Austin utility unveils $735M citywide grid hardening strategy
Austin Energy announces a $735 million resiliency plan to strengthen the grid, reduce outages and improve transparency.
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Austin Energy study estimates $50B cost, decades of work to bury city’s electrical lines
Continuous rises in extreme weather—meaning hotter summers and colder winters—impose a risk to the reliability of Austin’s energy supply.
Austin approves city utility’s climate plan including natural gas ‘peaker’ plant
At the heart of the plan is a push to reduce peak energy demand through expanded energy efficiency and demand response programs that compensate customers for reducing power consumption at critical times.
