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 JUNE 23, 2014 2:30 PM AUSTIN CITY HALL – ROOM 1029 (STAFF BULLPEN) 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 – June 23, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of minutes of the June 18, 2014 meeting CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first five speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. OLD BUSINESS 2. Discussion regarding the report format, content and timing 3. Discussion and possible action on recommendations included in the report FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 4. Discussion regarding future agenda items including issues raised during Citizen Communications ADJOURNMENT
Page 1 of 1 The Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force (‘the Task Force’) convened in a meeting at Austin City Hall, Room 1029, 301 West Second Street, Austin, Texas. CALL TO ORDER – Michael Osborne called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m. Task Force members in attendance: Carol Biedrzycki, Clay Butler, Barry Dreyling, Michael Osborne, Tom “Smitty” Smith and Michele Van Hyfte. Grace Hsieh, Cyrus Reed and Mike Sloan were absent. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. The motion to approve minutes of the June 18, 2014 meeting, by Ms. Biedrzycki and seconded by Mr. Smith, passed on a vote of 6-0. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The following person addressed the Task Force: Susan Lippman – Provided an analysis of the low- and moderate-income weatherization goals. OLD BUSINESS 2. Discussion regarding the report format, content and timing – Mr. Osborne distributed copies of the draft report to Task Force members. The group discussed which sections were mostly complete and which sections required work. During the discussion of the Environmental section, Mr. Butler urged the group to recommend a goal of zero emissions by 2030 (instead of 2040 or 2050) unless it breached the 2% affordability goal. For the Equity section, members discussed revising the recommendation regarding dedicating 10% of the energy efficiency budget to low income customers. During the discussion about the price of carbon and proposed EPA rules, Mr. Osborne said everyone should work to make sure that state laws were written to protect early adopters like Austin. Regarding the Fayette Power Project, Mr. Osborne said that several attorneys had discussed with him the idea that Austin could consider buying 100% of one unit to be in a position to ramp down and ultimately close the unit. The group discussed other sections and writing assignments. Ms. Biedrzycki offered to draft the Energy Efficiency section and Mr. Smith offered to draft the Zero Energy Buildings section. 3. Discussion and possible action on recommendations included in the report – There was no action on recommendations, however, on behalf of Mr. Reed, Mr. Smith made a motion to request that Austin Energy run two additional scenarios, one based on high gas and the other on high storage. The motion died for lack of a second. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 4. Discussion regarding future agenda items including issues raised during Citizen Communications – Mr. Osborne said that at the next meeting on July 2, the …
6-23 2014 To: Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force From: Susan Lippman An Analysis of the Low- and Moderate-Income Weatherization goals, as a Percentage of a Megawatt Goal, Compared to Percentage of a Budget—a Mostly Mathematical Discussion I have been studying and analyzing Austin Energy data a great deal since the June 12 meeting of Austin Interfaith’s Green Team (energy subcommittee). I hope to contribute some perspective from what I’ve been learning, with most emphasis on the mathematics and trying to see the numbers in their proportional contexts, and I hope this will be helpful to everyone interested in the discussion. Nothing here has been reviewed by members of any group I’m in. I’m focusing on the proposal for 10% of the demand reduction goal of 429 megawatts to be designated for low-income and moderate-income weatherization over 10 years. At the time we met I didn’t have the background to gauge whether this is an “incredibly high” target, or not, and I still want to mostly avoid value judgments, and focus on the math. (I will just say for myself that I place a very high value on both the climate protection and the equity goals of the task force.) Carol B., I appreciate what you are saying about a setting a goal that will be a challenge. I have a copy of Lanetta Cooper’s Memorandum to the Gen Plan Task Force, which recommends 10% of the demand savings as above, or “alternatively, 20% of AE’s Energy Efficiency budget should be spent on low and moderate income customer households with at least 10% prioritized for a low income weatherization program.” I will return to this alternative later. To summarize the results that will be reached at the end of these three pages, the percent of the annual EE budget that could be needed (under the assumptions employed) to meet the megawatt target could range from 40% to 80% of the current EE budget. These 3 results hinge on whether the MW savings of the Low- and moderate-income program is 1.0 MW, 0.75 MW, or 0.5 MW: Low estimate: $6,020,000 / $15,000,000 = 40% of EE budget Medium estimate: $7,980,000 / $15,000,000 = 53% of EE budget High estimate: $12,040,000 / $15,000,000 = 80% of EE budget Expansive changes in the assumptions used here could change everything of course, and are to be hoped for. My intent is to explain the …
