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{{short description|Public utility in Texas}} | |||
'''Austin Energy''' is the United States' 8th largest ], providing ] to more than 420,000 customers and a population of almost one million within a service territory of approximately 437-square miles, including ], ] and a small portion of ]. Austin Energy has been providing electric service to customers since 1895.<ref>http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/company-profile</ref> | |||
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'''Austin Energy''' is a ] providing ] to the city of ] and surrounding areas. Established in 1895, the utility is a department of the City of Austin and returns its profits to the city's ] to finance other city services. Austin Energy is the United States' 7th largest public utility, serving more than 500,000 customers and more than one million residents (as of 2019) within a service area of approximately {{convert|437|sqmi|km2}}, including Austin, ] and a small portion of ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=At-A-Glance|website=Austin Energy|url=http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/at-a-glance|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
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==Energy generation== | |||
Austin Energy returns profits to the community to fund other City Services primarily (] and ], but also , and ). | |||
Austin Energy’s total generation capacity is more than 3,000 megawatts (MW), provided by a mixture of ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="assets">{{Cite web|title=Power Plants|website=Austin Energy|url=https://austinenergy.com/about/company-profile/electric-system/power-plants|accessdate=23 May 2022}}</ref> All of Austin Energy's generation is sold into the ] wholesale market; all of the retail load is served by purchasing power from ERCOT.<ref>{{Cite web|title=May 31, 2016 Hearing in Austin Energy's Update of the 2009 Cost of Service Study and Proposal to Change Base Electric Rates|website=AustinTexas.gov|url=http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=255439#page=168|accessdate=3 May 2018}}</ref> | |||
⚫ | ===Generation assets=== | ||
Customers who buy ] (PV) solar panel installations are eligible for financing and monetary credits, applicable to their future energy bills. A vendor must be certified with Austin Energy's temporary Solar Rebate Program. Since 2010, Austin Energy’s contributions have totaled more than $100 million each year. For customers wanting to understand potential savings and learn about the benefits of switching to solar energy contact a local vendor certified within Austin Energy's temporary solar PV rebate program. <ref>http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/company-profile</ref> | |||
⚫ | Austin Energy owns and operates two ]-fired power plants in the Austin area: the Decker Creek Power Station and the Sand Hill Energy Center. The utility also owns 50% of units 1 and 2 at the ]-fired ] in ] and 16% of the ] in ] (near ]).<ref name="assets"/> The STNP was the subject of a binding citizen referendum (November 3, 1981) to sell Austin's part in the project. STNP went online in 1986. No council has sold Austin's STNP, telling citizens that "no one wanted our 16 percent". | ||
Austin Energy's 2030 generation resource plan called for the retirement of its share in the coal-fired Fayette Power Project by the end of 2022, but multi-year negotiations with co-owner ] stalled in late 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2021 |title=Austin Energy announces update to generation portfolio |url=https://austinenergy.com/about/news/news-releases/2021/austin-energy-announces-generation-portfolio-update |accessdate= |website=Austin Energy}}</ref> | |||
==Powering the Community== | |||
Austin Energy’s total generation is nearly 3,000 megawatts (MW). The service area is powered through a diverse generation mix of ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/company-profile/electric-system/power-plants</ref> | |||
Austin Energy has a goal to achieve 35% of its energy supply from renewable resources by 2020, including 200 MW of solar with 100 MW installed locally. | |||
As of January 2014, Austin Energy's renewable portfolio is at about 25%. Additionally, Austin Energy has a goal to reduce carbon emissions 20% below 2005 levels by 2020. Austin Energy is considering options for reducing the output of the coal-fired Fayette Power Project to meet carbon reduction goals.<ref>http://www.austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/reports-and-data-library/2014-generation-resource-planning-process</ref> | |||
==Saving Money and the Environment== | |||
The Austin Energy ] program includes a portfolio of energy efficiency offerings for both homeowners and businesses. The program includes a free online Energy Audit that gives consumers feedback on their energy consumption and helps identify ways they can save on utility bills, among other features.<ref>http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=pt_univ.eeps_sites_austin</ref> Multiple rebates are also available to both and customers to help pay for efficiency improvements in homes and office buildings. In 1990, Austin Energy developed the nation's first ] program<ref>http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/pubs/about.htm</ref> — . It shares the distinction of being the largest and best established green building program in the country along with Built Green Colorado in Denver.<ref>http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy02osti/32390.pdf</ref> | |||
Between 1982 and 2006, Austin Energy achieved its first conservation power plant of 700 megawatts. Austin Energy plans to offset an additional 800 megawatts through energy efficiency between 2007 and 2020.<ref>http://austinenergy.com/About%20Us/Newsroom/Reports/EnergyEfficiency800MWGoalReport.pdf</ref> | |||
==Supporting Emerging Technologies== | |||
⚫ | Austin Energy’s Plug-In EVerywhere network, powered by 100% renewable energy, expanded to |
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⚫ | ==Generation |
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Austin Energy owns and operates two ]-fired power plants in Austin: the Decker Creek Power Station and the Sand Hill Energy Center. The utility also owns 50% of units 1 and 2 at the ]-fired Fayette Power Project in LaGrange, Texas. Additionally, Austin Energy owns 16% of the ] in ] outside of Houston.<ref>http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/company-profile/electric-system/power-plants</ref> | |||
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! Unit !! Fuel !! Capacity (MW) !! |
! Unit<ref name="assets"/> !! Fuel !! Capacity (MW) !! Construction Year | ||
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| Decker Creek Power Station (Austin) || Gas || 200 || 1967–1978 | ||
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| Fayette Power Project (La Grange, 50% Share) || Coal || 600 || 1979–1980 | ||
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| Robert Mueller Energy Center (Austin) || Gas || 4.6 || 2006 | ||
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| Sand Hill Energy Center || Gas || |
| Sand Hill Energy Center (Del Valle) || Gas || 595 || 2001–2010 | ||
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| South Texas Project (Bay City, 16% Share) || Nuclear || 430 || 1988–1989 | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Renewable energy==== | |||
As of July 2014, ] represented roughly 23% of Austin Energy's generation portfolio, which included wind, solar, landfill methane and biomass projects.<ref name="renewables">{{Cite web|title=Renewable Power Generation - Austin Energy 2014|website=Austin Energy|url=http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/environment/renewable-power-generation|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> The utility's 2014 generation plan indicated that it aimed to produce 50% of power from renewable sources and 75% from carbon-free sources by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2014 Generation Resource Planning|website=Austin Energy|url=http://www.austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/reports-and-data-library/2014-generation-resource-planning-process|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> Since that time, new green energy generation assets have rapidly been brought online. As of August 2019, green energy had jumped to 43% of Austin Energy's generation mix, and by February 2020 included 1,425.6 MW of wind turbines and 644.6 MW of solar panels.<ref name="2019 Austin Energy renewable power website">{{Cite web|title=Renewable Power Generation|website=Austin Energy|url=http://austinenergy.com/wps/portal/ae/about/environment/renewable-power-generation|accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref> | |||
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! Renewable Resources<ref name="renewables"/> !! Fuel Type !! Installed Capacity (MW) || First Operation Year !! Contract Expiration Date | ||
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| Sunset Farms || Landfill Methane || 4 || 1996 || 2021 | | Sunset Farms || Landfill Methane || 4 || 1996 || 2021 | ||
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| Tessman Road Landfill || Landfill Methane || 7.8 || 2003 || 2017 | | Tessman Road Landfill || Landfill Methane || 7.8 || 2003 || 2017 | ||
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| Nacogdoches Power || ] || |
| Nacogdoches Power || ] || 105 || 2012 || | ||
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| ] || ] || 30 || 2011 || 2036 | | ] || ] || 30 || 2011 || 2036 | ||
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| ] || Solar || 157.5 || 2016 || 2036 | |||
| ] (LCRA) Texas Wind Contract || ] || 10 || 1995 || 2020 | |||
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|East Pecos (Bootleg) || Solar || 118.5 || 2017 || 2031 | ||
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|Upton County (SPTX12B1) || Solar || 157.5 || 2017 || 2042 | ||
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|La Loma Community Solar || Solar || 2.6 || 2018 || 2043 | ||
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|Waymark || Solar || 178.5 || 2018 || 2043 | ||
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| Whirlwind Energy Center || ] || 59.8 || 2007 || 2027 | ||
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| ] || Wind || 165.6 || 2008 || 2023 | ||
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| ] II || Wind || 201.6 || 2013 || 2037 | |||
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| Whitetail || Wind || 92.3 || 2013 || 2037 | | Whitetail || Wind || 92.3 || 2013 || 2037 | ||
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⚫ | | Los Vientos III || Wind || 200 || 2015 || 2040 | ||
| '''TOTAL RENEWABLES || 992.7 MW''' | |||
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| Jumbo Road || Wind || 299.7 || 2015 || 2033 | |||
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⚫ | | Los Vientos IV || Wind || 200 || 2016 || 2041 | ||
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| Midway Solar<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hanrahan |first=Zoey |date=2018-01-29 |title=Midway Solar Project Will Be the Largest Solar Farm in Texas |url=https://sanangelolive.com/news/texas/2018-01-29/midway-solar-project-will-be-largest-solar-farm-texas |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=SanAngeloLIVE.com}}</ref>|| Solar || 236 || 2018 || 2038 | |||
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| Karankawa || Wind || 206.64 || 2019 || 2034 | |||
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|]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snieckus |first=Darius |date=January 6, 2020 |title=Pattern starts repowering plan at Hurricane Harvey survivor Gulf Wind |url=https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/pattern-starts-repowering-plan-at-hurricane-harvey-survivor-gulf-wind/2-1-732570 |access-date= |website=Recharge |language=en}}</ref> | |||
|Wind | |||
|271.4 | |||
|2009 | |||
|2040 | |||
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On April 23, 2019, Austin Energy reached an agreement to purchase the Nacogdoches biomass facility for $460 million. Since Austin Energy entered into the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with the biomass facility the price of natural gas has come down significantly. The purchase – one of Austin's single largest purchases ever<ref>{{cite web |last=Jankowski |first=Philip |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Austin buys troubled power plant |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20190418/austin-buys-troubled-power-plant-for-460-million |website=]}}</ref> – is anticipated to allow the city to avoid $275 million in additional costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austinenergy.com/ae/about/news/press-releases/2019/austin-energy-to-acquire-Nacogdoches-biomass-facility |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531163310/https://austinenergy.com/ae/about/news/press-releases/2019/austin-energy-to-acquire-Nacogdoches-biomass-facility |archive-date=2019-05-31 |title=Austin Energy to acquire Nacogdoches Biomass Facility}}</ref> | |||
==Energy conservation== | |||
Austin Energy operates an ] program to help customers identify ways to reduce their energy consumption and save on utility bills. The utility offers various subsidies and rebates for efficiency improvements, including ], ], efficient ], and ] panels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Austin Energy|website=]|url=http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=pt_univ.eeps_sites_austin|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
In 1992, Austin Energy developed the nation's first local ] program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Green Building: Basic Information|website=]|url=http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/pubs/about.htm|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> It shares the distinction of being the largest and best established green building program in the country along with Built Green Colorado in ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Summary of Green Building Programs|website=]|date= August 2002|url=http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy02osti/32390.pdf|accessdate=21 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
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!'''Pending Wind Projects''' !! MW Capacity !! Year Beginning !! Year Ending | |||
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⚫ | | Los Vientos III || 200 || 2015 || 2040 | ||
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⚫ | | Los Vientos IV || 200 || 2016 || 2041 | ||
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<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Assessing climate sensitivity of peak electricity load for resilient power systems planning and operation: A study applied to the Texas region|journal=]|date=August 2020|doi=10.1016/j.energy.2019.07.074 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544219314136|accessdate=21 April 2019|last1=Alipour |first1=Panteha |last2=Mukherjee |first2=Sayanti |last3=Nateghi |first3=Roshanak |volume=185 |pages=1143–1153 |s2cid=199086614 }}</ref> | |||
==Electric vehicle program== | |||
⚫ | Austin Energy’s Plug-In EVerywhere network, powered by ], expanded to 186 public charging stations to help drive a two-year, 300% Austin EV growth rate. Austin Energy led a 10-county, regional effort to develop a community plan that supports the adoption of EVs and successfully deployed the first-of-its-kind EV home charging ] program. | ||
==Criticism== | |||
Austin energy has been criticized for increasing energy prices to fund renewable energy projects and for the 2011 rolling blackouts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All About Austin Energy|website=]|url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/austin-energy/|accessdate=23 November 2021}}</ref> It has also been criticized for its handling of the ] in early 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's How Austinites Think The City Failed During The Texas Freeze|website=]|date=25 August 2021 |url=https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-08-25/heres-how-austinites-think-the-city-failed-during-the-texas-freeze|accessdate=23 November 2021}}</ref> Critics have called Austin Energy a "monopoly", since Austin didn't follow suit in the deregulation that approximately 1/3rd of Texas cities have been part of. | |||
Austin Energy received significant criticism, including calls for its executive team to resign, during an ] that occurred on February 1, 2023 for failing to prepare for adverse weather, poorly communicating with customers, and not being able to restore power to customers within a reasonable time frame.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.statesman.com/story/weather/2023/02/01/austin-power-outages-map-weather-texas-thousands-impacted/69861487007/ | title=99.9% of Austin Energy customers have power; nearly 300 continue to deal with outages }}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Commons category|Austin Energy}} | |||
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Public utility in TexasMore than electricity | |
The Decker Creek Power Station, one of Austin Energy's power plants. | |
Company type | Public utility |
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Industry | Electric power |
Founded | 1895 (1895) |
Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
Area served | Travis & Williamson counties, Texas |
Owner | City of Austin |
Website | austinenergy |
Austin Energy is a publicly owned utility providing electrical power to the city of Austin, Texas and surrounding areas. Established in 1895, the utility is a department of the City of Austin and returns its profits to the city's general fund to finance other city services. Austin Energy is the United States' 7th largest public utility, serving more than 500,000 customers and more than one million residents (as of 2019) within a service area of approximately 437 square miles (1,130 km), including Austin, Travis County and a small portion of Williamson County.
Energy generation
Austin Energy’s total generation capacity is more than 3,000 megawatts (MW), provided by a mixture of wind power, solar power, biomass, natural gas, nuclear power, and coal. All of Austin Energy's generation is sold into the ERCOT wholesale market; all of the retail load is served by purchasing power from ERCOT.
Generation assets
Austin Energy owns and operates two natural gas-fired power plants in the Austin area: the Decker Creek Power Station and the Sand Hill Energy Center. The utility also owns 50% of units 1 and 2 at the coal-fired Fayette Power Project in La Grange and 16% of the South Texas Nuclear Project in Bay City (near Houston). The STNP was the subject of a binding citizen referendum (November 3, 1981) to sell Austin's part in the project. STNP went online in 1986. No council has sold Austin's STNP, telling citizens that "no one wanted our 16 percent".
Austin Energy's 2030 generation resource plan called for the retirement of its share in the coal-fired Fayette Power Project by the end of 2022, but multi-year negotiations with co-owner LCRA stalled in late 2021.
Unit | Fuel | Capacity (MW) | Construction Year |
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Decker Creek Power Station (Austin) | Gas | 200 | 1967–1978 |
Fayette Power Project (La Grange, 50% Share) | Coal | 600 | 1979–1980 |
Robert Mueller Energy Center (Austin) | Gas | 4.6 | 2006 |
Sand Hill Energy Center (Del Valle) | Gas | 595 | 2001–2010 |
South Texas Project (Bay City, 16% Share) | Nuclear | 430 | 1988–1989 |
Renewable energy
As of July 2014, renewable energy represented roughly 23% of Austin Energy's generation portfolio, which included wind, solar, landfill methane and biomass projects. The utility's 2014 generation plan indicated that it aimed to produce 50% of power from renewable sources and 75% from carbon-free sources by 2025. Since that time, new green energy generation assets have rapidly been brought online. As of August 2019, green energy had jumped to 43% of Austin Energy's generation mix, and by February 2020 included 1,425.6 MW of wind turbines and 644.6 MW of solar panels.
Renewable Resources | Fuel Type | Installed Capacity (MW) | First Operation Year | Contract Expiration Date |
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Sunset Farms | Landfill Methane | 4 | 1996 | 2021 |
Tessman Road Landfill | Landfill Methane | 7.8 | 2003 | 2017 |
Nacogdoches Power | Biomass | 105 | 2012 | |
Webberville Solar Project | Solar | 30 | 2011 | 2036 |
Roserock Solar | Solar | 157.5 | 2016 | 2036 |
East Pecos (Bootleg) | Solar | 118.5 | 2017 | 2031 |
Upton County (SPTX12B1) | Solar | 157.5 | 2017 | 2042 |
La Loma Community Solar | Solar | 2.6 | 2018 | 2043 |
Waymark | Solar | 178.5 | 2018 | 2043 |
Whirlwind Energy Center | Wind | 59.8 | 2007 | 2027 |
Hackberry Wind Project | Wind | 165.6 | 2008 | 2023 |
Los Vientos II | Wind | 201.6 | 2013 | 2037 |
Whitetail | Wind | 92.3 | 2013 | 2037 |
Los Vientos III | Wind | 200 | 2015 | 2040 |
Jumbo Road | Wind | 299.7 | 2015 | 2033 |
Los Vientos IV | Wind | 200 | 2016 | 2041 |
Midway Solar | Solar | 236 | 2018 | 2038 |
Karankawa | Wind | 206.64 | 2019 | 2034 |
Gulf Wind | Wind | 271.4 | 2009 | 2040 |
On April 23, 2019, Austin Energy reached an agreement to purchase the Nacogdoches biomass facility for $460 million. Since Austin Energy entered into the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with the biomass facility the price of natural gas has come down significantly. The purchase – one of Austin's single largest purchases ever – is anticipated to allow the city to avoid $275 million in additional costs.
Energy conservation
Austin Energy operates an energy efficiency program to help customers identify ways to reduce their energy consumption and save on utility bills. The utility offers various subsidies and rebates for efficiency improvements, including HVAC, insulation, efficient lighting, and photovoltaic panels.
In 1992, Austin Energy developed the nation's first local Green Building program. It shares the distinction of being the largest and best established green building program in the country along with Built Green Colorado in Denver.
Electric vehicle program
Austin Energy’s Plug-In EVerywhere network, powered by 100% renewable energy, expanded to 186 public charging stations to help drive a two-year, 300% Austin EV growth rate. Austin Energy led a 10-county, regional effort to develop a community plan that supports the adoption of EVs and successfully deployed the first-of-its-kind EV home charging Demand Response program.
Criticism
Austin energy has been criticized for increasing energy prices to fund renewable energy projects and for the 2011 rolling blackouts. It has also been criticized for its handling of the Texas freeze in early 2021. Critics have called Austin Energy a "monopoly", since Austin didn't follow suit in the deregulation that approximately 1/3rd of Texas cities have been part of.
Austin Energy received significant criticism, including calls for its executive team to resign, during an ice storm that occurred on February 1, 2023 for failing to prepare for adverse weather, poorly communicating with customers, and not being able to restore power to customers within a reasonable time frame.
References
- "At-A-Glance". Austin Energy. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Power Plants". Austin Energy. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "May 31, 2016 Hearing in Austin Energy's Update of the 2009 Cost of Service Study and Proposal to Change Base Electric Rates". AustinTexas.gov. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "Austin Energy announces update to generation portfolio". Austin Energy. 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Renewable Power Generation - Austin Energy 2014". Austin Energy. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- "2014 Generation Resource Planning". Austin Energy. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- "Renewable Power Generation". Austin Energy. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- Hanrahan, Zoey (2018-01-29). "Midway Solar Project Will Be the Largest Solar Farm in Texas". SanAngeloLIVE.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- Snieckus, Darius (January 6, 2020). "Pattern starts repowering plan at Hurricane Harvey survivor Gulf Wind". Recharge.
- Jankowski, Philip (April 18, 2019). "Austin buys troubled power plant". Austin American-Statesman.
- "Austin Energy to acquire Nacogdoches Biomass Facility". Archived from the original on 2019-05-31.
- "Austin Energy". Energy Star. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- "Green Building: Basic Information". Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- "Summary of Green Building Programs" (PDF). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- Alipour, Panteha; Mukherjee, Sayanti; Nateghi, Roshanak (August 2020). "Assessing climate sensitivity of peak electricity load for resilient power systems planning and operation: A study applied to the Texas region". NSF. 185: 1143–1153. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.07.074. S2CID 199086614. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "All About Austin Energy". National Public Radio. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "Here's How Austinites Think The City Failed During The Texas Freeze". National Public Radio. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "99.9% of Austin Energy customers have power; nearly 300 continue to deal with outages".