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Martin Austermuhle

Washington, D.C.
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D.C. reporter with @NOTUSreports. Former: @51stnews, @wamu885 and @dcist. You can find me at the same username over at 🦋. Signal username: maustermuhle.09
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Are Your Solar Panels to Blame for D.C.’s High Electricity Bills?

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By Martin Austermuhle
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Consider two not-so-hypothetical D.C. homes right next to each other. One has solar panels on the roof. With 15 hours of sunlight on some summer days, the homeowners could be paying next to nothing every month for electricity — even as they run their air-conditioner frequently because of the heat. Their neighbors, though, don’t have solar panels.
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That Food Delivery Is Soon Going To Cost You a Little More in D.C.

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By Martin Austermuhle
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You may soon start seeing a new fee tacked on to the end of that DoorDash or UberEats receipt. The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved a new 20-cent fee for third-party deliveries in D.C., joining only Colorado and Minnesota in adding a dedicated charge to what has become an increasingly popular way to get everything from your next meal to weekly groceries.
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D.C.’s Broken 311 App Has Sparked a Debate Over Government, Tech and AI

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By Martin Austermuhle
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Kyle Fiducia admits that he spends plenty of time recording the petty annoyances of city living: the rats, the illegal dumping and uncollected trash, the sidewalks near his D.C. home littered with electric scooters. His tool of choice was often D.C.’s official 311 app, which allows residents to report a multitude of municipal irritations to the city agencies that are responsible for addressing them. But earlier this year it was the 311 app that became Fiducia’s primary irritation.
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