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AUSTIN APPROVES INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR YINGLI
Chinese solar manufacturer that’s also considering Phoenix is waiting to hear if Enterprise Fund money is on the table.
The Austin City Council this afternoon approved an incentive
package worth $354,000 in the effort to lure Chinese solar-panel manufacturer Yingli
Green Energy Holdings to the city.
Austin is competing with Phoenix to land the solar plant
that could bring 300 jobs. The company is still waiting to hear if Gov. Rick
Perry’s office will put money from the Texas Enterprise Fund
on the table to sweeten the deal.
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March 11, 2010
GARLAND, SOUTH TEXAS CO-OP TEAM UP ON CREZ
PUC encourages entities to realize deal by next month to satisfy judge’s concerns that muni was improperly shut out.
The Public Utility Commission today laid the
groundwork for awarding the city of Garland’s publicly owned electric company a
share of the transmission lines that will carry West Texas wind power to the
rest the state.
The action, which came after a protracted discussion with
representatives of three electric providers and PUC staff, came
in response to a state judge’s order in January that the commissioners exceeded
their authority when they left Garland Power and Light out of the
selection process for the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones.
Under a compromise discussed during today’s public hearing, GP&L
will attempt to work a deal to jointly build a section of the CREZ lines
with South Texas Electric Cooperative.
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March 11, 2010
ARCH COAL INC. TO ACQUIRE 35% SHARE OF TENASKA PROJECT
CO2 capturing facility is in process of seeking air permits from TCEQ and water deal for cooling plant.
The nation’s second-largest coal company announced today
that it plans to acquire a 35 percent share of the state-of-the-art generation
plant planned for construction near Sweetwater that is designed to generate 600
megawatts of power and capture up to 90 percent of its carbon dioxide
emissions.
The company, Arch Coal Inc. of St. Louis, said
in a news release that its investment in the Trailblazer Energy Center
that’s being developed by Tenaska Energy of Omaha will be phased
in over time as the projects reaches key milestones.
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March 11, 2010
NEWSWEEK: T. BOONE PICKENS TEAMS WITH KERRY ON ENERGY BILL
Old foes from “Swiftboat” campaign in 2004 now find common ground.
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March 11, 2010
EPA AWARDS FORT WORTH $400,000 FOR BROWNFIELD CLEANUP
City says revitalized properties are key to economic development.
The city of Fort Worth will receive $400,000 from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency to assist in the cleanup of properties
damaged by industrial and energy pollution and return them to productive use,
the federal agency said today.
In government parlance, the damaged properties are known as
“brownfields” because they’ve been abandoned but have the potential for
redevelopment.
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March 10, 2010
PERRY STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST EPA WITH LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
Urges them to overturn endangerment finding on greenhouse gases.
Continuing his campaign against what he calls a federal
overreach, Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to congressional leaders of
both parties today urging them to overturn the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gases represent a public
health threat.
“The EP’As misguided plan paints a big target
on the backs of Texas agriculture and energy producers and the hundreds of
thousands of Texans they employ,” Perry said in his letter that also went out
to the Texas congressional delegation. “Congress has a unique opportunity to
prevent one-size-fits-all mandates from being imposed by un-elected federal
bureaucrats and instead recognize the rights of states to tailor economic and
environmental policies in the manner that are in the best interest of their
citizens.”
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March 10, 2010
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS JOIN STATE’S FIGHT AGAINST EPA
They echo concerns voiced by Perry and others that greenhouse gas endangerment finding is fatally flawed.
The three members of the Texas Railroad Commission
are joining the legal battle Texas launched last month against the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency over its finding that greenhouse gases
like carbon dioxide pose a health threat to humans.
Railroad Commission Chairman Victor
Carrillo and Commissioners Elizabeth Ames Jones and Michael
Williams voted on Tuesday to put their names alongside other statewide
elected officials as Gov. Rick Perry, Attorney General Greg Abbott and
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples joined in the state’s lawsuit and
administrative petition against the federal agency.
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March 10, 2010
EXXON EXEC SEES DEMAND FOR NATURAL GAS RISING FAST
Production of the plentiful, clean-burning fuel could help shake off economic doldrums, he tells confab.
A top executive for Exxon Mobil said today
that he expects global demand for natural gas to increase by 30 percent over
the next 20 years as pressure continues to mount for power-generating fuels
that pump less carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere.
“Natural gas is a cleaner burning source of fuel and power
generation that over the next 20 years will continue to form an increasingly
important role in the global energy mix,” Tom Walters, president of Exxon’s
gas and power marketing company, told an energy conference in Houston. “This
can be attributed to its advantages of lower carbon emissions and greater
flexibility into power generation.”
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March 10, 2010
REBATES VAILABLE NEXT MONTH FOR ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES
SECO Web site has all the details.
Next month, government rebates become available for the
purchase of energy-efficient appliances such as room air-conditions,
refrigerators and washing machines. The rebates get even higher for those who
recycle their old appliances.
The cash back is part of a $300 million federal program or
consumers who buy eligible Energy Star appliances and replace the same type of
old appliance that is still functional.
Texas’ share for the program is about $23.3 million.
Check out the Comptroller’s State Energy Conservation
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March 9, 2010
NRG AWARDED $154 MILLION FROM DOE FOR CARBON-CAPTURING COAL PLANT
So far, Texas energy projects have garnered more than $1 billion from the federal stimulus.
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced
that NRG Energy has been selected to receive up to $154 million
from the federal stimulus and other government funding to build a 60-megawatt
coal-fired generating plant in Texas that will capture and sequester carbon
dioxide
The post-combustion capture and sequestration project going
up in the Trinity County town of Thompson will demonstrate advanced technology
to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, the DOE said.
It will also assist with enhanced oil recovery efforts from a nearby oil field.
“Advancing our carbon capture and storage technology will
create new jobs in America and reduce our carbon pollution output,” said Energy
Secretary Steven Chu. “It’s another example of our country’s innovation
at work.”
The NRG project was selected under the third
round of the Clean Coal Power Initiative, which is a
collaboration between the federal government and private industry to
demonstrate low-emission carbon capture and storage technologies in advanced
coal-based, power generation.
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March 9, 2010
CARONA, DEUELL SAY GARLAND DESERVES A SHARE OF CREZ
In letters to PUC, lawmakers say city-owned electric company has proven track record on transmission projects.
The two state senators who represent Garland are endorsing
the city’s effort to take part in the construction of the vast network of power
lines that will carry the wind-generated electricity from West Texas to the
urban centers.
Sens. John Carona, who lives in Garland, and Robert
Deuell, whose district captures the eastern portion of the Dallas suburb,
have each filed letters with the Public Utility Commission saying
that Garland’s municipally owned electric company has the expertise and track
record to share in the project.
“Please note that Garland Power and Light has
a wealth of experience in this area,” Carona said in a letter
last week to the PUC. “Formed in 1923, it has grown from a
relatively small enterprise to one that has more than 250 employees and
reliably manages 20 substations and more than 135 miles of transmission lines.”
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March 9, 2010
ENVIRONMENT TEXAS SAYS U.S. CAN GET 10% OF ITS ENERGY FROM SUN
New report praises Walmart, Frito Lay for innovations in harnessing solar power.
The United States should set a goal of using solar power to
meet at least 10 percent of total energy needs within 20 years and could accomplish
a significant part by capturing the sun’s energy from existing commercial
building rooftops, installing panels on existing and new homes and retrofitting
factories to harness the sun’s heat, a new report says.
The report, “Building a Solar Future” by
Environment Texas, offers several examples where thriving businesses
are already cutting their traditional energy consumption – and lowering their
operating costs – by taking advantage of solar energy.
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March 5, 2010
NRG ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF FOURTH WIND FARM IN TEXAS
Expects the deal for the 101-megawatt operation to be completed in second quarter of ’10, assuming PUC signs off.
NRG Energy has made a deal to acquire its
fourth Texas wind farm, this one a 101-megawatt operation called South
Trent near Sweetwater.
The company announced yesterday that it signed a binding
letter to purchase the farm that came on line in January 2009 with 44 turbines
capable of generating enough power to meet the needs of 80,000 homes.
“South Trent is a proven performer and … is
indicative of the type of renewable project in which we are looking to invest
in our core markets,” NRG President David Crane said. “We
will continue to look both to develop and acquire contracted land-based and
offshore wind projects as well as solar and other sustainable technology-based
assets where it makes sense as we expand our clean energy portfolio.”
The deal is subject to approval by the Public Utility
Commission, and assuming there on no hitches on the horizon, NRG
expects to put signatures on the final document in the second quarter of 2010.
Before the agreement to sell the operation, AEP Energy
had already signed a 20-year agreement to purchase all of the power
generated by the site.
South Trent will join the 120-megawatt Elbow
Creek farm near Big Spring, the 150-megawatt Langford
farm near San Angelo and Sherbino farm near San Angelo as
NRG’s wind properties. The company is an equal partner with BP
Alternative Energy on the Sherbino farm.
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March 5, 2010
SECO IS TAKING APPLICATION FOR $6 MILLION IN GREEN JOBS GRANTS
Deadline to get paperwork in is March 19th.
The State Office of Energy Conservation has
sent out a reminder that the deadline for applying for a part of the $6 million
available for the Green Jobs Initiative is March 19.
The program is aimed at public junior colleges and technical
schools to help offset the costs of equipment and training for jobs in the
fields of energy efficiency, transportation efficiency and renewable energy
technologies.
The details for applying are available by clicking here.
And speaking of green jobs, the Texas Clean Energy
Park program and Good Company Associates are hosting a
workshop called “Retrofitting the Workforce” on March 26 at the
Texas Capitol for educators, employers and people seeking professional
development.
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March 5, 2010
PEDERNALES POSTS RULES FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING BOARD SEATS
Petitions must be submitted by April 5.
Anyone thinking of running for one of the two seats on the Pedernales
Electric Cooperative’s board of directors that will be contested this
spring can see the “nomination-by-petition the co-op’s Web site.
The open positions are District 4 and District
5. The to be elected, candidates must be served by Pedernales in
their primary residence and must live in the district the seek to represent.
District maps are on the Web site.
Candidates must collect signatures on the sheets provided
from at least 50 co-op members to be eligible for nomination. The co-op
suggests that candidates submit more than 50 signatures in case some are ruled
in valid.
The nomination
materials explain the rules for submitting biographical information,
nomination requirements, a background verification authorization form, sheets
for collecting member signatures and maps showing director districts.
Completed and signed nomination petitions must be received
at Pedernales headquarters by the board’s recording secretary by
5 p.m. on April 5 for candidates to be eligible for the election, which will
conclude at the co-op’s June 19 annual membership meeting. By John Moritz
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March 4, 2010
ONCOR, CENTERPOINT TELL PUC THEY BACK TESTING FOR ADVANCED METERS
The transmission companies don’t support Sen. Fraser’s recommendation that they suspend installation.
Two major electric transmission companies today assured the Public
Utility Commission that they would conduct comprehensive testing of the
advanced meters being installed in several markets across Texas, but stoutly
defended the controversial new devices as accurately reflecting how much power
each customer consumes.
The promises made to the three-member commission by Oncor
Electric Delivery of Dallas and Houston’s CenterPoint Energy
came in a response to a letter sent Tuesday by state Sen. Troy Fraser
(R-Horseshoe Bay) asking the panel to suspend further installation of the
meters until independent testing could verify their reliability.
Fraser, who chairs the Senate committee that oversees the PUC
and much of the utility industry, sent the letter after hearing from numerous
constituents in the Temple-Killeen area who believe that the huge spike in
their electric bills is linked to the recent installation of the meters. Fraser
was unable to attend the meeting but would be briefed about what the commission
discussed, an aide said.
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March 4, 2010
UT STUDENTS LEVY $5 GREEN FUND FEE ON THEMSELVES
Money goes to $500,000 program to promote projects like recycling, renewable energy.
Students at the University of Texas at Austin
have voted to raise the fees they pay for sundry services to establish a
$500,000 fund such projects as recycling, energy efficiency and renewable
energy.
The $5 per semester charge will be levied under law passed
during the 2009 session that allows Texas university students to essentially
tax themselves if a majority of the student body votes on the idea.
“The green fund will likely help a
lot of good projects on campus move forward,” said Jim Walker, the university's
director of sustainability. “Sustainability is a growing priority here on
campus, as this vote demonstrates. I look forward to working with students on
projects that show we're moving in a direction that is supported by the student
body.”
For the complete report, see our Energy
Press section.
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March 3, 2010
PORTER SAYS WIN WAS EXPECTED, BUT THE BIG MARGIN WASN’T
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Industry insiders say newly minted GOP nominee for the Railroad Commission has yet to reach out to them.
David Porter, the Giddings accountant who stunned the
political establishment with his lopsided win over seven-year Railroad
Commissioner Victor Carrillo last night, said today that even though was
outspent by his better known opponent he had always expected that he’d win the
Republican nomination.
“If I didn’t think I would win, probably wouldn’t have run,”
Porter said in an interview. “But I didn’t think I’d win by so much.”
Porter, in his first run for a major office and largely
unknown to the both political insiders and to key players in the energy lobby,
defeated Carrillo by a margin of 61 percent to 39. Except perhaps Porter
himself, virtually no one saw it coming
“We were all a little bit shocked,” said Bill Stevens
of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. “The conventional
wisdom going in was that Victor wouldn’t have any real trouble.”
Porter credited his victory to his solid conservative
message and a sense of dissatisfaction with the three-member Texas
Railroad Commission among the energy sector outside of the Austin
bubble.
But Carrillo, who was appointed to the commission in 2003
and won both the GOP primary and the general election for a six-year term on
the three-member panel the following year, said in a
statement sent out to
supporters that Porter’s path to victory Tuesday night was buffeted by his
Anglo surname.
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UPSET APPEARS LIKELY IN RAILROAD COMMISSION RACE
A Carrillo defeat would be first time a statewide GOP incumbent was denied renomination in a non-judicial contest since the party gained dominance.
In perhaps the biggest upset of the night among the
Republicans running statewide, Texas Railroad Commissioner Victor Carrillo
appeared headed to a decisive defeat against little-known challenger David
Porter, who ran a shoestring campaign against the seven-year incumbent.
“Our opponent has spent at least 20 times what we have,”
Porter, a certified public accountant who lives in Giddings said on his
campaign Web page. “This campaign is a testament to the hundreds of people who
helped my campaign and the thousands of voters across Texas who believe as I
do: public office is a public trust, not a profession. I am very appreciative
of the people from all across Texas that have supported us in this campaign.”
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March 2, 2010
CARRILLO RUNNING BEHIND IN BID FOR SECOND TERM ON RRC
Challenger David Porter ran a low-key campaign in the down-ballot race.
Railroad Commission Chairman Victor
Carrillo appears to be in trouble in his re-election bid with early returns
showing him running about 60-40 behind low-key challenger David Porter of
Giddings.
Carrillo, appointed to the three-member panel that oversees
the energy sector in 2003, is seeking his second full six-year term.
Porter has stayed pretty much below the radar during most of
the campaign. During the 2006 cycle, he was treasurer for the Texas
Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, which was funded largely by
conservative activist James Leininger.
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March 2, 2010
FRASER CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF SMART METER INSTALLATION
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Lawmaker tells PUC new devices should be thoroughly tested in light of reports of high bills in Bell County.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This item has been updated to include Oncor's response.
State Sen. Troy Fraser today urged the Public
Utility Commission to instruct companies to suspend the installation of
advanced electric meters until independent testing can determine whether they
might be responsible for huge spikes in some residential utility bills.
Fraser, who chairs the Senate committee that oversees much
of the electric market in Texas, made his request by letter to PUC
Chairman Barry Smitherman and Commissioners Donna Nelson and Kenneth
Anderson after his constituents in Bell County contacted his office in
recent months complaining about inordinately high electric bills.
An Oncor spokesman said the company believes the meters are accurate, but is also calling for independent testing "to remove any seeds of doubt."
“Based on past usage, they question whether their extremely
high electric bills are due to the weather or the installation of the new smart
meters,” Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) said in his letter. He also asked the PUC
to suspend the monthly surcharge for the meters until testing is complete.
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March 1, 2010
AUSTIN COUNCIL TO CALL HEARING ON INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR YINGLI
City is back in the hunt for solar plant even though it once appeared Phoenix had the upper hand.
The Austin City Council on Wednesday is
scheduled to set a public hearing on its plan to offer an incentive package to
lure the planned solar manufacturing plant by the Chinese company, Yingli
Green Energy.
Last month, it appeared that Austin had lost out to Phoenix
on its bid to land the 300-job photovoltaic panel plant. But officials from
several levels of government in Texas have continued the dialog that began last
fall in the effort to have the plant built in Austin.
That effort appeared to pay at least some dividends last
week when it was announced that Austin planned to $354,000 incentive package on
the table to land the facility. At its Wednesday morning meeting, the Austin
council is expected to set a March 11 date for hearing to take public input on
the plan.
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March 1, 2010
LAWSUIT ON CHESAPEAKE’S $75 MILLION BONUS FOR CEO IS TOSSED OUT.
AP reports that shareholders who filed the claim have opportunity to fix technicality and try again.
A judge in Oklahoma has tossed out a lawsuit filed by
shareholders of Chesapeake Energy who contended the gas-drilling
company that’s active in North Texas’ Barnett Shale had failed in
its fiduciary duty when it awarded a $75 million bonus to CEO Aubrey McClendon.
According to a report by The Associated Press,
the suit was dismissed on procedural grounds, which means that the plaintiffs
have 60 days to amend it and refile it against the Oklahoma City-based company.
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February 26, 2010
CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY OFFERS LESSON IN UNITY
Coalition has industry and the environmentalists singing from the same hymn book.
A 10-month old advocacy organization whose
membership list includes TXU, CenterPoint, Oncor, Luminant, Entergy and
the Association of Electric Companies of Texas was described
today as offering “a treasure trove of good information” and providing “a great
public service.”
So, which well-connected lobbyists were passing out such
lavish praise?
Well the first quote comes from Tom “Smitty” Smith of
Texas Public Citizen. And the second one was offered by Luke
Metzger, who runs Environment Texas.
Seriously.
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February 26, 2010
RAILROAD COMMISSION RELEASES LATEST PRODUCTION STATS
In our Press Release section.
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February 25, 2010
HOUSTON AREA COMPANY GETS $300,000 IN STATE AID TO BUILD FACILITY IN CUERO
SIPCO Mechanical Linkage Solutions will produce high-precision components for power transmission.
A Houston area company that manufactures equipment for both
the traditional energy and the renewables sector today received a $300,000
boost from the Texas Enterprise Fund for its planned facility in
Cuero that will employ up to 100 people.
Gov. Rick Perry traveled to Cuero to formally
announce the investment in SIPCO Mechanical Linkage Solutions,
which plans to have the facility up and running by year’s end.
Eduardo Ervesun, the company’s director of
operations, said the new plant will manufacture high-precision gear products
for motion control and power transmission equipment that will serve companies
specializing in solar, wind, biomass generation as well as fossil fuel
generation.
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February 25, 2010
SOLAR COMPANIES GET TOP AWARDS FROM RENEWABLES EXPO
Huge conference at the Austin Convention Center wraps up today.
Solar projects won six of the seven awards handed out at this
week’s Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo, including
the nation’s first-ever full-scale solar power plant.
The Pasadena, Calif., company eSolar won Project
of the Year from the conference for its 5-megawatt Sierra SunTower that
was unveiled last August and will power 4,000 homes.
The winners were announced by the Renewable Energy
World network of publications after receiving nominations from editors
and readers. The three-day conference that was expected to attract about 5,000
people ended today.
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February 25, 2010
ANTI-COAL LEADER OF PUBLIC CITIZEN TAKES ISSUE WITH SMITHERMAN
Says PUC chairman’s comments on Texas CO2 reduction don’t mention that new coal plants are in the pipeline.
Ryan Rittenhouse, who campaigns against coal-fired
power plants for Texas Public Citizen, takes issue with comments from PUC Chairman Barry
Smitherman in Tuesday's Energy Buzz regarding Texas’ ranking as the second-leading state in the race to
reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.
“This is true, IF you completely ignore the plethora of new
coal plants being proposed and built in Texas,” Rittenhouse says in a blog post today on the Public
Citizen Web site. “Texas already has 17 coal plants (more than any
other state), and there are 12 or 13 more being proposed or built (also more
than any other state - by far).
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