for a group of people who have sometimes been banned from installing solar on their homes. Right now, any developer...
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Austin Council Says Yes to 300 MW of New Solar Energy
The Austin City Council voted 9-2 today to authorize Austin Energy to enter into contracts for up to 300 megawatts (MW) of new solar energy. This decision comes as a result of the generation planning...
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Austin Council Approves Affordable Solar Energy: Customers and the...
The Austin City Council voted today to approve an additional 100 to 150 megawatts of solar energy projects for Austin Energy for 2016 and directed Austin Energy to bring another 150 megawatts online by...
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Solar: The Future of Energy
Solar energy is now more affordable than fossil fuels, even without accounting for the costs to the environment and public health. While creating electricity from solar energy has significantly dropped...
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Austin Energy Rate Case Environmental Impacts
A rate case is fundamentally about determining how much money an electric utility needs to collect from ratepayers to pay for expenses (and make some return on investment), how those expenses will be...
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Public Citizen Honors Tom “Smitty” Smith
Public Citizen Honors Tom “Smitty” Smith Donate Here After more than three decades of extraordinary work running Public Citizen’s Texas office, “Smitty,” formally known as Thomas Smith, is hanging...
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El Paso Electric Renews its Attack on Solar Customers
El Paso Electric (EPE) – which is a for-profit company with a monopoly in the El Paso area – is seeking higher rates for the utility’s west Texas customers and launching another attack on solar...
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Austin Commits to Making Solar Accessible for Low-Income Residents and Renters
Austin City Council adopted a resolution yesterday to direct $500,000 of Austin Energy’s fiscal year 2018 budget to prove solar to “multi-family affordable housing, low-income residents, renters, and...
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More Solar for Austin, Texas
The groundbreaking ceremony takes place at the site of Midway Solar project near McCamey, TX. Photo by Midland Reporter-Telegram Austin Energy customers will have an opportunity to get power from...
View ArticleOver 100 global cities that report to CDP get at least 70% of their...
CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, runs the global disclosure system that enables companies, cities, states and regions to measure and manage their environmental impacts. CDP has the most...
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Solar: Truly an American Success Story
City owned Palmer Events Center features Austin’s first community solar project. This and individual home solar installations are spurring solar employment nationwide. The Solar Foundation recently...
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Austin Energy held the grand opening of La Loma, largest community solar...
On Saturday, March 24th, Austin celebrated the grand opening of its second community solar project, La Loma Community Solar Farm in East Austin. The project is the largest community solar farm in the...
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Solar Success at Universities
Students and faculty at universities across the United States have been at the forefront of implementing solar energy at their schools. And for good reason, with increasing attendance at colleges and...
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Texas Solar Bill of Rights
On Monday, the committee substitute for House Bill 2860, was up for a public hearing in the Texas House Committee on State Affairs. We delivered testimony in support of the bill, while also asking for...
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