April Happy Hour, featuring Austin Energy’s Tim Harvey
On April 27th, Austin Energy’s Tim Harvey will sit down with the Solar Austin community to discuss the city’s ever-evolving relationship with renewable energy. Offering insider updates on commercial solar and changes to Austin Energy’s solar portfolio, Tim gives us a glimpse of the future and the ways that Austin Energy’s current renewable energy programs are […]
Rooftop Community Solar Could be Coming to Austin
On Tuesday, September 15, Austin Energy released a request for proposals (RFP) for distributed solar and energy storage located within the utility’s service territory. This exciting announcement comes a year after the utility convened a team that included two Solar Austin board members to participate in a workshop hosted by the Rocky Mountain Institute. That […]
May Happy Hour: The Future of Renewables at Austin Energy
Mark your calendars! On May 12th, Solar Austin will be hosting our first virtual happy hour with Austin Energy’s Customer Renewable Solutions Manager, Tim Harvey. Come along as Tim walks us through the 35 year historical voyage of renewables at Austin Energy. Tim will outline the challenges encountered and discuss the adjustments, improvements, and lessons learned […]
Introducing our EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS PROGRAM!
Solar Austin and our partners at Huston-Tillotson University (HT) are proud to announce the launch of our EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS PROGRAM. At its core, the program focuses on improving diversity and cultural inclusivity in Austin’s growing clean energy sector. Studies show a lack of diversity throughout the clean energy sector. As of 2018, women […]
April Happy Hour: Austin Energy’s SHINES Program
For our April happy hour, Karl Popham will share Austin Energy’s innovative efforts in the utility’s alignment with the city’s goals of Mobility, Affordability, and Health/Environment. This will include an update on the opportunities and challenges with the award-winning Austin SHINES deployment that integrated residential, commercial, and grid battery storage systems (to include vehicle to […]
Austin Energy Community Solar Survey
Later this year, Austin Energy will begin offering its customers an opportunity to sign up to receive solar energy generated at community solar installations located at the Kingsbery Substation in East Austin, and, in the future, from other solar installations located throughout Austin. Community solar will allow customers who rent or whose homes cannot be […]