Author: schroed Forum: General Rumors Posted 1 hour ago Quote:...I'm #2049 in line for a Model S....Nice!I only plugged it in once, at Canyon Point campground in the Apache national forest, but that was mostly symbolic (the 40 cents worth of juice was ... »
Author: schroed Forum: Everything Else Posted 22 minutes ago With all the Volts and Leafs chooglin' around the 'hood, and all the solar panels gleaming on roofs, I'm surprised no one has posted calculations like these yet. Well, our plug-in Prius is st... »
The deregulation of the Texas electric utility market in 2002 was supposed to usher in an era of unlimited choice and cheap power for all. Instead, Texans have been saddled with some of the highest electricity bills in the nation, and Texans have been... »
A family of four was displaced from their home Friday night after lightning struck the house, according to the Austin Fire Department. The attic caught fire at the house at McCullough Street off Exposition Boulevard in Tarrytown, officials said, causin... »
Central Texas was deluged with heavy storms, strong winds and hail overnight, but the chance of rain is slim for the rest of the day, forecasters say. Area emergency and utility workers across the region reported flooding, dozens of road closures, powe... »
If you’re not following along on Twitter, you might be completely oblivious to the fact that I’ve spent the last six days on the road, crossing the Midwest on my quest to experience the electricity of even more college hoops havens. Each season, the sc... »
On a blustery and brilliantly sunny Texas winter day a couple hundred Central Texas citizens, that included officials and solar enthusiasts, gathered on what had been an empty 380 acre field only three years ago to usher in a new era of “drought-proof”... »
One of my earliest childhood memories is of hanging out laundry with my grandmother.Early on humid Houston mornings, my East Texas-born grandmother would haul a load of wet wash down her back steps and out to her laundry line. There, she would methodic... »
