As expected, WTP4 passed on a 4-3 vote. Cole, Leffingwell, Martinez, and Shade voted yea. Morrison, Spelman, and Riley voted nay. It was a very civil and interesting discussion that mostly focused on risk management. Concilmembers Spelman and Shade delivered the most substantive remarks for each side.
Councilmember Spelman narrated …
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Big City Council vote on WTP4 this Thursday. Here is my previous post from the WTP4 forum. The post highlights outstanding issues on both sides of the argument.
InFact Daily says that Shade is the going to be the swing vote and she is voting in the affirmative for the …
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The Austin-American Statesman published a story arguing that the push for more renewables in the source energy sold by Austin Energy (AE) is "partially" to blame for higher bills. The story quotes advocates for the poor and elderly expressing concern about these individuals' ability to pay. Because of the story's …
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There were hundreds of people at Palmer Center's freezing Exhibit Hall No.2 on Thursday night, all waiting for a bigtime policy rumble between proponents and opponents of WTP4's existing development schedule.
Let's look at the highlights...
Demand Projection
Stephen Coonan of Alan Plummer Associates and the author of the …
[MORE]Over at his newish blog, Jonathan Law politely points out that WTP4 opponents, conservationists and I are sort of full of it. He writes:
[MORE]Unfortunately, opponents of this plan have chosen a convenient sticking point – the statistical methods employed – as the basis of their objections. These objections shouldn’t be …