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Austin Energy Green Building ratings evaluate the sustainability of participating single family, multifamily and commercial buildings on a scale of one to five stars in the areas of energy efficiency, water efficiency, materials, site, indoor environmental quality, community impact and innovation. View the program performance savings metrics achieved since Fiscal Year 2007. Learn more at http://greenbuilding.austinenergy.com.

This report is the result of the Austin City Code 6-7’s Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure Ordinance approved in November 2008 (amended in April 2011) to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings that receive electricity from Austin Energy. The ordinance meets one of the goals of the Austin Climate Protection Plan, which is to offset 800 megawatts of peak energy demand by 2020. This report contains information on commercial facilities that have reported the EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager benchmarking results in 2013 (*) to the City of Austin. For information on ECAD exemptions and other requirements, see Austin City Code Chapter 6-7. Note – (*) Data reported by Commercial Customers.

Listing of our events at Austin Convention Center and Palmer Events Center for the next 12 months. Included are show dates, event names, hosting facility, contact numbers and websites for events.

The City of Austin's Plus 1 Fund provides emergency utility bill financial assistance to customers experiencing extreme hardships such as medical illness or sudden job loss. In 2009 the City of Austin doubled to $300,000 the amount of funding made available annually for this program. Beginning in fiscal year 2009, City of Austin employees were given the option to donate to the Plus 1 Fund through the City's annual Combined Charities Campaign, which raises money for local and regional charitable groups. Additionally, utility customers have the option to donate to the Plus 1 Fund when they make their monthly utility bill payments. Plus 1 funding is distributed to customers by more than a dozen social service agencies including Travis County Family Services and Meals on Wheels.

The Curbside Organics Collection Pilot is an expansion of the department's current weekly curbside yard trimmings collection. Since 1989, Austin Resource Recovery has partnered with Austin Water Utility to compost yard trimmings collected at the curb into Dillo Dirt.
Curbside organics collection is the City's next step toward collecting additional organic materials at the curb. This service allows residents to place large quantities of yard trimmings, as well as food scraps and other food-soiled paper, directly into a 96-gallon green organics cart. The organic materials collected in the green cart are composted at a local composting facility using a different process.

The City of Austin Brownfields Revitalization Office partners with local governments and other associations to support the revitalization of brownfields. Brownfield revitalization is a way to return a property to the community as a greenspace or as a commercial, residential or mixed-use development. Brownfields are abandoned, idle or under-utilized properties where revitalization is hindered by real or perceived environmental contamination. Brownfields are real property, where the expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. The column with ftp folder # corresponds to another posted dataset Brownfield Site Data which provides links to supporting documents for each of the sites.

Austin Energy offers free home energy improvements to customers with low to moderate incomes who qualify. The improvements reduce energy costs and enhance indoor comfort. Qualifying customers can have their home weatherized and receive home improvements. These improvements include attic insulation, solar screens, compact fluorescent light bulbs, minor duct repair and sealing, caulking and weather stripping and other improvements. Customers participating in the program can realize energy savings from 6 to 21 percent. Find more information at http://austinenergy.com/go/reports.

Austin Energy’s Power Supply Adjustment recovers fuel for generation, transportation, renewable purchase power agreements, purchase power to serve retail customers, ERCOT fees, hedging and the balance from the previous period. The adjustment is reviewed annually. Find more information at http://austinenergy.com/go/reports.

Austin Energy has consistently maintained high bond ratings. A bond rating is a measure of a company’s credit quality, which includes the ability to repay its debt in a timely fashion. In 2016, two bond rating agencies upgraded their assessments of Austin Energy's creditworthiness, allowing the City of Austin-owned utility to reach a key financial goal of a AA credit rating. Standard & Poor's rated the $1.3 billion utility's bonds at AA Stable, up from AA- Stable. The rating service cited "the electric system's very strong financial performance trend as evidenced by its ability to maintain stronger fixed-charge coverage and total available liquidity levels.