Austin Energy releases part of study aimed to keep energy flowing underground Austin
An idea to keep energy flowing underground Austin may not be so feasible after all. Austin Energy released part of its ...
Here's how much Austin Energy says it would cost to bury all the power lines in the city
After an ice storm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in February 2023, the city looked into what it would take to ...
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Burying Austin's power lines would cost $50 billion (and is pretty much impossible)
A new report finds burying lines would be expensive and infeasible given Austin's rocky topsoil. The city commissioned the ...
Austin working early to address ‘budget asteroids’; it may mean a tax rate election
After Austin Mayor Kirk Watson announced the city would change the way it works on its budget, the Audit and Finance ...
Austin-based Lucky Energy snags millions more from investors
Lucky Bev Co. announced it closed a $14.2 million oversubscribed series A1 funding round less than a year after raising ...
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Austin Energy considers burying miles of power lines to reduce outages, maintenance
A new study into power line undergrounding will be followed by a report on making overhead lines more resilient.
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Over 24K Austin Energy customers without power due to high winds as of 3 p.m. Tuesday
Over 24,000 Austin Energy customers were without power at 3 p.m. due to high winds ripping through the city. The utility posted to social media that all available crews were "working as quickly ...
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Power outages across Austin ongoing due to extreme wind, damage to system
AUSTIN, Texas — Some Austin residents were without power Tuesday as Austin Energy said high wind gusts were to blame. Much of Central Texas was under extreme fire danger conditions brought on by ...
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Austin Energy releases part of study aimed at burying power lines
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An idea to bury power lines in Austin may not be feasible after Austin Energy released part of its study focusing on underground feasibility. The goal was to determine whether ...
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Power outages slam Central Texas due to high winds
Oncor reported 68 customers were affected in Williamson County, with 8 active outages. Austin Energy reported 11 active outages, with 84 affected customers. 1:25 p.m. Oncor reported that 67 ...
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Austin has had 5 high-risk wildfire days this month alone. Why are there so many red flag warnings?
The National Weather Service says weather doesn't usually cause wildfires; it's dry and windy conditions that can cause a ...
St. David's is first in the U.S. to use new dual energy catheter for AFib, heart flutters
St. David's in Austin is the first in country to use new dual catheter to fix heart flutter and AFib at the same time.