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Utility Shut-offs, Evictions, Court Dates Suspended Due to Pandemic
City and county officials aim to soften economic blow of COVID-19
"...of COVID-19, Austinites who are unable to pay their utility bills will not have their service shut off, per..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Total Utility
The pain and politics of raising electric rates as a means of controlling our destiny
"...a rate hike of the sort suggested by the utility would bury them. Austin Independent School District Superintendent Meria..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Pressure Rising at the Water Utility
One manager forced out, another accused of harassment ... who's watching the valves?
"...6, Perwez Moheet, deputy director of the Austin Water Utility, announced his retirement. It wasn't exactly a shock, as..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cool City: Water Utility Flows Green
Daryl Slusher hops from Austin Energy to Austin Water Utility to serve as first assistant director of environmental affairs and conservation
"...Can the Austin Water Utility – like its sister utility, Austin Energy – become..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

1995-96 City Budget: The Electric Utility Holding the Line
"...et al.'s ceaseless clamor to sell the city's electric utility is the sound of money being counted. Not necessarily..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Feature

Utility Player
"...airing of the reasons he took the city's electric utility into his own hands following general manager Milton Lee's..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Beside the Point: Trust Us, We're the Water Utility
AWU's vows to deliver on WTP4 and conservation just don't wash
"...The vote marks a crucial turning point in the utility's 25-year battle to build a new water treatment plant...."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Column by Nora Ankrum

Body Cam Blues: Utility Ousted, Not Out
Company loses at 3rd Court, hangs hope on appeal, co-plaintiff
"...Texas' 3rd Court of Appeals delivered a hit to Utility Assoc­i­ates on Friday when it dismissed the Atlanta-based police..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Does Utility Have Any Credibility Left on Site Choice?
"...Dear Editor, Can the Austin Water Utility possibly have any credibility left on the important matter..."

Nov. 6, 2006 Postmarks

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes
Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program
"...(CAP) discounts – designed to help lower-income customers with utility bills but in practice, he alleges, still being offered..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

LCRA Close To Capping Utility Sales
River Authority moves to begin unloading water/wastewater utilities
"...board voted to authorize exclusive negotiations with Vancouver-based private utility Corix Infrastructure Inc. for the right to purchase 18..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Verde Report: A Utility Player No More, Jon Gallagher Has Found His Home for Austin FC
The 26-year-old Irishman is thriving at left back
"...Versatile. Utility man. Gadget player...."

July 8, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Hornsby Bend Waste Utility Deserves Coverage
"...most unique environmental facilities in Austin, Hornsby Bend waste utility. Central Texas has one of the most advanced biosolid..."

May 28, 2007 Postmarks

Fab Slabs: Absolute Elegance and Solid Utility
These camphor laurel cutting boards are top notch from Down Under
"...who prefer to exist at the intersection of maximum utility and unparalleled beauty are using Fab Slabs...."

Feb. 22, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Water Utility Progress
Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions
"...As Austin Energy's biggest single customer, the Austin Water Utility used 1.6% of AE's total deliveries last year. Through..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Failures of City's Utility Website

Nov. 6, 2012 Postmarks

Looks and Utility

March 1, 2008 Postmarks

Savings or Slush?
In a tight budget year, Austin Energy's debt management fund is under scrutiny.
"...Clint Smith. "It is unconscionable that the city's electric utility holds $183 million in cash while the rest of..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Then There's This: Surrendering Power
Council is poised to give up control of Austin Energy, no matter how you feel about it
"...ordinance that would transfer control of the city-owned power utility from the Council to an appointed "independent" board of..."

April 12, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

TateAustin Energy
Something Costly This Way Comes: PR for City Utility
"...proud owner (part owner, at least) of one electric utility company? That the utility is actively involved in research..."

June 5, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

The Players
The utility, the appellants, and the intervenors
"...Austin Energy The city-owned utility that raised electric rates. Key representatives are Mark Dreyfus,..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Austin @ Large: Analyzing the Analyst
A look at the proposed utility consumer analyst
"...new position, appointed by the City Council, of "electric utility consumer analyst." Those four words are about the only..."

April 19, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Then There's This: Who Should Control Austin Energy?
A fast-tracked proposal poses radical changes for city-owned utility
"...Karen Hadden, vice chair of the city's Electric Utility Commission, which recommended the governance change, says she voted..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Invasion of the Water Snatchers
Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies
"...center. And the recent entry of a Pittsburgh-based electric utility into the local water business is making big waves...."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

ACPP Update
Municipal & Utility Progress
"...The Austin Climate Protection Plan includes five areas: Municipal; Utility; Homes and Buildings; Community; Go Neutral (see "Austin Climate..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Energy Buys Out Biomass Plant
City utility escapes money-losing 2008 energy deal
"...but inevitable turn Tuesday, April 23, as the city-owned utility announced it would buy the Nacogdoches Generating Facility plant..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Energy: Rate Cuts Solve Everybody's Problems
Council votes to approve utility rate reduction
"...to an agreement with Austin Energy that will reduce utility rates for all AE's customers for the next five..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

AE Rate Proposal Double-Edged
Ratepayers expense also city income
"...income consequence to city programs currently sustained by the utility...."

Feb. 6, 2012 News Post by Michael King

AE Rate Gate
Shockingly, nobody wants to pay more for electricity
"...energy with cutting-edge technology. Just an all-around good-guy city utility that zipped along for 17 years without a rate..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

Challenging Repair Work Amid "Horrendous" Conditions as Thousands Remain Without Power
Austin Energy lines sustain massive damage in ice storm
"...aftermath of the severe ice storm, the publicly owned utility still cannot say when power will be fully restored..."

Feb. 2, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

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