Austin Energy has been working for more than a year collaborating with stakeholders and considering various technologies to deliver the Austin Energy 2035 plan.
What we found through our modeling is that every combination of technologies leads to different tradeoffs, and the model that included new combined cycle generation resulted in low cost and reliability metrics but more emissions.
We limited ourselves to natural gas peaker units that can fill the gaps and be turned on only when we need it, protecting our community from high energy prices.
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