May 17, 2012 Austin City Council Austin Energy Rates
Austin Energy Rates of the Austin City Council
May 17, 2012
Meeting Agenda
Agenda - Austin Energy Work Session, 128kb
Approved Meeting Minutes
Minutes - Austin Energy Work Session, 67kb
Closed Caption Transcript
Transcript, 221kb
Video
Agenda Items
Item 1 - May 17, 2012
Discussion regarding the City Auditor's report on Austin Energy's proposed revenue requirements.
Work Papers and Other Backup Documentation
20120517-001, Agenda Late Backup, PDF, 143kb
Item 2 - May 17, 2012
Discussion of departmental conditions including horizon issues, unmet needs, key performance data and financial forecast for Austin Energy.
There are no documents available for this agenda item.
Item 3 - May 17, 2012
Discussion and possible action to make preliminary determinations and give direction to the City Manager regarding the following matters: financial policies governing debt service coverage ratio; capital projects debt-to-equity funding ratios; reserve fund policies; interim revenue options; general fund transfer levels and calculation methodology, other transfers, and payments for shared services; distributed generation and energy efficiency goals; the design and funding of low-income customer assistance programs; budget reduction options; line extension and new service charges; revenue regulation and decoupling; cost-of-service methodologies for allocating costs among customer classes; 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; allocation of off-system wholesale power sale revenues; connection and disconnection fees; other Austin Energy revenue requirements not addressed in prior work sessions; fixed charges and alternatives; inverted block rate structures; bundled rate plans for low-use customers; the components and calculation methodology for the fuel charge; phasing options for the implementation of rate increases; potential rate impacts from Generation Plan updates; the total utility revenue requirement to be recovered through the revised rates; and the rate design and structure to be brought back to Council for final consideration and action.
Work Papers and Other Backup Documentation
20120517-003, Agenda Late Backup, PDF, 5.0mb
Item 4 - May 17, 2012
Discussion and possible action to schedule additional rate work sessions and Council meeting dates for further discussion and action on Austin Energy rates.
There are no documents available for this agenda item.
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