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Approved Minutes

ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 13, 2025 ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 13, 2025 The Electric Utility Commission convened in a regular called meeting on Monday, January 13, 2025, at Austin Energy Headquarters, 4815 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723. Vice Chair Kaiba White called the Electric Utility Commission meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Kaiba White, Vice Chair; Commissioner Cesar Benavides; Commissioner Chris Kirksey Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Dave Tuttle, Chair; Commissioner Ayo Akande; Commissioner Raul Alvarez; Commissioner Lauren Bellomy; Commissioner Cesar Benavides; Commissioner Jonathon Blackburn; Commissioner Randy Chapman; Commissioner Joshua Rhodes PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL • Scott Johnson- Utility Bill Funds APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Regular Meeting on November 18, 2024 and Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Special Called Meeting on December 2, 2024. The motion approving the minutes of the Regular Electric Utility Commission meeting of November 18, 2024 and the minutes of the Special Called Electric Utility Commission of December 2, 2024, were approved on Commissioner Chapman’s motion, Chair Rhodes’s second on an 8-0 vote with Commissioners Alvarez and Benavides off the dais and Commissioner Reed absent. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS 2. Recommend approval of an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Fund Operating Budget (Ordinance 20240814-007) by increasing transfers out to the Austin Energy Power Supply Stabilization Reserve (Ordinance 20240814-007) in the amount of $30,000,000; and amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Power Supply Stabilization Reserve Fund by increasing transfers in for the same amount. Funding is available in the Austin Energy Operating Fund balance.  ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 13, 2025 The motion to recommend approval of an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Austin Energy Fund Operating Budget by increasing transfers out to the Austin Energy Power Supply Stabilization Reserve, was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Chair Tuttle’s second on an 10-0 vote with Commissioner Reed absent. 3. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for vegetation management services on energized transmission lines for Austin Energy with Wright Tree Service, Inc., for an initial term of two years with up to four one-year extension options, for a total contract amount not to exceed $42,000,000. Funding: $5,250,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. The motion to recommend approval authorizing a contract for vegetation management services on energized transmission lines for Austin Energy, was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Bellomy’s second on an 10-0 vote with Commissioner Reed absent. 4. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for electric meters and associated services for Austin Energy with Texas Electric Cooperatives, for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options for a total contract amount not to exceed $62,000,000. Funding: $62,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Energy. The motion to recommend approval authorizing a contract for electric meters and associated services for Austin Energy, was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Bellomy’s second on an 10-0 vote with Commissioner Reed absent. 5. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for tire repair, maintenance, and replacement services for Austin Energy with Youngblood Automotive & Tire LLC d/b/a Youngblood Auto & Tire, for an initial term of one year with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $360,000. Funding: $120,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. The motion to recommend authorizing a contract for tire repair, maintenance, and replacement services for Austin Energy, was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Bellomy’s second on an 10-0 vote with Commissioner Reed absent. 6. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for electric system design software for Austin Energy with Spatial Business Systems, LLC., for an initial term of one year with up to four one-year extension options for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,500,000. Funding: $253,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. The motion to recommend authorizing a contract for electric system design software for Austin Energy, was recommended on was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Bellomy’s second on an 10-0 vote with Commissioner Reed absent.  ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 13, 2025 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Derms- White/Tuttle • Battery Storage- White/Tuttle • Distribution Hardening (Underground/Overground) – Tuttle • Sectionalization (Rolling Blackouts)- Chapman • $15 million dollar EV Grant- Tuttle • Energy Storage RFP- White ADJOURNMENT Vice Chair White adjourned the meeting at 6:21 p.m. without objection. The meeting minutes were approved at the February 10, 2025 meeting on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Blackburn’s second on a 9-0 vote, with Commissioner Rhodes off the dais and Chair Tuttle absent.