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Stakeholder Process
Austin’s diverse community stakeholder groups and leaders are passionate about various issues of concern. To address these concerns, a deliberate and comprehensive effort is needed to engage Austin Energy’s key stakeholder groups in the public input process. This begins with one-on-one meetings with group representatives from commercial, industrial and residential organizations, associations and special interest groups. The stakeholder groups are comprised of the following:
These leaders will be advised of the outreach plan and will be asked to articulate the key issues they believe should be considered by AE in finalizing the long range energy plan, consistent with the policy directions set by the Mayor and Council.
Meeting discussions include identifying concerns about the resource plan as well as documenting recommendations regarding potential additional conservation measures that may help AE meet the City’s goals for energy by 2020.
It is anticipated that after the one-on-one meetings with stakeholder leaders are concluded, additional meetings and briefings may be conducted for stakeholder memberships or constituencies to encourage further open discussions and to ensure all concerns and issues are adequately documented and addressed.
The format for these meetings would consist of a presentation from the AE’s/ Deputy Director or another designated manager, a Q&A and commenting period, and an explanation of the public-input process.
The information will be compiled and included in a final report to AE.
- Representatives from each of AE’s customer classes – residential, commercial, and industrial, and 170 AE Key Accounts;
- Clean energy advocates and environmental leaders including Environmental Defense, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, et al.;
- Business groups including the Building Owners and Managers Association of Austin, Austin Board of Realtors, public housing projects and shopping centers;
- Area chambers of commerce and various other business associations;
- Neighborhood associations and Austin Neighborhood Council (ANC);
- The educational community – AISD, St. Edwards, ACC, The University of Texas at Austin, Concordia Lutheran University and others;
- Austin’s large commercial, industrial and high-tech firms – Key account representatives, FAIR, Power Improvement Action Committee (PIAC);
- The medical community – Seton, St. David’s, Dell Medical Center; and others.
- Austin social service organizations, including the Texas Gray Panthers (senior citizen organization) and Texas Rose (low-income residential group).
- Civil rights organizations – the NAACP, the Urban League, LULAC, Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, AARP, ministerial alliances, and related organizations; and
- Surrounding governmental entities, including the State of Texas complex, Travis County, and local governments of Sunset Valley, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills, Pflugerville, and Lakeway.
These leaders will be advised of the outreach plan and will be asked to articulate the key issues they believe should be considered by AE in finalizing the long range energy plan, consistent with the policy directions set by the Mayor and Council.
Meeting discussions include identifying concerns about the resource plan as well as documenting recommendations regarding potential additional conservation measures that may help AE meet the City’s goals for energy by 2020.
It is anticipated that after the one-on-one meetings with stakeholder leaders are concluded, additional meetings and briefings may be conducted for stakeholder memberships or constituencies to encourage further open discussions and to ensure all concerns and issues are adequately documented and addressed.
The format for these meetings would consist of a presentation from the AE’s/ Deputy Director or another designated manager, a Q&A and commenting period, and an explanation of the public-input process.
The information will be compiled and included in a final report to AE.