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Austin Energy says carbon-free share down to 65% amid congestion, highlights battery and solar pipeline
Summary
Deputy GM Lisa Martin told the Utility Oversight Committee the utility is at 65% carbon-free as a percentage of load, cited transmission congestion and curtailment as drivers, and said a 100 MW battery contract with Jupiter Power is on a pending council agenda item.
Lisa Martin, Austin Energy chief operating officer, briefed the Austin Energy Utility Oversight Committee on May 28 on progress toward the utility's 2035 resource generation and climate protection plan.
Martin said Austin Energy's carbon-free percentage of load is currently about 65%, down from a high in 2022. She attributed the decline to transmission congestion, curtailment of resources and demand growth, noting that local solar and battery projects and import capacity increases are among the tactics intended to raise the carbon-free share again. "Our carbon free resources aren't going as far these days due to those factors," Martin said.
Martin reported progress on several plan goals: 844 megawatts of cumulative energy-efficiency capacity (about 86% of that goal), 28 megawatts of thermal-energy storage toward a 40 MW target, and 48 megawatts of demand-response capability toward a near-term 78 MW goal. She said Austin Energy is near its…
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