Austin Energy's Wrinkle in Time

Early GreenChoice customers' low rates will soon be gone with the wind

"...flat rates that were slightly higher than the going fuel charge paid by standard AE customers. But as the..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Texas Biodiesel Industry Talks Big Business in Austin

Conference and Expo drift: Those who have raised biodiesel industry out of infancy seeking sustained growth

"...Few people realistically look to the fuel – which is basically vegetable oil stripped of its..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

The city continues to push enviro-friendly autos

"...its Buy Green, Drive Clean program, rewarding purchasers of fuel-efficient vehicles with $100 worth of free parking in the..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

World Energy Week's Hometown Highlights

Events in Austin and Fredericksburg show off region's clean-energy champions

"...and California, air quality, and our addiction to foreign fuel sources...."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Postmarks

Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.

"...wage/high tech employers and corporate high tech relocations to fuel growth...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

Austin at Large: “No Significant Impact”

On unforced errors, ugly legacies, double standards, and loving thy neighbor

"...Building on W. Eighth, and the planned new jet fuel depot on U.S. 183 at the airport. We reported..."

April 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Recycling for Biodiesel Down on the Farm

What happened when Kim Alexander met Luis Centeno

"...willing to go to the trouble to make biodiesel fuel to run his farm machinery...."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Some provisions encourage renewables, but fossil fuels still reign

"...the energy bill is its failure to increase auto fuel efficiency standards, efforts ardently opposed by many Republicans and..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Texas biodiesel industry faces brick wall

"...Lately, biodiesel – a domestic, renewable fuel typically made from soybean oil or french fry grease..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Burnin' Rubber!

Tires: A Burning Question in Buda

"...plant in Central Texas to use tires as a fuel source. (A plant in Midlothian has been burning tires..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...2009. Austinites can educate themselves further and join the fuel-mix dialogue on a content-dense new website, www.austinsmartenergy.com (see "Getting..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Letters @ 3AM

As much fun as it is to blame speculators and oil companies, and as certain as it is that some reforms would help, the real culprit is global demand

"..."Fuel Prices Shift Math for Life in Far Suburbs": "More..."

July 18, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...have dropped, thanks to an 8% decrease in AE's fuel charge. The change should save the average 1,000-kilowatt-hour-per-month customer..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature

Up, Up, and Away! Utilities Ready to Raise Rates

The budget gap will be plugged with rising utility rates.

"...electric bill. The other big line item is the fuel charge, which Austin Energy passes on "dollar for dollar"..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Green Reading

Environs

"...wind industries, he projects that hydrogen will be the fuel that replaces natural gas. "Over time, solar and wind-derived..."

May 5, 1995 Books Review by Robert Bryce

The Hightower Report

An ugly surprise from Big Oil

"...stations, Big Oil has quietly been siphoning oceans of fuel from its U.S. refineries and shipping it to Asia,..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

One More Detour on Holly Street

Power plant demolition delay reprises neighborhood history

"...of soot; and a constant threat of fires and fuel spills that have marked much of the neighborhood's perilous..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

GreenChoice Affordable After All?

GreenChoice Batch 6 customers may soon get a break on their utility bills

"...will also propose covering future congestion costs with the "fuel charge" – the part of a traditional utility bill..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Cool City: Solar Subtleties

Cost of solar array depends on how you look at it – and when

"...the 25-year contract cost would roll into the overall fuel charge; if it weren't offered at all, AE would..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Future of Biodiesel

Texas Biodiesel Conference and Expo sells out, casts spotlight on the alternative fuel

"...or grow the exploding industry. Biodiesel is a renewable fuel that burns significantly cleaner than petroleum (see box). In..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin Reaches Biodiesel Big Leagues

New local partnership makes Austin biodiesel pump headquarters

"...to a new partnership between local biodiesel distributor Austin Biofuels and local fuel retailer Triple S Petroleum, Austin now..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

"...announced proposed "real-world" changes last week to how its fuel economy mile-per-gallon estimates are determined. The new estimates could..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

With two storms, nature has increased the speed of America's decline by several years. This series of columns sketches what we're in for (for good as well as for ill). The focus of this column is air travel and the tourist industries.

"...In the last year, the price of jet fuel has risen 50% (NY Times, Sept. 15, p.C1). The..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

There Goes the Sun

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

"...attractive clean-energy sources are solar and hydrogen, since those "fuels" are everywhere -- including Austin, which has no other..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?

A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas

"...speculation over how extensive a role solar, wind, geothermal, fuel cell, and other forms of clean energy -- also..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...coal, in southwestern Milam County. The lignite is cheap fuel for Alcoa's plant, which sprawls over 7,000 acres adjoining..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Texas Feels Ripple Effects From Green Investment Ban

Blocking environmentally minded investment is harder than it may seem

"...financial firms that seek to limit investments in fossil fuels, firearms, and the like are starting to be felt...."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Isabel Maney

Can the Airport Keep Up With Austin’s Boom?

AUS (aka ABIA) keeps making headlines whether it wants to or not

"...axle at City Council for springing its new jet fuel depot on its nearby neighbors by surprise, and it..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...Force, explains that this is due to increasing vegetative fuel, which grows prolifically during wet springs and then dries..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Rapid Response

A quiet celebration of the medics who make motorsports safer

"...all about saving lives. Worried about burns? Get the fuel and fuel tanks changed. Drivers passing out from G-forces?..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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