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Commissioner Farmer urges Austin Energy to strengthen EV charging and home‑battery incentives
Summary
At a March 24 Resource Management Commission meeting, Commissioner Farmer urged Austin Energy to benchmark and improve its EV charging and home‑battery incentive programs, citing long payback periods under current incentives and urging a working group to design more aggressive, equitable programs.
Commissioner Farmer pressed Austin Energy to revise its EV charging and small home‑battery incentives, telling the Resource Management Commission that current programs are too weak to drive broad adoption or capture grid benefits.
"It's like a 45‑year payback period on a battery here, given this incentive," Farmer said, contrasting that with an 8–10 year payback outside Austin and commercial offers that can deliver far larger customer compensation. He recommended a benchmarking study and said the commission should aim to move these programs into the top decile nationally.
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