Video of the briefing by Larry Weis to City Council on Austin Energy’s Generation and Climate Protection Plan is available at the following link as agenda Item 54:
http://austintx.swagit.com/player.php?refid=12092010-1
Quotes referenced in the Dec 16, 2010 blog post include:
Council Member Sheryl Cole: (53:43 – 54:33) – “Larry, I want to commend you for being so honest with us with the point that we have to look at our Renewable Energy Goal in that what you have so far done has shown that there is a tension between that goal and our affordability goal that you are trying to work on – potential Affordability goal — and then also the long term health of the utility and you understand that all of those things are very important…. we value all three of those things”
AE GM Larry Weis (47:02 to 47:15) re: comparing AE to CPS renewable goals and cost. “When you compare the metrics of a utility that’s gonna be at 35% renewable versus 20% I can guarantee you that there’s going to be…. We’re going to be more expensive in that scenario, just generally, because of that reason.”
Mayor Lee Leffingwell (34:37 –35:00) re: GOAL: “ask the staff …. come back to us as soon as possible with a recommendation for a “hard and specific affordability goal”
Mayor Lee Leffingwell (53:26-53:38) re: URGENCY: “being that its really going to have no effect in that no major projects to be brought before Council on renewable energy or anything else in probably the next 6 months — 4 to 6 months, at least”
