tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40185029276023855552024-03-13T21:59:42.156-07:00Austin EnergyAustin Energy, the nation’s 8th largest public power utility, serves more than 400,000 customers and a population of more than 900,000 in Austin, Travis County and a small area of Williamson County, Texas. The Utility operates a diverse generation portfolio that includes nuclear, coal, natural gas and renewables.Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-45018412070386975472013-12-09T13:58:00.001-08:002013-12-09T13:59:29.345-08:00Judges & Volunteers Needed for Science Fest<div style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Austin Energy Regional Science Festival will take place</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday, Feb 19 through Saturday, Feb 22, 2014</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at the Palmer Events Center. We are looking for judges who can evaluate Elementary, Middle (Junior Division) and High School (Senior Division) projects, as well as volunteers who can help with registration, assist during judging or help check in projects. If you are interested in participating, please register on our website at </span><a href="http://webmail.austin.rr.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.sciencefest.org%252Fvolunteer%252Findex.php&hmac=816326c48692c66d80e8a8a3a33e01bb" style="color: #174061; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.sciencefest.org/volunteer/index.php</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Junior and Senior Division Judging,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday Feb 20, 2014:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students submit their projects in one of 17 science categories scientific categories, covering both Life and Physical Sciences as well as Math and Engineering. Judging is competitive and we need subject matter experts to evaluate the projects. Links to the abstracts will be made available the week-end prior to the fair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Junior Division: Undergraduate (3rd year and above) and graduate students, as well as people with either a degree or 3 years of experience in the applicable science category</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Senior Division: Graduate students, people with either a degree or 5 years of experience in the applicable science category.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each project will be evaluated on its own merit and receive either a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place ribbon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judging Qualifications: Adults with a good general education and the ability to talk to young children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Volunteers are also needed <b>Wednesday, Feb 19, to Saturday, Feb 22, 2014</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information, please contact <a href="http://webmail.austin.rr.com/do/mail/message/mailto?to=ingrid.weigand%40austinscience.org" style="color: #174061; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ingrid.weigand@austinscience.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Thank you</b> for your interest in the annual Austin Energy Regional Science Festival!</span></div>
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-52571697702644682432013-12-06T18:24:00.001-08:002013-12-06T18:29:28.823-08:00Austin Energy Crews to Help Restore Power To North Texas Area Hit By Ice and Snow<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">About 20 Austin Energy linemen and two Austin Energy contract crews from Pike will leave Saturday, December 7, for North Texas to assist in restoring area electric service. More than 250,000 customers experienced power outages there today due to an ice storm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">Austin Energy crews will work in the Plano area served by </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oncor?directed_target_id=0" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 15.644444465637207px; text-decoration: none;">Oncor</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">. Utilities maintain mutual assistance agreements to help each other during</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 15.644444465637207px;">emergencies, if available. The utilities requesting assistance pay for the costs incurred by responding utilities and contractors.<br /><br />Austin Energy crews have assisted utilities in the past in other areas of Texas and in nearby states such as Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.</span></span>Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-23286119999965261072013-11-04T12:11:00.001-08:002013-11-04T12:15:20.300-08:0047th Annual Zilker Holiday Tree Installed Today<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.555556297302246px;">The Zilker Holiday Tree is standing tall for its 47th consecutive year, as Austin</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.555556297302246px;">Energy electricians and linemen construct the 155-foot-tall Austin icon today. Strung from Zilker's moonlight tower with more than 3,000 lights, it is visited each year by thousands and can be see</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 15.555556297302246px;">n from miles away.<br /><br />The tree will be lit the first Sunday in December in a public ceremony, then remain on from 6 p.m. until midnight every night until the end of the year. Winners of a children’s Zilker Holiday Tree art contest sponsored by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department will have the honor of flipping the switch to light the tree.</span></span><br />
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-8958126121167738552013-11-04T06:45:00.000-08:002013-11-04T06:45:43.863-08:00Good Progress Toward Energy Efficiency Goal<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are almost halfway to the goal of completing our second "conservation power plant" for the Austin community by offsetting 800 megawatts (MW) of energy use through energy efficiency by 2020. From 2007 through September 2013, Austin Energy has offset 365 MW, leaving 435 MW to achieve over the next seven years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our strategy to achieve the 800 MW goal includes an accelerated target mix of green building, energy efficiency and demand response products and services such as the smart thermostat program. These strategies also include services to capitalize on the growth of the electric vehicle market and other emerging technologies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our first conservation power plant was completed by offsetting 700 MW between 1982 and 2006.</span><br />
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<br />Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-5969977055229220902013-11-01T13:16:00.002-07:002013-11-01T13:28:40.707-07:00Heavy Rains Flood Substation and Nearby Fallwell Lane<br />
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peak, about 8,500 customers were without power. As rainwater runoff flowed
across the Onion Creek Substation on Fallwell Lane and adjacent property, the
substation was under several feet of water for several hours, as Onion Creek rose
to its highest recorded level. In addition to trapping staff at Sand Hill
Energy Center for several hours, the floodwater damaged fences, washed out
parts of the roadway and downed trees. As water receded Thursday, crews were
able to access flooded areas and restore power to circuits that were brought
down during the flooding. The substation remained offline Friday as Austin
Energy crews worked to clean up and assess the damage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These photos were </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">taken Thursday by Sand Hill Energy Center staff during the flood and the cleanup at Onion Creek substation on Friday.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside a new electrical vault, Austin Energy crews move a transformer into place that will help power the "3 eleven" residential tower at 5th and Bowie Streets.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">With the recent economic boom in downtown Austin, our crews are busy building vaults to house electrical equipment that will power new apartments, condos and other large projects. One of those vaults (pictured) will power the 3eleven apartment building under construction at 5th Street and Bowie. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of four new transformers that crews are installing into an electrical vault that will help power the 3 eleven building, under construction.</td></tr>
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free pickup and pay customers $50 for old, working refrigerators. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
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Austin Energy’s residential customers have a new, free tool to help monitor home energy use. The Web-based interactive application can be accessed on a mobile device or personal computer. In addition to daily energy consumption, the app displays your bill history and a future forecast of your electricity bill cost. Once logged in, you can activate an option to receive a text or email alert when your energy use approaches the next electric rate<span class="s1"> </span>tier.</div>
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Along with energy use data, the app offers practical conservation tips for helping you reduce energy consumption and save on energy costs. Try the AE app today by visiting <a href="http://www.austinenergyapp.com/"><span class="s2">www.austinenergyapp.com</span></a> and logging<span class="s1"> </span>in with your City of Austin Utilities (online bill pay) username and password. </div>
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-2434087271298159522013-09-17T10:09:00.001-07:002013-09-17T10:09:34.226-07:00Community Connections Family Event This Saturday, Sept. 21<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-83724903759221916952013-09-16T15:03:00.001-07:002013-09-16T15:13:03.850-07:00Austin Energy Looks to Hire at Austin Community College Job Fair<br />
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has posted four positions they hope to hire this week from applicants at Austin
Community College’s job fair at ACC Highland (in the former Highland Mall
Dillard’s). The job fair is open from 3 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, September 17. Applicants for the
four IT positions will be screened by HR and IT hiring managers during the job
fair, and candidate interviews are planned for Wednesday.</span></span></span><br />
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similar event for military Veterans two weeks ago, Austin Energy IT made
contingent job offers to two successful candidates identified and interviewed at
a job fair.</span></span><br />
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at <a href="http://bit.ly/1560sMQ">http://bit.ly/1560sMQ</a>
and bring their resume and be prepared to meet with a hiring manager for a
screening interview if requested. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Find
out more about the ACC Highland job fair, part of the ACC’s 40<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Event at <a href="http://www.campus2careers.com/Iia/" target="_blank">http://www.campus2careers.com/Iia/</a>. More than 200 employers will participate, offering
full-time, part-time and intern opportunities, for students, graduates and
alumni.</span></span>
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</span>Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-16713449739475111452013-08-30T10:59:00.005-07:002013-08-30T11:20:03.614-07:00Veterans Job Fair Today at Palmer Events Center<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">Austin Energy is among several dozen
companies and City departments reaching out to military Veterans at a
job fair today at the Palmer Events Center. With openings for engineers,
scientists, financial, and a wide variety of technical positions,
Veterans bring recognizable skills and training that Austin Energy can
use.<br /> <br /> The particular emphasis at Friday’s job fair is
recruiting IT professionals. Austin Energy Chief Information Officer
Alan Claypool, a United States Air Force Veteran, and several of his senior managers
are present conducting on-the-spot interviews with potential hires and
are working with AE’s Human Resources staff to make contingent offers
today if they find the right candidates.<br /> <br /> Find out more about Austin Energy and other City of Austin Jobs and apply online at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.austincityjobs.org%2F&h=qAQE-FaFF&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">https://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>www.austincityjobs.org/</a>. The job fair at Palmer ends at 3 p.m. today. Locator map: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1fouTCY&h=5AQExI332&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1fouTCY</a></span><br />
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Veterans meet with Austin Energy Human Resources, Power Production and
Information Technology staff at a Veterans Job Fair featuring several
dozen Austin area companies and City departments today at Palmer Events
Center.</span></span></td></tr>
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Energy's Rich Wilkes, Decker Creek Power Station Maintenance
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<br />Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-86692798316535889022013-07-22T13:32:00.001-07:002013-07-22T13:33:33.869-07:00Austin Energy Line Workers Demonstrate Skills, Knowledge at Statewide Event<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">Austin Energy linemen, including journeyman
teams and apprentices, participated in the 17th Annual Texas Lineman's
Rodeo competition and training event this past weekend in Seguin, Texas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">Thirty-nine journeyman teams and 67 apprentices repr<span class="text_exposed_show">esenting
electric cooperatives, investor-owned and municipally owned utilities
from across Texas participated. Competitors performed a range of
electric system maintenance or repairs to test safety, speed and quality
of work. Utility poles and lines were set up for the event. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Austin
Energy won 1st and 3rd place in the Municipal Division for journeyman
teams. Images are of our competitors in action!</span></span></span><br />
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-34030855426443871142013-07-19T14:31:00.003-07:002013-07-19T14:45:11.487-07:00New Substation Serving Eastern Travis County Going Live<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This autotransformer is our newest and largest, at <span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.333333015441895px; line-height: 9.333333015441895px; text-align: left;">672 megawatts, 30-feet-tall and weighing almost 890,000 pounds. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">Austin Energy crews are completing the final
work to energize this week the first phase of the new Dunlap substation
in far eastern Travis County. The substation will serve both
transmission and distribution needs and includes the largest a<span class="text_exposed_show">utotransformer ever for Austin Energy at 672 megawatts, 30-feet-tall and weighing almost 890,000 pounds. <br /> <br />
The substation will include a 30 megawatt transformer to support
distribution. It is being built in phases over the next two years to
serve growth and help relieve transmission congestion on the statewide
grid.</span></span></span><br />
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-26868047099847385592013-07-19T12:43:00.001-07:002013-07-19T12:50:17.771-07:00Thermal Energy Storage Tank at Domain to Help Offset Peak Energy Demand<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent">Austin Energy contractors began installing
this week the concrete panels that form the sides of the four-story tall
thermal energy storage tank at the Domain Energy Center
in North Austin. The 2.4 million-gallon thermal storag<span class="text_exposed_show">e
tank will allow Austin Energy to chill water to 42 degrees overnight
then turn the chillers off during summer days, offsetting 4.3 megawatts
of energy use during peak demand periods. <br /> <br /> We provide chilled
water for air conditioning to 14 customers at the Domain totaling 4.1
million square feet of retail/residential space, but we have been unable
to store the chilled water and offset peak demand without a tank, until
this project.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-66173626305301488232013-07-10T14:13:00.003-07:002013-07-10T14:18:45.109-07:00Energy Center & Biogas Plant Focus of EPA Tour<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austin Energy representatives describe Sand Hill's water reclamation system to EPA official Nancy Stoner (right). </td></tr>
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official Nancy Stoner recently toured Austin Energy’s Sand Hill Energy
Center and the biogas generator at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management
Plant to see how Austin’s utilities and businesses are using reclaimed
water and energy sustainably. <br /> <br /> Sand Hill uses treated
wastewater from the nearby South Austin Regional Wastewater Treatment
Plant - reducing by 80% (400 million gallons) the amount of potable City
water required by the plant annually. The biogas generator utilizes
methane from the sludge treatment process at Hornsby Bend to generate
700 kilowatts (kW) of renewable energy, more than the 500 kW needed to
run the treatment plant. <br /> <br /> The excess electricity produced and
fed back into the electric grid enables Austin Water to receive a credit
on its electric bill.</span><br />
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it arrives at the Energy Center, reclaimed water from the South Austin
Regional Wastewater Treatment plant goes through a filtering process
called "floculation" that cleans the water.</span></span></td></tr>
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combines with water from the nearby Colorado River to feed Sand Hill's
cooling towers.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sand Hill cooling towers.</td></tr>
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characteristic purple pipe means there is reclaimed water inside; blue
pipe signifies river water. This is where reclaimed and river water
combine to feed Sand Hill's cooling towers.</span></span></td></tr>
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entrance to Sand Hill Energy Center, off Highway 71 East, features the
water cooling towers to the left, the Heat Recovery Steam Generator in
the middle, and the plant's demineralized Water Tank on the right.</span></span></td></tr>
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-46395983611487333372013-07-08T14:31:00.001-07:002013-07-09T12:16:44.919-07:00Habitat Restoration Burn and Fire Training This Week
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today's habitat burns and wildfire training are taking place near Decker Lane and Lake Walter E. Long.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This week's activity is conducted by the Austin Fire Department with assistance from the Texas Forest Service.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another fire break is created -- this one at the north end of the burn area. The tallgrass preserve is owned by Austin Parks and Recreation and is managed with Austin Energy. Background: Lake Walter E. Long</td></tr>
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-38805062524898967642013-06-21T15:23:00.003-07:002013-06-21T15:23:58.555-07:00Solar Tree and Plaza Dedicated At Dittmar Recreation Center<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">Austin Energy, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the Austin Art in Public Places </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">(AIPP) </span></span>program hosted a dedication ceremony this morning for a one-of-a-kind
solar tree and plaza with embedded LED lights and located in front of<span class="text_exposed_show"> the gymnasium at the Dittmar Recreation Center in South Austin. <br /> <br />
The celebration highlighted the summer solstice (June 21), the longest
day of the year, when the most solar energy can be produced. The 2-kW
Solar Tree stands 10 feet tall with a circular canopy supporting 10
solar panels, each generating up to 200 watts. The panels have the
ability to capture light directly from the sun and from light reflected
upward from the ground. At night, the tree displays a halo of LED
lights, with additional light from LEDs embedded in the plaza. </span></span></span><br />
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was commissioned by the AIPP program as part of the construction of the
gym, which opened in 2012.</span></span></span><br />
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been delivered to Austin Energy in the first phase of a lease contract that
will further improve our fleet of vehicles used for electric system maintenance
and reliability.<br />
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The leased vehicles include a dozen bucket trucks with a 35-foot reach,
typically used by repair crews working on overhead lines, as well as taller
buckets, including a 100-foot lift needed to reach the highest levels.
Typically, we have bought equipment outright and used it as long as it was
operable. However, as equipment ages, reliability diminishes – a significant
concern when working to restore power, often in stormy weather.<br />
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The five-year lease approach comes with service and repair contracts that ensure
quick turnaround or vehicle replacement should problems develop. In the next
fiscal year, the second and third phase of the contract will see more than
two-dozen additional bucket trucks and other field vehicles delivered. Austin
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-8507718699338239422013-06-12T14:13:00.000-07:002013-06-13T08:52:08.473-07:00Squirrels Impact Electric System Reliability in Austin<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A squirrel or any animal can cause a power outage when one part of the animal is touching a power line and another part is touching another piece of equipment such as the power pole. The power will move through the animal to the pole in what is called a phase-to-ground power surge, and a power outage occurs.</span><br />
<span lang="EN"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Squirrels cause more than 300 power outages each year in the Austin Energy system in spite of significant efforts to protect equipment with special animal guards. These guards are used by utilities all across the country. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, there is no absolute way to protect all electrical equipment from animal contact. Squirrels are a primary cause of non-storm related power outages in just about every part of the country with significant tree canopy.</span></span><br />
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throughout Austin have been outfitted with communications nodes that
signal Austin Energy when a light is out or when a light stays on during
the day. The system also allows the utility to remotely a<span class="text_exposed_show">djust
when streetlights turn on and off to better match seasonal sunrise and
sunset changes. And, it provides economy of response when maintenance is
needed, because all streetlights in an area with issues can be
addressed in one repair trip. <br /> <br /> In addition to the
communications nodes, crews are installing fixtures that shine the light
down rather than out and up. That work is part of the City of Austin
Dark Sky initiative. Both the installation of the communications system
and the Dark Sky retrofits are projected for completion by the end of
this year. <br /> <br /> The communications system is projected to save
almost $400,000 a year in reduced streetlight energy use. Significant
savings will also be achieved through economy of scale maintenance
response. These streetlight initiatives began in the spring of 2011.</span></span></span><br />
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Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-32784898638302318472013-05-23T13:28:00.001-07:002013-05-23T13:55:22.427-07:00New Substation To Serve Eastern Travis CountyAustin Energy crews and contractors have been busily at work constructing the new Dunlap substation in far eastern Travis County to get portions ready for this summer.<br />
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The substation is being built in phases over the next two years to serve growth and help relieve transmission congestion on the statewide grid. The substation will serve both transmission and distribution needs and will include the largest autotransformer ever for Austin Energy at 672 megawatts (MW), 30 feet tall and weighing almost 500 tons. An autotransformer steps-down high voltage coming in from power plants. By contrast, the second largest autotransformer in the Austin Energy system is 480 MW.<br />
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<b><br /></b>Austin Energyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334856866442750737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018502927602385555.post-89356969357312653962013-05-20T16:38:00.001-07:002013-05-20T16:38:08.842-07:00Austin Area Students Win at International Science Fair<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="p1">Ten students, representing six “Best of Fair” science projects from the Austin Energy Regional Science Festival (AERSF), traveled to Phoenix, AZ, last week to participate in the Intel International Science and Engineering fair (Intel ISEF).</div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1">Intel ISEF, the world’s largest pre-collegiate science competition, played host to more than 1,600 students from the US and 70 foreign countries or territories. The students competed in 17 science categories for 1st through 4th category places, as well as more than 30 Special Awards from universities, government agencies and professional associations.</div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><b>London Bolsius</b>, a Sophomore from Round Rock High School, won a 1st place special award and $2,500 from SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering; His project,”3D Scanner,” was awarded a second place and $1,500 in the Computer category of International. As a result, London will have an asteroid named in his honor – a distinction given to all 1st and 2nd place category winners at Intel ISEF, putting him in the same category as Albert Einstein, Madame Curie and - - the Beatles.</div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><b>Jahan Rabii</b> and <b>Alex Crisara</b>, a Junior and a Senior respectively from Anderson High School in Austin, won a 2nd place special award and $2,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and $3,000 in stocks from the United Technologies Corporation. Their team project, “Algae-Based Life Support for Long Duration Spaceflight”, also placed third in the competition category of Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering, winning them another $1,000 in prize money.</div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1">Other AERSF students who attended Intel ISEF were <b>Casey Hicks</b> and <b>Leah Powers</b>, Seniors from Vista Ridge High School in Leander who competed in the Biochemistry category with a project that investigated natural remedies for antibiotic resistant bacteria; <b>Jessica Wang, Lily Xu</b> (Juniors -<span class="s2"><b> </b>Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin) and <b>Susan Xu</b> (Junior- Kingwood High, Houston<b>) </b>developed a Cellular and Molecular Biology project that predicts more accurately whether patients with the cystic fibrosis gene will actually develop the disease; </span><b>Vanna Hovanky</b> (Junior - Bowie High School, Austin) studied a colon cancer fighting mechanism in Microbiology; and <b>Advaith Anand</b> (Junior<b> </b>-<span class="s2"><b> </b>Liberal Arts and Science Academy, Austin), also in Engineering: </span>Materials and Bioengineering found new materials for separating natural gas from liquids, rendering it usable more efficiently.</div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1">The Austin Energy Regional Science Festival is one of the largest of 14 regional science fairs across Texas. It serves 23 Central Texas school districts and is one of only a few regional fairs that include elementary school students. Austin Energy is the organizer and main sponsor of the fair. Other industry sponsors include Intel, BAE Systems, Synopsys (whose travel grant paid for the students’ trip to Intel ISEF), Oransi, Compass Learning, the City of Austin’ Office of Sustainability, Tokyo Electron, the LCRA, Austin Water and the Travis County Medical Alliance.</div><div class="p1"><br />
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Energy customers have already signed up for our new Power Partner
Thermostat program, which kicked off in May. <br /><br /><b>How It Works</b><br />Austin
Energy customers first purchase any of the qualifying Wi-Fi-capable
thermostats from retail outlets or heating and air conditioning
companies. These thermostats enable you to control your air conditioning
and heating via smart phones or online any time and from anywhere.
Then, once a qualifying thermostat has been installed, sign up for the
Austin Energy Power Partner program and the $85 rebate through the
thermostat company’s website.<br /><br />In return for the $85 rebate,
customers agree to allow Austin Energy (via the Internet) to raise
thermostat settings a few degrees typically between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on
about 15 days over the summer when energy use in Texas is high. These
load reduction events never occur on weekends or holidays.<br /><br />Thermostats
that qualify customers for the Austin Energy program are: Nest Learning
Thermostat (available at Lowe’s and Treehouse stores), EnergyHub
Filtrete 3M Radio-Thermostat (available at Home Depot), ecobee Smart and
Smart Si Thermostats (available through heating and air conditioning
companies) and Radio Thermostats CT30 and CT80 (available online at
Amazon.com). Images of the thermostats are below.<br /><br /><b>Load Reduction Reduces Electric Bills</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Reducing
electricity demand during peak demand periods in Texas saves all Austin
Energy customers on their electric bills. It limits the need for Austin
Energy to buy additional power during the hottest summer afternoon when
market power prices can be 50 times higher than normal. The 1,000
customers already signed up for the program represent potential energy
savings of up to a megawatt of power. A megawatt of power for an hour
this summer in Texas could cost as much as $100,000 at peak market
prices. Purchased power costs are recovered on the electric bill of
every electric customer.<br /><br /><b>Wi-Fi Programmable Thermostats Help You Save</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />WI-FI-capable
thermostats can help customers reduce air conditioning and heating
costs. Some of the qualifying thermostats have motion and light sensors,
which allow them to automatically raise temperature settings slightly
when the home is empty and lights are out. <br /><br />Residential customers with questions about the new Power Partner Thermostat program: Call 512-482-5346 or email <a href="mailto:powerpartnerthermostats@austinenergy.com">powerpartnerthermostats@austinenergy.com</a>.</span><br />
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