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Ten East Texas cooperatives were knocked about by Hurricane Ike: 180,498 out of some 300,000 co-op meters were out September 14 due to the storm, which caused the most far-reaching blackout in Texas history. On September 21, only 17,579 meters were still off-line—less than 10 percent of the total outages. By September 25, all co-ops…

We know copper thieves are pulling down utility lines, gutting air-conditioning units, raiding homes under construction and threatening the lives of people on life support. Now they’ve stolen 15,000 feet of underground wiring that provides the magical lighting on Austin’s Trail of Lights. Approximately $85,000 worth of copper disappeared from Zilker Park in August. The…

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Wind power entrepreneurs have created a new energy boom in West Texas

CPS Energy has teamed with a San Antonio company to install a roof full of solar panels capable of generating 200 kilowatts of electricity