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Austin Energy unveils 10‑year resiliency plan with $735 million 10‑year forecast, prioritizing overhead hardening over full undergrounding
Summary
Austin Energy presented a 10‑year Electric System Resiliency Plan calling for prioritized overhead hardening, targeted automation, and an initial 10‑year budget forecast of $735 million.
Austin Energy presented a 10‑year Electric System Resiliency Plan (ESRP) on Nov. 10, emphasizing a strategic, phased approach that prioritizes overhead hardening and targeted technologies to improve reliability and resilience while keeping affordability and equity considerations in view.
Lisa Martin, Austin Energy’s chief operating officer, said the plan draws on two studies — an undergrounding feasibility study and an overhead resiliency study — and explicitly noted that complete undergrounding of roughly 55,000 miles of overhead distribution was estimated at about $50 billion…
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