Austin council member wants a rate comparison for garbage, water costs

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A city council member is calling for more transparency and accountability, just one day after Austin Energy and Austin Water apologized for incorrectly billing more than 7,000 customers on their water bill.
Council Member Ellen Troxclair wants the city to set benchmarks for all city utilities to stay affordable. It was back in 2010 that the Austin City Council adopted affordability goals for Austin Energy, to keep rates in the lowest half of Texas utilities and to limit ann