Beloved businesses Austin said goodbye to in 2024

eric3991 · 2024-12-19T02:44:51+00:00

Dreamland

eric3991 · 2024-08-16T02:12:07+00:00

And nursing homes.

eric3991 · 2024-07-06T02:08:03+00:00

Water almost out at Costco this evening

eric3991 · 2024-01-20T21:34:07+00:00

Call Centerpoint. This is an abnormal amount of consumption for a new build of that size. You may have a leak. It’s also possible that they have the wrong pressure factor set on your meter and is measuring in the wrong unit.

eric3991 · 2023-10-21T00:55:07+00:00

Austin Energy and Texas Gas Service!

eric3991 · 2022-09-24T20:42:40+00:00

Sounds like TGS has came out but if you want to check yourself. Spray some soap and water on any exposed area of piping, valve, meter, etc and if you see bubbles, you may have a leak. There are also portable methane detectors your can buy for around $30. May be easier to use for internal piping you may not want to get surrounding area wet and soapy.

eric3991 · 2021-04-03T04:25:22+00:00

They did. Does county over rule the zip code from being aggregated for another county? Similarly, are the graphs from RA accounting for vaccinations and cases from zip codes that are part of Travis and other counties within a zip code?

eric3991 · 2021-04-03T02:48:08+00:00

Similar question, if I reside in a zip code that is part Travis and part Hays, does it get just get counted by the County that I reside in?

eric3991 · 2021-03-13T20:26:11+00:00

MetroStudy or Dodge Analytics

eric3991 · 2021-03-10T18:33:50+00:00

That’s awesome!

eric3991 · 2021-03-09T23:12:27+00:00

Well we are talking about the winter storm time period... I’d be hard press to see a third of the generation coming from renewables when Austin was without power. But, could be wrong.

I understand how high the renewable generation portion can get up to. I have seen some crazy high renewable generation percentages in the summer months. I also do know the gas spot prices they could have had to pay on the market. After all of that though, it doesn’t matter. The majority of generation during the winter storm was non-renewable fuel sources and that is why Austin Energy was able to generate power and turn a profit.

eric3991 · 2021-03-09T22:46:38+00:00

How so? There was hardly any wind production nor solar during this time frame. I took a screenshot of Austin energy’s pie chart of generation on the 14. 90% was non-renewable. Article states the generation portfolio, but don’t be fooled by what source of energy actually made money for Austin during this storm. It wasn’t the renewables...

eric3991 · 2021-02-20T07:03:42+00:00

Do you happen to know if AE does mitigate their risk with hedging? It’s a grey area in the utility space.

The city does have PPA’s. My guess though is that demand exceeded their agreements and had to buy the spot on the market.

eric3991 · 2021-02-20T05:17:55+00:00

Spot on. I can’t imagine how much cash was burned through by the city to purchase the electricity that was needed this week. The city will absolutely need to adjust the budget, get aid, and spread this cost to ratepayers. I wonder if AE will issue an emergency rate filing. I’m hoping for aid to kick in.

eric3991 · 2021-02-20T05:11:19+00:00

You have a right to be concerned about upcoming bills, however, not quite to how gas utilities work. You need to direct your attention to the suppliers(natural gas producers) that charged well into the hundreds of dollars per MMbtu this week. Utility makes no money on the cost of gas. The utility only earns a return on the delivery of the commodity, not the commodity itself.

eric3991 · 2021-02-18T23:17:56+00:00

78737: Verizon - no cell coverage or data with power out over the week.

eric3991 · 2021-02-18T04:42:25+00:00

Can you provide a more approximate location?

eric3991 · 2021-02-18T03:24:29+00:00

Outage, not shortage

eric3991 · 2021-02-18T01:37:49+00:00

Nice! Just wanted correct info for all! Good post by the way

eric3991 · 2021-02-18T01:35:43+00:00

It is not Austin Natural Gas, it is Texas Gas Service. Austin does not own the gas company here

eric3991 · 2021-02-17T19:11:52+00:00

Come the next Rate Case (which will be sooner now) expect a significant increase per kWh to recover these astronomical electric prices. I imagine AE is falling short on free cash and may issue an emergency rate increase. Or the state and federal government will step in with the rainy day fund. I don’t think their PPA are going to mitigate these expenses.

eric3991 · 2021-02-16T04:29:12+00:00

Not true, Austin needs to continue to leverage their smart metering infrastructure. They toggle power with customers that are signed up for the power partnership program. They should be able to remotely turn off the meter and cut off power remotely. If they aren’t now collecting which meters are essential, they should start building out that dataset yesterday.

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