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A parade of planets will be visible in Austin all month
Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — and ...
University of Texas at Austin to cut water use by 40% with new recycling facility
The University of Texas at Austin announced plans Thursday to build a 9,600-square-foot water recycling facility that will allow the school to reduce its water ...
Houston saw measurable snow for the first time since 2021. So why weren't there any mass outages?
More than 99% of CenterPoint Energy's Houston-area customers maintained power through the freeze, and ERCOT didn't order ...
Geothermal HVAC startup Bedrock Energy raises $12M
That's where Austin-based Bedrock Energy Inc. comes in. The startup, led by co-founder and CEO Joselyn Lai, has developed new ways to design geothermal systems, as well as automated boring to go deep ...
Austin city services run fairly smoothly after winter storm
KXAN is monitoring Austin’s water and power utilities amid ongoing winter weather conditions. We have reached out to Austin Energy, Austin Water and 311 for updates on services and will update this ...
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Worried about power outages in Texas during this winter storm? Here's what to know.
After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Central ...
Austin to receive $15M to build over 280 EV charging ports
The City of Austin and Austin Energy will receive $15 million from the federal government to install 284 EV charging ports at ...
Traffic disruptions underway in southeast Austin as crews address fallen power lines
AUSTIN, Texas — Several power lines fell early Monday morning in southeast Austin, impacting drivers and residents in the area. Roughly 2,300 Austin Energy customers were temporarily without power, ...
See Texas power outage maps as second arctic blast brings chances of snow, ice
Another Arctic blast of freezing temperatures will test the ERCOT grid during this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and ...
Central Texas braces for storm: Crews, TxDOT ready
City and state agencies are preparing for the upcoming cold snap in Austin, with Austin Energy fully staffed and ready to ...
Tech company moves its headquarters from Austin to Dallas area
E2open, specializing in cloud-based software for supply chains, relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in late 2024, ...
A battery plant fire in California started during a boom for energy storage
A fire at a one of the world’s largest battery plants in California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that ...