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City hires firm to study capture of methane gas at landfills
Dec 30, 2009
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The city is looking at what it can do with the methane gas that's being produced at its landfills. The gas could possibly be used to produce electricity, be converted to compressed natural gas to power vehicles or could be sold to a company that wants to use it, said Vernon Greggerson, an environmen...
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El Paso plans 32 electric-car charging sites
Dec 23, 2009
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El Paso may not have many electric cars on its roads, but it will have plenty of electric-vehicle charging stations by summer. The city government will receive $256,000 in federal stimulus money to promote the use of alternative fuels as part of the Transportation Efficiency Program. El Paso is amon...
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Money machines: Rebate program gives you cash for appliance purchases
Dec 21, 2009
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AUSTIN -- Call it Cash for Clunkers revisited.The State Comptroller's office has received $23 million in federal stimulus money for an appliance rebate program that should help boost the economy and conserve energy. The $300 million national appliance rebate program is designed to reward consumers w...
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Water utility moves could help prevent rate hikes
Dec 21, 2009
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El Paso Water Utilities is pushing forward with two initiatives that could save money and prevent future rate increases. The utility would like to refinance up to $23.5 million of debt. It is also seeking another interest-free loan to finance a drainage project through the Obama administration's sti...
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City of El Paso receives over $650,000 in stimulus funds for Sun Metro, electric charging stations
Dec 21, 2009
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The City of El Paso will receive an additional $650,000 in competitive federal funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support alternative fuel efforts, Congressman Silvestre Reyes announced today. "The use of alternative fuels is critical to America's energy independence," Congr...
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Sun Metro, city get alternative fuel money
Dec 20, 2009
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EL PASO -- Sun Metro and the city of El Paso were both awarded federal stimulus grants that will be used to promote the use of alternative fuel in government vehicles. Sun Metro will get $396,180, and the city will get $256,000, the state comptroller's office announced. Fourteen government agencies ...
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Roof project OK'd for 152 apartments
Dec 20, 2009
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A $753,000 project to replace roofs at the Martin Luther King Apartment Community, 9101 Butternut, is moving forward. The Board of Commissioners of the city Housing Authority approved the project Friday. Four Star Roofing Co. of El Paso was given the construction contract, and the project will be pa...
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Public Service Board approves expansion of Featherlake basin
Dec 18, 2009
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The Public Service Board voted 4-0 Thursday night to award a $1 million contract to expand the Featherlake basin in the Lower Valley. This project is part of the stormwater utility's master plan and is designed to reduce flooding. A second retention pond will be dug and will double the size of the e...
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El Paso #1 in U.S. for income growth
Dec 16, 2009
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by Francesca Levy Incomes for educated workers are growing fastest in these metros The news coming out of dusty border city El Paso, Texas, is usually pretty grim. The metro suffers from 9.5% unemployment, declining high-school graduation rates and inadequate infrastructure. But a closer look reveal...
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REYES-AUTHORED BILL TO IMPROVE SECURITY AT PORTS OF ENTRY UNVEILED AS TITLE I OF HOUSE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL
Dec 15, 2009
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Congressman Silvestre Reyes’ PORTS (Putting Our Resources Toward Security) Act was unveiled as Title I of the House Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill at a special announcement today on Capitol Hill. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP) will fi...
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