Item 41 Passed 10-0
Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to analyze potential changes to the Solar Standard Offer and Value of Solar Rates; explore a potential program for providing broad access to solar and battery storage equipment; provide options for expanding the community solar program; and explore options to increase the number of commercial customers participating in Austin Energy’s demand response program.
Council is asking the City Manager to take a hard look at how Austin Energy handles solar — specifically the Solar Standard Offer and Value of Solar Rates — and to explore ways to get solar panels and battery storage into more hands. The resolution also calls for options to grow the community solar program and to bring more commercial customers into Austin Energy's demand response program. This is the homework phase: it directs analysis and options, setting the stage for future decisions about how Austin powers itself.
The roll call
Approved on Consent 10-0
- Kirk Watson Mayor Yes
- Natasha Harper-Madison D1 Absent
- Vanessa Fuentes D2 Yes
- José Velásquez D3 Yes
- José "Chito" Vela D4 Yes
- Ryan Alter D5 Yes
- Krista Laine D6 Yes
- Mike Siegel D7 Yes
- Paige Ellis D8 Yes
- Zohaib "Zo" Qadri D9 Yes
- Marc Duchen D10 Yes