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Approved Minutes

ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, May 12, 2025 ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION REGULAR CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, May 12, 2025 The Electric Utility Commission convened in a regular called meeting on Monday, May 12, 2025, 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: Commissioner Dave Tuttle, Chair; Commissioner Cesar Benavides; Commissioner Chris Gillett; Commissioner Al Braden; Commissioner Chris Kirksey; Commissioner Cyrus Reed. Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioner Kaiba White, Vice Chair; Commissioner Raul Alvarez; Commissioner Lauren Bellomy. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None Chair Tuttle shared a few words about Austin Energy’s 130th Anniversary and played the video, History of Austin’s Moonlight Towers. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Electric Utility Commission Regular Meeting on April 14, 2025. The motion approving the minutes of the Regular Electric Utility Commission meeting of April 14, 2025, were approved on Commissioner Gillett’s motion, Commissioner Braden’s second on an 9-0 vote, with Commissioners Blackburn and Rhodes absent. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for power engineering software solutions for Austin Energy with CYME International T & D, Inc., for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000. Funding: $166,666 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. The motion to recommend approval authorizing execution of a contract for power engineering software solutions for Austin Energy was recommended on Commissioner ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, May 12, 2025 Gillett’s motion, Commissioner Kirksey’s second on a 9-0 vote with Commissioners Blackburn and Rhodes absent. 3. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for Network Perception software for Austin Energy with Dragos, Inc., for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $600,000. Funding: $40,000 is available in the 2024-2025 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. The motion to recommend approval authorizing execution of a contract for Network Perception software for Austin Energy was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Gillett’s second on a 9-0 vote with Commissioners Blackburn and Rhodes absent. 4. Recommend approval authorizing an amendment to a contract for continuation of the Better Building Energy Efficiency Lending Program for Austin Energy with Velocity Credit Union, to increase the amount by $5,000,000 and to extend the term by five years for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $14,400,000. Funding: $600,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Energy. The motion to recommend approval authorizing an amendment to a contract for continuation of the Better Building Energy Efficiency Lending Program for Austin Energy was recommended on Commissioner Reeds’s motion, Commissioner White’s second on a 9-0 vote with Commissioners Blackburn and Rhodes absent. 5. Recommend approval authorizing a contract for Strategic Partnership of Utilities and Retailers program administration for Austin Energy with CLEAResult Consulting, Inc., for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $11,000,000. Funding: $1,250,000 is available in Operating Budget of Austin Energy. The motion to recommend approval authorizing execution of a contract for Strategic Partnership of Utilities and Retailers program administration for Austin Energy was recommended with direction that CLEARResult’s explore and exchange program for exchanging lawn gas equipment for more efficient Lawn electric equipment on Commissioner Reeds’s motion, Commissioner Braden’s second on a 9-0 vote with Commissioners Blackburn and Rhodes absent. 6. Recommend approval authorizing an amendment to a contract for the continued lease and maintenance of customized utility vehicles for Austin Energy with Altec Industries Inc., to increase the amount by $1,300,000 and to extend the term by nine months for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $34,800,000. Funding: $1,000,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Energy. The motion to recommend approval authorizing an amendment to a contract for continued lease and maintenance of customized utility vehicles for Austin Energy was recommended on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Gillett’s second on a 9-0 vote with Commissioners Blackburn and Rhodes absent. STAFF BRIEFINGS ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, May 12, 2025 7. Staff briefing on the Austin Energy FY26 Forecast by Rusty Maenius, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. The Staff briefing was presented by Rusty Maenius, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. 8. Staff briefing on the Second Quarter Financial Report by Stephanie Koudelka, Finance Director. The Staff briefing was presented by Stephanie Koudelka, Finance Director. 9. Staff briefing on the Second Quarter Operations Report by Lisa Martin, Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. The Staff briefing was presented by Lisa Martin, Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Chair Tuttle requested: • Distribution Hardening • Battery storage • 2024 AE Report • Landscape electrification • Solar Standard Offer and Solar for All updates including DERMs and customer sited batteries • Austin Energy Wildfire Mitigation Manager Chris Vetromile • Legislative update • Distribution Protection Software updates that help DERs & ADMS system updates • NEST Generation 1 & 2 thermostats – how many will drop from the DR program & will new thermostat rebates be offered • Electric Landscaping Demo Memo • AE comments on effectiveness of CLEAResult’s retailer programs • Budget presentation July EUC ADJOURNMENT Chair Tuttle adjourned the meeting at 8:23 p.m. without objection. The meeting minutes were approved at the June 9, 2025 meeting on Commissioner Kirksey’s motion, Commissioner Reed’s second on an 10-0 vote with Commissioner Rhodes absent.