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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 3, 2025 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION REVISED SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 3, 2025 The Resource Management Commission convened in a Special Called meeting on Monday, February 3, 2025, at Austin Energy Headquarters 4815 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723. Chair Louis Stone called the Resource Management Commission meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. in Attendance: Commissioner Louis Stone, Chair; Board Members/Commissioners Commissioner Paul Robbins, Vice Chair; Commissioner Charlotte Davis; Commissioner Martin Luecke; Commissioner Dino Sasaridis; Commissioner Alison Silverstein. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioner Raphael Swartz. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL N/A APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Resource Management Commission Regular Meeting on November 19, 2024 and approve the minutes of the Resource Management Commission Special Called Meeting on December 3, 2024. The motion approving the minutes of the Resource Management Commission meeting of November 19, 2024 was approved on Commissioner Davis’s motion, Vice Chair Robbins second on an 7-0 vote, with Commissioners Farmer and Gary absent and two vacancies. The motion approving the minutes of the Resource Management Commission special called meeting of December 3, 2024 was approved with amendments on Vice Chair Robbins motion, Commissioner Silverstein second on an 7-0 vote, with Commissioners Farmer and Gary absent and two vacancies. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Discussion and recommend against merging the Resource Management Commission and the Zero Waste Advisory Commission. The motion to recommend against merging the Resource Management Commission and the Zero Waste Advisory Commission, was approved on Vice Chair Robbins motion, Commissioner Luecke ’s second on an 7-0 vote, with Commissioners Farmer and Gary absent and two vacancies. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Monday, February 3, 2025 3. Discussion regarding changes to Austin Energy’s Residential Rooftop Solar Program, with inclusion of energy storage batteries. The commission discussed Austin Energy’s Residential Rooftop Solar Program. DISCUSSION ITEMS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Virtual Power Plants- Silverstein • Commissioner Terms- Robbins • Heat Pump Water Heaters- Robbins • Green Building Program and Energy Rebates- Robbins • Energy Star and Loan Program- Robbins (April) • Request the final version of the Gen Plan- Silverstein • Solar for All- Davis ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:59 p.m. The meeting minutes were approved at the February 18, 2025 meeting on Commissioner Silverstein’s motion, Commissioner Farmer’s second on an 6-0-1 vote, with Commissioner Gary abstaining, Chair Stone and Commissioner Sasaridis absent, and two vacancies.