Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to develop of a policy proposal for limiting emissions from City-owned gas peaker units and report back to Council.

In plain language — from the agenda backup

This resolution asks the City Manager to draft a policy for cutting emissions from Austin's City-owned gas peaker units — the backup power plants that fire up during periods of high electricity demand — and then report back to Council. It's an early step rather than a final decision, but it signals where the city may be headed on cleaning up its own power generation. Watch for the report to spell out what limiting those emissions would actually involve.

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"without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

What got said

• Cyrus Reed and Bob Hendrix supported emissions guardrails for peakers
• Monica Guzman opposed gas peakers as harmful to east Austin

Agenda PDF Legistar Official votes