Item 100 Passed 9-0
In plain language — from the agenda backup
This resolution asks the City Manager to scout out where future City-owned gas peaker plants could go, with an eye toward spreading them out fairly across Austin's neighborhoods rather than clustering them in certain areas. Peaker units are power plants that fire up during periods of high electricity demand, so where they land matters for the communities living nearby. The City Manager would then report findings back to Council.
The official agenda language
Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to identify siting options for the equitable geographic distribution of future City-owned gas peaker units and report back to Council.
What got said
- CM Velasquez noted all ten existing peakers are in east Austin
The roll call
Approved on Consent 9-0
- Kirk Watson Mayor Yes
- Natasha Harper-Madison D1 Absent
- Vanessa Fuentes D2 Absent
- José Velásquez D3 Yes
- José "Chito" Vela D4 Yes
- Ryan Alter D5 Yes
- Krista Laine D6 Yes
- Mike Siegel D7 Yes
- Paige Ellis D8 Yes
- Zohaib "Zo" Qadri D9 Yes
- Marc Duchen D10 Yes