Electric Utility Commission Resource Planning Working Group
2019 - 2020 Resource Generation Planning Update
2019 Resource Planning Working Group
The process for updating the Austin Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan will begin in the Fall of 2019.
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2019 - 2020 Meeting Schedule
Meetings will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 100 at Town Lake Center, 721 Barton Springs Rd. (except October 24 in Room 126). Citizen Communication held during second scheduled meeting of each month.
- September 12 Agenda Packet
- September 26 Agenda Packet
- October 10 Agenda Packet
- October 24 Agenda Packet
- November 7 Agenda Packet
- November 21 Agenda Packet
- January 30 Agenda Packet
- February 13 Agenda Packet
- February 27 Agenda Packet
- March 5 Agenda Packet
Resource Planning Studies
In 2017, City Council approved Resolution No. 20170817-061 to adopt the Working Group recommendations and to provide these additional studies.
- Renewable, Carbon Free, and Battery Storage Studies (pdf)
- Models for Utility-Managed Rooftop Solar Programs (pdf)
- Distributed Energy Resource Strategy Whitepaper (pdf)
- Potential Demand Side Management MW Savings White Paper (pdf)
- EV 360 Whitepaper (pdf)
- Costs and Benefits of Raising Local Solar Goal to 250MW by 2025 and to 350MW by 2027 (pdf)
- Economic Impact of Decker Creek Power Station After De-Commissioning (pdf)
- Water Use by Austin Energy Generation Facilities (pdf)
- Methane Emissions from Gas Production Study (pdf)
Articles and Reports
- DNV GL Review of the Austin Energy Report: Potential Demand Side Management MW Savings by 2025, 2027, and 2029 (pdf), December 2019
- 2020 Long-Term System Assessment Kickoff, Initial Input Assumptions and Capacity Expansion Preliminary Results (pdf), May 2019
- 2018 State of the Market Report: ERCOT Electricity Markets (pdf), released June 2019
- Vox Report: Renewable Energy Storage Costs (pdf), August 2019
- Storage Requirements and Costs of Shaping Renewable Energy Toward Grid Decarbonization (pdf), Joule, September 2019
- The unknown costs of a 100% carbon-free future, Utility Dive, September 2019
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Hostage to Heat: An investigative series, Austin American-Statesman, October
2019
- Hostage to Heat - Texans fall victim to sweltering summer temperatures as regulators ignore skyrocketing power cutoffs
- Power of Life - For critically and chronically ill electricity cutoffs especially dangerous
- Lights Out in a Hurry - Prepaid utility plans leave some customers in the dark with little warning
- Worked to Death - Amid lack of regulations, heat takes toll on workers
- Heat Rising - As Texas warms, politicians give climate bills the cold shoulder
Supporting Information
Date last reviewed or modified: 03/03/2020