Good morning, folks! I’m sitting in on the Austin City Council meeting this morning. Here at Public Citizen, we are largely concerned with two important items on today’s agenda:
Item 3: Will the City of Austin invest in the South Texas Nuclear Power Plant?
Item 16: Will the City invest in 30 megawatts of solar power from the proposed solar plant near Webberville?
Word on the street (and by street, I mean city hall) is that some members of the Council would like to postpone the vote on the solar plant. The big question here is how long the vote will be postponed. If the vote is pushed back a few weeks to give everyone a little more time to look at the impacts of this new project, that’s not really a problem… but if we are talking months here, the delay may actually be long enough to kill the project.
The Council will listen to citizen testimony before they decide to postpone (or not — though it is highly unlikely that the council will deny a request to delay the vote) and for how long (waiting with baited breath!).
Stick around, I’ll keep you posted!
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I vote yes for the solar plant!!
Trying to get the most updated information on:
Item 16: Will the City invest in 30 megawatts of solar power from the proposed solar plant near Webberville?
Thanks!
Larry C Stark
LStark3584@aol.com
Austin City Council did indeed vote unanimously in favor of making the power purchase agreement with Gemini Solar, so the Webberville Plant is a go!
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