0:03 → 3:12(3m 9s)
Chair Tuttle opens the meeting, conducts roll call (Vice Chair Braden present) and urges decorum; corrects an EUC membership listing for Josh Rhodes and outlines the meeting flow and public-comment timing and limits.
The Electric Utility Commission received staff briefings and public comment on Austin Energy’s proposed portfolio additions, including a staff recommendation to pursue up to 400 MW of new natural-gas peaker capacity alongside batteries and renewables; commissioners debated reliability modeling, procurement approach and community impacts while approving battery and wind contracts. Public commenters urged rejection or stronger guardrails for gas peakers and asked for greater transparency.
