A city report recommends regulations for AI-fueled data centers to curb strain on Austin's power grid, water supply and ...

After historic storms, Austin Energy targets smarter vegetation management and grid analytics to speed restoration and prep ...

Austin Energy is planning for operational challenges and potential billing increases as new data centers with growing electric power needs are established in the region. The big p ...

The new Electric System Resiliency Plan was created after the three most impactful weather events in utility history.

AUSTIN, Texas — As millions of Texans went to bed on Feb. 15 without power statewide, Downtown Austin was lit up while its neighboring areas were left in the dark. The scene made its rounds on social ...

AUSTIN (KXAN)– This heat is “almost unbearable,” said Jeanne Rollins. “Feels like the hottest it’s ever been,” said Rocky Maksoud. “It went zero to 100 real quick,” said Sam Lahourcade. That means ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With triple-digit temperatures almost every day this summer, plenty of people are regularly running their air conditioners. Bill Oakey has lived in Austin for over 51 years, but he’s ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Energy has launched a $735 million plan to make the city's power grid more effective when winter weather gets rough. According to officials, the Electric System Resiliency Plan ...

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For decades, Austinites have been calling for the closure of the Fayette Power Project, the coal plant responsible for about a quarter of our city's greenhouse gas emissions. It would seem an ...

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