Austin Energy Rates Work Session of the Austin City Council
April 30, 2012
Austin Energy Rates
Meeting Agenda
Agenda - Austin Energy Work Session, 130kb
Approved Meeting Minutes
Minutes - Austin Energy Work Session, 58kb
Closed Caption Transcript
Transcript, 198kb
Video
Agenda Items - April 30, 2012
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Item 1 - April 30, 2012
Discussion regarding rates for specific customer classes, including faith-based, community, and not-for-profit organizations, school districts, industrial users, and out-of-city ratepayers; rate design for distributed solar and energy efficiency goals; and the design and scope of low-income customer assistance programs.
Work Papers and Other Backup Documentation
20120430-001, Agenda Late Backup Part 1 of 2, PDF, 761kb
20120430-001, Agenda Late Backup, Part 2 of 2, PDF, 184kb
Item 2 - April 30, 2012
Discussion regarding Austin Energy's 2011 audited finances, off-system wholesale power sales in the nodal market, connection and disconnection fees, and Austin Energy revenue requirements not addressed in prior work sessions.
There are no documents published for this agenda item.
Item 3 - April 30, 2012
Discussion regarding fixed charges and alternatives, revenue regulation, inverted block rate structures, bundled rate plans for low-use customers, and the components and calculation methodology for the fuel charge.
There are no documents published for this agenda item.
Item 4 - April 30, 2012
Discussion and possible action to give preliminary direction to the City Manager regarding prior work session topics: financial policies governing debt service coverage ration, capital projects debt-to-equity ratio, reserve funds, and interim revenue options; general fund transfer levels and calculation methodology, other transfers, and payments for shared services; distributed generation and energy efficiency goals, and the design and funding of low-income electric customer assistance programs; budget reduction options, line extension and new service policies; and revenue regulation and decoupling; and cost-of-service methodologies for allocating costs among customer classes in setting Austin Energy electric rates.
There are no documents published for this agenda item.
Item 5 - April 30, 2012
Discuss participation by the independent consumer advocate, Paul Chernick of Resource Insight, Inc., in future Austin Energy rate work sessions, and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Resource Insight, Inc., to provide participation through the end of the City Council rate review process in an amount not to exceed $70,000.
There are no documents published for this agenda item.
Item 6 - April 30, 2012
Discussion and possible action regarding amendments to the rate work session schedule and topics.
There are no documents published for this agenda item.
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