Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force Regular Meeting of the Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force - PUBLIC INPUT SESSION IN COUNCIL CHAMBER

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The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least three days before the meeting by calling (512) 322-6450. TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. AUSTIN GENERATION RESOURCE PLANNING TASK FORCE MAY 29, 2014  5:00 – 7:30 PM AUSTIN CITY HALL – COUNCIL CHAMBER 301 W. SECOND STREET AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 MEMBERS:Michael Osborne, Chair Barry Dreyling, Vice Chair Clay Butler Carol Biedrzycki Grace Hsieh Cyrus Reed Mike Sloan Tom “Smitty” Smith Michele Van Hyfte For more information: http://www.austintexas.gov/content/austin-generation-resource-planning-task-force AGENDA CALL TO ORDER – May 29, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to receive public input regarding Council Resolution No. 20140306-024, which formed the Task Force and set its mission to examine and make recommendations regarding an update to the Generation Plan (to 2024), consistent with meeting or exceeding the goals established in the Generation Plan 2020. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS Speakers will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address the Task Force on matters relating to the Generation Plan update 1. Discussion of issues relating to the update of the Generation Plan ADJOURNMENT

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Page 1 of 3 The Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force (‘the Task Force’) convened in a meeting at Austin City Hall in Council Chambers, 301 West Second Street, Austin, Texas. The purpose of this meeting was to receive public input regarding Council Resolution No. 20140306-024, which formed the Task Force and set its mission to examine and make recommendations regarding an update to the Generation Plan (to 2024), consistent with meeting or exceeding the goals established in the Generation Plan 2020. CALL TO ORDER – Michael Osborne called the meeting to order at 5:12 p.m. Task Force members in attendance: Carol Biedrzycki, Barry Dreyling, Michael Osborne, Cyrus Reed, Mike Sloan and Michele Van Hyfte. Clay Butler, Grace Hsieh and Tom “Smitty” Smith were absent. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS - Speakers were each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address the Task Force on matters relating to the Generation Plan update 1. Bob Murray – climate change needs to be the centerpiece of your recommendation; you need a diverse array of storage, demand, and customer-owned facilities that can be directed to grid when needed; there are many opportunities with new technology and new financing mechanisms. 2. Jeff Crunk – wants a generation plan to accelerate the climate protection plan; existing GreenChoice program should not be pegged at one cent above the fuel charge; we must get out of Fayette. 3. Rusty Osborne – show Austin Energy the pathway to leadership; aim for the most aggressive renewables potential that Austin can achieve. 4. Kunda Wicce – more local solar and more energy efficiency; connect the dots to the local economy; this will create more jobs; urged requirements for multi-family properties to meet energy standards; Austin Energy continues punitive taxing of clean energy. 5. Jim Casey – climate change is the worst problem our society faces; shale gas is depleting our water supply; hydraulic fracked gas is worse than coal plants; we are poisoning our water supply. 6. Ruby Roa – increase funding for weatherization for low-income people. 7. Shirley Johnson – help the poor and low-income people with weatherization efforts. 8. Matt Weldon – we should invest in renewables, especially solar; our good economy is in large degree because of our clean energy work; there is risk in not setting big goals; we need policies that stimulate and recognize externalities by costing out bad stuff; even Exxon Mobile had internal carbon pricing. Austin …