Gas Prices Send Central Texans to the Bus

Capital Metro awash in new riders

"...now bearing fruit as Austinites seek relief from high gas prices. The transit agency reported today that, comparing this..."

July 22, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Are Gas Prices Too High?

"...Dear Editor, Are gas prices too high? I'm not really sure. I see..."

Sept. 7, 2005 Postmarks

Diamond Lanes and Increased Gas Prices Fairer Than Tolls

"...be much easier to just add $1.20 per gallon gas tax phased in at 5 cents per gallon per..."

March 13, 2006 Postmarks

Navigant: Gas Is a Natural

The report recommends replacing Decker Creek gas plant with a new 500 MW gas plant

"...an "all market" approach to various mixes of natural gas, wind, and solar energy (including the presumption that the..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Is Texas Gas Burning Austinites' Money?

Energy gadfly says utility may be overcharging customers

"...a citizen's complaints, the city is investigating whether Texas Gas Service has effectively overcharged Austin customers by more than..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Bush and the Price of Gas

"...Dear Editor, Over the last several weeks, we've seen gas prices plummet, leading many to suspect that the all-powerful..."

Nov. 6, 2006 Postmarks

Ventura Conflates Credit Crunch and Rising Oil Prices

"...Michael Ventura conflates the credit crunch and rising oil prices. Either that or he is wallowing contentedly in a..."

July 28, 2008 Postmarks

Better a Gas Tax Hike Than Tolls

"...only did many of the speakers mention increasing the gasoline tax as a more appropriate means of funding the..."

Oct. 5, 2004 Postmarks

Who Could Vote Against Cheap Gas?

A proposed gas-tax holiday means it may be cheaper to get to all those state facilities closed due to lack of funds.

"...With gas prices heading up to $3 a gallon, Texans may..."

May 9, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Gas, Water, and Trash

There could be a higher utility bill in your future

"...fuel cost increase next year. But it's not just gas; the city's growth is similarly stretching the department's capabilities...."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

When Is That Gas Station Going to Open?

"...Dear Editor, When is that gas station at the corner of Pleasant Valley and Oltorf..."

Sept. 19, 2006 Postmarks

McCaul Takes GOP Mantra to Gas Station

Austin congressman milking gas price issue

"...a Republican politician running for federal office, work the gasoline price issue for all it's worth, since that's about..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Top 10 Gas Station Taquerias in Austin

Fuel up with the unofficial food of Central Texas

"...found at this little gem next to a Gulf gas station, down the road from a Shell. (1729 E...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Gas at the Pump and Fresh Juice

"...Speaking of being squeezed, has anyone else noticed oil prices are falling everywhere but in Austin at the pump?..."

Sept. 11, 2008 Postmarks

News Ticker: May 13

All the news that's fit to blog

"...remains of the day, and Austinites deal with high gas prices. Inflation is on the News Ticker...."

May 13, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Common Law

Identity theft at the gas pump?

"...I shouldn't use my credit card to pay for gas at the pump because my financial information can be..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

Real Price Cuts? Now That Would be Shocking

Did Rep. Dunnam really kill an electricity rate rebate bill, or a PR stunt?

"...because many companies had held them artificially high after natural-gas prices soared, then dropped, in the wake of hurricanes..."

May 30, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

There's Nothing Like a Real Coal Fire

Public Utility Commission member pushes for more coal, even after the recent TXU struggle.

"...more coal. Since hurricanes Katrina and Rita ripped through gas storage facilities along the Gulf Coast and caused wild..."

July 25, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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

"...him, he'll fall." I wrongly predicted $4 a gallon gasoline by the spring of '06, underestimating (as I often..."

July 18, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...at a record-low price – cheaper even than natural gas. Given the impending expiration of federal solar tax incentives..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Winds of Change

As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.

"...still hasn't dipped low enough to compete with natural gas or coal-fired power plants. Utilities and wind farm operators..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Thanks to soaring energy prices, wind energy is becoming cheaper than that fueled by natural gas and other fossil.fuels.

"...air to sell their product: Thanks to soaring natural gas prices, wind turbines in Texas can now deliver a..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

There Goes the Sun

Will a new study cause the sun to set on Austin's solar program?

"...that it doesn't appropriately value conserving fuel like natural gas," said Andrew Donoho, a member of the city's Resource..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin Energy's Wrinkle in Time

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

"...to nationwide acclaim, prevented 81,000 cars' worth of greenhouse gas emissions, and "paved the way" for "an explosion of..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Can Austin Kick-Start the Hybrid-Car Future?

Austin Energy looks toward 'electrifying the transportation grid'

"...the Electric Power Research Institute and Daimler Chrysler. (The gas-powered version of the Sprinter is a Mercedes-Benz model.) McCracken..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

FTA 'New Start' Funds MetroRapid Buses

Federal grant covers 80% of $47.6 million bus rapid transit program

"...Obama says about [an] 'all-of-the-above' strategy for dealing with gas prices." As far as the administration is concerned, he..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Twisting in the Wind

Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done

"...fall far short of expectations as its wind power prices have soared."..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Hightower Report

God and Oil Prices; Autocracy in Action

"...GOD AND OIL PRICES..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Fayette's Fate Up in the Ozone

AE proposes to sell its Fayette interest, but it may not fly

"...Fayette's coal-generation capacity with plants fed by cleaner-burning natural gas – a proposition, critics counter, that could instead both..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

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.

"...a Gallon" (The Austin Chronicle, April 29) I wrote, "Gas prices can only go up. Oil production is at..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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