Electric Utility Commission Regular Meeting of the Electric Utility Commission

Customer Energy Solutions FY 24 Savings Report — original pdf

Energy Efficiency Services EES- Appliance Efficiency Program EES- Home Energy Savings - Rebate EES- AE Weatherization & CAP Weatherization - D.I. * EES- School Based Education * EES- Strategic Partnership Between Utilities & Retailers * EES- Multifamily Rebates EES- Multifamily WX-D.I.+ EES- Commercial Rebate EES- Small Business Energy Efficiency TOTAL Demand Response (DR) - Annual Incremental DR- Power Partner DR- Commercial Demand Response (frmly Load Coop) Demand Response (DR) TOTAL Green Building GB- Residential Ratings GB- Residential Energy Code GB- Multifamily Ratings GB- Multifamily Energy Code GB- Commercial Ratings GB- Commercial Energy Code Green Building TOTAL CES MW Savings Grand TOTAL Residential Totals Commercial Totals Non-Public - AE # Customer Energy Solutions FY24 YTD MW Savings Report As of August 2024 Participant Type Participants To Date MWh To Date MW Goal 2.60 0.90 0.44 0.30 1.75 0.65 1.00 6.00 2.00 15.64 MW Goal 6.40 2.00 8.40 MW Goal 0.26 1.63 3.00 6.00 4.20 3.90 19.00 MW To Date 2.00 0.28 0.44 0.07 1.01 2.21 0.76 2.64 0.64 10.05 MW To Date 3.33 3.33 MW To Date 0.36 1.53 1.50 5.54 5.27 3.86 18.05 Percentage 77% 32% 100% 23% 58% 341% 76% 44% 32% Percentage 52% 0% Percentage 138% 94% 50% 92% 125% 99% Customers Customers Customers Products Products Apartments Apartments Customers Customers Devices Customers Customers Customers Dwellings Dwellings 1,000 sf 1,000 sf 3,687.07 394.90 836.95 358.00 3,137.00 5,631.91 1,800.47 6,732.03 1,476.68 24,055.01 0 0.00 420 2,117 4,333 8,141 10,194 12,539 37,744 Rebate Budget $ 1,500,000 $ 1,600,000 $ 2,577,000 $ 350,000 $ 1,250,000 $ 900,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 2,250,000 $ 1,100,000 $ 13,327,000 Spent to Date $ 1,208,877 $ 562,388 $ 4,549,830 $ 88,403 $ 748,251 $ 3,379,364 $ 1,109,493 $ 1,607,267 $ 516,001 $ 13,769,874 Rebate Budget $ 1,600,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 3,600,000 $ 254,230 $ 254,230 $ 9,300 $ - $ 47,000 $ - $ 56,300.00 $ - 2,760 263 626 1,595 109,530 7,070 3,894 97 69 16,374 2,344 2,344 453 1,906 4,048 11,215 5,123 13,997 17,622 0 Participant Type Participants To Date MWh To Date Participant Type Participants To Date MWh To Date Rebate Budget Spent to Date MW Goal 43.04 MW To Date 31.43 Percentage Participant Type Participants To Date MWh To Date 36,340 61,798.90 Rebate Budget $ 16,983,300 Spent to Date $ 14,024,104 15.93 19.11 11.99 24.16 75% 126% 130,441 34,383 18383.11 35373.09 $ $ 11,577,000 2,064,509 $ $ 11,900,836 3,350,000 Thermal Energy Storage TOTAL …

Agenda — original pdf

REGULAR MEETING OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION October 21, 2024  6:00 PM AUSTIN ENERGY HEADQUARTERS/SHUDDE FATH CONFERENCE ROOM 4815 MUELLER BLVD AUSTIN, TEXAS Some members of the Electric Utility Commission maybe participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register contact Amy Everhart, at Amy.Everhart@AustinEnergy.com or via phone at 512-322-6087. AGENDA Members: Dave Tuttle, Chair Kaiba White, Vice Chair Ayo Akande Raul Alvarez Cesar Benavides Jonathon Blackburn Randy Chapman Chris Kirksey Cyrus Reed Joshua Rhodes Vacant CALL MEETING TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 5 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Regular Meeting on September 9, 2024 and Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Special Called Meeting on September 30, 2024. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Recommend approval of an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to accept and appropriate $31,593,683 in grant funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and add three full-time equivalent grant positions to implement the Solar for All residential-serving community and residential rooftop solar program. 3. Recommend approval of a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire the property interests needed for the Cap Ex South, CKT987 & 1031 Structure Relocation 2021 Project for the public use of relocating various structures along existing circuits 926/927, 987, and 988 to accommodate the Texas Department of Transportation expansion of Interstate Highway 35 (IH 35), requiring the acquisition of 0.168 acres (7,319 square feet) of a permanent electric transmission and distribution easement, being a portion of Lot 23, Block “A”, Circle “S” Ridge Section 1, a Subdivision recorded September 14, 1946 in Book 4, Page 285, Plat Records, Travis County, Texas, a portion of said lot 23 (Tract II) conveyed to Long Reas Estate holdings, LLC by Warranty deed with vendor’s lien dated November 27, 2012, as record in document No. 2012202489, official public records, Travis County, …

Item 10- EUC Draft 2025 Meeting Schedule — original pdf

- Electric Utility Commission 2025 Meeting Schedule The Electric Utility Commission meets monthly on the second Monday of the month, unless otherwise determined by the Commission. If the regular meeting day conflicts with a holiday, the meeting will be held on the following Monday. Meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. in the Shudde Fath Conference Room at Austin Energy Corporate Headquarters, 4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX. Changes to the above regarding date, time or location will be noted on meeting agendas. Meeting Dates January 13, 2025 February 10, 2025 March 10, 2025 April 14, 2025 May 12, 2025 June 9, 2025 July 14, 2025 August 11, 2025 September 8, 2025 October 13, 2025 November 10, 2025 *EUC does not meet in December Cancelled Dates Agenda Item Submittal Due Date January 6, 2025 February 3, 2025 March 3, 2025 April 7, 2025 May 5, 2025 June 2, 2025 July 7, 2025 August 4, 2025 September 1, 2025 October 6, 2025 November 3, 2025 December 8, 2025*

Item 11- Staff briefing and process update on the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan — original pdf

Austin Energy's Resource Generation Plan 2035 Workshops Presented by Lynda Rife City of Austin District 2 Residential Customers Tri-City Region Solar and Storage Coalition CCARE Homeowners United for Rate Fairness (HURF) Overview: Workshop #4 • Austin Energy hosted their fourth in a series of workshops on Thurs. Oct. 3, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. • The goals of Workshop #4 were to provide workshop participants with the results from the surveys taken from Workshop #3, give insight into how Austin Energy will incorporate an equity lens to the Resource Generation Plan 2035, and gather feedback on drafted value and objective statements. Report Out of Workshop #3 Key Takeaways Reliability is the community’s top priority across the board. Equity continues to be a major theme and discussion point throughout the workshops. The impacts of outages can be detrimental to vulnerable communities. Austin Energy’s environmental sustainability leadership should be applauded. Equity – Generally Moving in the Right Direction The three dimensions of energy equity: Procedural equity focuses on ensuring fair, inclusive participation in the decision-making process. • Recognition equity aims to understand and address past and present energy equities. • Distributional equity focuses on just and equitable distribution of benefits and impacts in Austin’s clean energy transition. What we heard: Concerns about the medically vulnerable and encouraging Austin Energy to expand their CAP programs. • • Values Statements* – Generally Moving in the Right Direction Reliability Providing consistent and predictable electric service that will power our community as it continues to grow. Affordability Assessing the fairness and impacts of costs for customers while continuing to provide the public-power benefits that enhance our community’s quality of life. Environmental Sustainability Maintaining flexibility in support of clean and innovative technologies and programs while taking a holistic assessment of the community and environmental impacts. Energy Equity Evaluating and expanding access to the services Austin Energy provides so they can reach those who need them most while understanding the impact of our operations on the community. *Developed based workshop discussions Value Statements – What We Heard • Strengthen words like “understanding” and “assessing” to make the statements more actionable. • Predictability with both reliability and affordability – improve communications to the community. • Include more references to climate change issues. Updated Value Statements* Reliability Providing consistent and predictable electric service that will power our community as it continues to grow. Affordability Assessing the impacts and …

Item 12- Staff briefing and Modeling Overview for the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan — original pdf

Round II Modeling Results Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2035 Michael Enger Vice President, Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning October 21, 2024 © Austin Energy Agenda Recap of Modeling Timeline Round II Modeling Results Insights From Modeling To Date Discussion & Next Steps 2 Modeling Timeline Modeling Inputs & Assumptions to EUC 7/10/24 Portfolios + Scenarios to EUC 8/8/24 Ascend Modeling Overview to EUC 9/9/24 Modeling Results #1 to EUC 9/30/24 Modeling Results #2 to EUC 10/21/24 JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT Data Sources 7/8 Webber Draft Report 7/31 DNV Study Preliminary Results 1st Model Runs 2nd Model Runs 7/15 EUC Feedback on Inputs & Assumptions 8/12 EUC Input on Portfolios + Scenarios 10/1 – 10/4 EUC Office Hours to Refine Portfolios 3 Transitioning to Plan Development Resource Modeling Resource Planning  How well do different resource mixes mitigate reliability, liquidity and load zone price separation risk?  What are the tradeoffs in reliability, cost, and emissions between different portfolio mixes?  What insights did we learn from the modeling process that should inform the plan?  What are the key characteristics from the modeled portfolios that mitigate risk and balance tradeoffs? 4 Round II Modeling 5 Round II Portfolios Austin Energy and EUC selected four new portfolios to improve our understanding of risks and tradeoffs 14 • Variation of Portfolio 10 with incremental new local storage + gas • Tests “floor” level of local resources needed to maintain reliability 15 • Variation of Portfolio 12 with more local solar + storage + DR • Tests cost/reliability of aggressive mix of DSM + storage only • Variation of Portfolio 12 with larger ratio of storage to solar + more DR • Tests relative performance of different solar + storage mixes • Maintains Decker/Sand Hill past 2034 • Identical to Portfolio 12 with Decker/Sand Hill operating past 2034 16 17 6 Reference Guide to New Portfolios REF # DESCRIPTION 10 14 12 15 16 395 MW local storage, 100% DNV projections, 65% RE (1,800 MW wind/solar PPAs), REACH on gas, Decker/Sand Hill run through 2035 125 MW local storage (100 MW 4-hr, 25 MW 2-hr), 200 MW local peakers, 100% DNV projections (431 MW local solar, 270 MW demand response), 250 MW import capacity increase, 65% RE (1,800 MW wind/ solar PPAs), REACH on gas, Decker/Sand Hill run through 2035 525 MW local storage (300 MW …

RCAs Items 2-9 — original pdf

Item 2 Posting Language ..Title Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to accept and appropriate $31,593,683 in grant funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and add 3.0 full-time equivalent grant positions to implement Solar for All residential-serving community and residential rooftop solar program. ..De Lead Department Austin Energy Prior Council Action: Fiscal Note Funding in the amount of $31,593,683 is available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Harris County. A City funding match is not required. A fiscal note is attached. For More Information: Amy Everhart, Local Government Issues Director (512) 322-6087; Richard Génecé, Vice President, Customer Energy Solutions, Austin Energy, (512)-322-6327; Tim Harvey, Customer Renewable Solutions Manager (512)- 482-5386 Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action: October 15, 2024 - To be reviewed by the Resource Management Commission. October 21, 2024 - To be reviewed by the Electric Utility Commission. Additional Backup Information: On July 9, 2024, Harris County received Notice of Award for The Texas Solar for All Coalition: A Collaborative Effort to Enable Low-Income Solar and Storage including all modifications and amendments, the United States acting by and through the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby awards $249,300,000 to Harris County and of that funding $31,593,683 is pass-through to Austin Energy as a Coalition Member. As a subrecipient, Austin Energy will be required to enter into an agreement with Harris County to carry out the performance of this award. Subrecipient agreement is subject to applicable EPA regulatory and statutory provisions, all terms and conditions of the signed agreement and attachments for a five-year grant term. Austin Energy, through its hybrid residential-serving community solar and residential rooftop solar program, will provide Low Income (LI) and Disadvantage (DAC) single-family homeowners, medically vulnerable, and multifamily property owners access to solar and batteries through an owner-flip model where a third-party owns the installations for a 15-year period providing power to the Austin Energy Community Solar Program through a PPA and where the batteries will be operated as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) through a performance contract. Eligible LI/DAC customers can sign up to the Community Solar program and receive guaranteed 20% bill savings. The onsite battery will provide resiliency to the host during a grid event. At the end of the 15-year term, the host will have an option to receive ownership of the battery and …

Item 12- Revised Staff briefing and Modeling Overview for the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan — original pdf

Round II Modeling Results Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2035 Michael Enger Vice President, Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning October 21, 2024 © Austin Energy Agenda Recap of Modeling Timeline Round II Modeling Results Insights From Modeling To Date Discussion & Next Steps 2 Modeling Timeline Modeling Inputs & Assumptions to EUC 7/10/24 Portfolios + Scenarios to EUC 8/8/24 Ascend Modeling Overview to EUC 9/9/24 Modeling Results #1 to EUC 9/30/24 Modeling Results #2 to EUC 10/21/24 JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT Data Sources 7/8 Webber Draft Report 7/31 DNV Study Preliminary Results 1st Model Runs 2nd Model Runs 7/15 EUC Feedback on Inputs & Assumptions 8/12 EUC Input on Portfolios + Scenarios 10/1 – 10/4 EUC Office Hours to Refine Portfolios 3 Transitioning to Plan Development Resource Modeling Resource Planning  How well do different resource mixes mitigate reliability, liquidity and load zone price separation risk?  What are the tradeoffs in reliability, cost, and emissions between different portfolio mixes?  What insights did we learn from the modeling process that should inform the plan?  What are the key characteristics from the modeled portfolios that mitigate risk and balance tradeoffs? 4 Round II Modeling 5 Round II Portfolios Austin Energy and EUC selected four new portfolios to improve our understanding of risks and tradeoffs 14 • Variation of Portfolio 10 with incremental new local storage + gas • Tests “floor” level of local resources needed to maintain reliability Portfolio 14 Results in Progress 15 • Variation of Portfolio 12 with more local solar + storage + DR • Tests cost/reliability of aggressive mix of DSM + storage only • Variation of Portfolio 12 with larger ratio of storage to solar + more DR • Tests relative performance of different solar + storage mixes • Maintains Decker/Sand Hill past 2034 • Identical to Portfolio 12 with Decker/Sand Hill operating past 2034 16 17 6 Reference Guide to New Portfolios REF # DESCRIPTION 10 14 12 15 16 395 MW local storage, 100% DNV projections, 65% RE (1,800 MW wind/solar PPAs), REACH on gas, Decker/Sand Hill run through 2035 125 MW local storage (100 MW 4-hr, 25 MW 2-hr), 200 MW local peakers, 100% DNV projections (431 MW local solar, 270 MW demand response), 250 MW import capacity increase, 65% RE (1,800 MW wind/ solar PPAs), REACH on gas, Decker/Sand Hill run through 2035 525 …

Item 12- Revised Staff briefing and Modeling Overview for the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan Version 3 — original pdf

Round II Modeling Results Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2035 Michael Enger Vice President, Energy Market Operations & Resource Planning October 21, 2024 © Austin Energy Agenda Recap of Modeling Timeline Round II Modeling Results Insights From Modeling To Date Discussion & Next Steps 2 Modeling Timeline Modeling Inputs & Assumptions to EUC 7/10/24 Portfolios + Scenarios to EUC 8/8/24 Ascend Modeling Overview to EUC 9/9/24 Modeling Results #1 to EUC 9/30/24 Modeling Results #2 to EUC 10/21/24 JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT Data Sources 7/8 Webber Draft Report 7/31 DNV Study Preliminary Results 1st Model Runs 2nd Model Runs 7/15 EUC Feedback on Inputs & Assumptions 8/12 EUC Input on Portfolios + Scenarios 10/1 – 10/4 EUC Office Hours to Refine Portfolios 3 Transitioning to Plan Development Resource Modeling Resource Planning  How well do different resource mixes mitigate reliability, liquidity and load zone price separation risk?  What are the tradeoffs in reliability, cost, and emissions between different portfolio mixes?  What insights did we learn from the modeling process that should inform the plan?  What are the key characteristics from the modeled portfolios that mitigate risk and balance tradeoffs? 4 Round II Modeling 5 Round II Portfolios Austin Energy and EUC selected four new portfolios to improve our understanding of risks and tradeoffs 14 • Variation of Portfolio 10 with incremental new local storage + gas • Tests “floor” level of local resources needed to maintain reliability Portfolio 14 Results in Progress 15 • Variation of Portfolio 12 with more local solar + storage + DR • Tests cost/reliability of aggressive mix of DSM + storage only • Variation of Portfolio 12 with larger ratio of storage to solar + more DR • Tests relative performance of different solar + storage mixes • Maintains Decker/Sand Hill past 2034 • Identical to Portfolio 12 with Decker/Sand Hill operating past 2034 16 17 6 Reference Guide to New Portfolios REF # DESCRIPTION 10 14 12 15 16 395 MW local storage, 100% DNV projections, 65% RE (1,800 MW wind/solar PPAs), REACH on gas, Decker/Sand Hill run through 2035 125 MW local storage (100 MW 4-hr, 25 MW 2-hr), 200 MW local peakers, 100% DNV projections (431 MW local solar, 270 MW demand response), 250 MW import capacity increase, 65% RE (1,800 MW wind/ solar PPAs), REACH on gas, Decker/Sand Hill run through 2035 525 …

Minutes — original pdf

ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, October 21, 2024 ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, October 21, 2024 The Electric Utility Commission convened in a regular called meeting on Monday, October 21, 2024, at Austin Energy Headquarters, 4815 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723. Chair Dave Tuttle called the Electric Utility Commission meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Dave Tuttle, Chair; Kaiba White, Vice Chair; Commissioner Randy Chapman; Commissioner Chris Kirksey; Commissioner Cyrus Reed; Commissioner Joshua Rhodes Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioner Ayo Akande; Commissioner Raul Alvarez; Commissioner Cesar Benavides; Commissioner Jonathon Blackburn PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL • Susan Lippman- Gen Plan • Debra White- Gen Plan • Ben Suddaby- Gen Plan • Scott Johnson- Lawnmower Rebate and E-Bike Rebate Programs APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Regular Meeting on September 9, 2024 and Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Special Called Meeting on September 30, 2024. The motion approving the minutes of the Regular Electric Utility Commission meeting of September 9, 2024 and the minutes of the Special Called Electric Utility Commission, were approved on Commissioner Chapman’s motion, Chair Reed’s second on an 10-0 vote with one vacancy. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS 2. Recommend approval of an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to accept and appropriate $31,593,683 in grant funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and add three full-time equivalent grant positions to implement the Solar for All residential-serving community and residential rooftop solar program. ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, October 21, 2024 The motion to recommend approval of an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund, was recommended on Chair Tuttle’s motion, Commissioner Reed’s second on an 10-0 vote with one vacancy. 3. Recommend approval of a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire the property interests needed for the Cap Ex South, CKT987 & 1031 Structure Relocation 2021 Project for the public use of relocating various structures along existing circuits 926/927, 987, and 988 to accommodate the Texas Department of Transportation expansion of Interstate Highway 35 (IH 35), requiring the acquisition of 0.168 acres (7,319 square feet) of a permanent electric transmission and distribution easement, being a portion of Lot 23, Block “A”, Circle “S” Ridge Section 1, a Subdivision recorded …