Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to evaluate national best practices for electric vehicle managed charging and home battery storage incentive programs and propose appropriate changes to existing City programs to increase customer participation, improve grid flexibility, strengthen affordability and equity outcomes, and maximize the reliability benefits of distributed energy resources and report back to the Electric Utility Commission and Council.

This resolution asks the City Manager to study how other cities run EV charging and home battery incentive programs, then propose tweaks to Austin's existing offerings. The goal is to get more customers signed up, ease strain on the grid, and keep affordability and equity in the mix. Findings would go back to the Electric Utility Commission and Council. It's a direction to study and report, not a final program change.

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"without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

What got said

• CM Qadri cited Dr. Webber's analysis on managed EV charging reducing peak demand

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