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WELL, WELCOME EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU
[Austin Energy Alerts News Conference ]
FOR, UM, BEING HERE AND BEING A PART OF THIS.UH, SO THE MONTH OF JULY WAS DOWNRIGHT PLEASANT IN AUSTIN.
WE HAD MUCH LOWER TEMPERATURES THAN WE'D EXPERIENCED THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO JULY IS WHAT WE CALL THE GOOD OLD DAYS IN AUGUST.
NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS, THE EXTREME HEAT IS SETTING IN AGAIN, AND THIS TYPE OF HEAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE DANGEROUS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS PREPARED FOR THAT.
WE KNOW, UH, WE, WE KNOW VERY WELL HOW CRITICAL ELECTRIC SERVICE IS TO, UH, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE DURING EXTREME TEMPERATURES, PARTICULARLY OUR NEIGHBORS WHO NEED ELECTRICITY FOR THEIR MEDICAL DEVICES.
AND AS OF NOW, ERCOT SAYS THAT THE STATEWIDE GRID IS IN NORMAL CONDITIONS.
ERCOT IS TELLING US THAT THE STATEWIDE GRID IS IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE'S ENOUGH POWER TO MEET CURRENT DEMAND, BUT AS OUR AIR CONDITIONERS WORK HARDER AND HARDER, ERCOT GRID CONDITIONS CAN TURN ON A DIME, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING I SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE CONDITIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE NORMAL CONDITIONS, NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE THOSE TO CHANGE ON A DIME, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE'RE HAVING THIS, UH, PROSPECTIVE, KIND OF POSITIVE, UH, MEETING IS SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE HAD 12 ENERGY CONSERVATION NOTICES WHEN ERCOT ASKED US TO REDUCE OUR CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION.
12 OF THEM LAST YEAR, WHERE WE WERE ASKED TO REDUCE OUR CONSUMPTION.
AND SOMETIMES WE WERE ASKED TO DO THAT WITH VERY, VERY LITTLE NOTICE.
ACTIONS BY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES DURING THOSE HOURS HELPED ALL OF US AVOID THE WORST.
OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO CONSERVE MEANS THAT THE LIGHTS AND THE AC CAN STAY ON.
ERCOT HAS SEVERAL LEVELS OF GRID CONDITIONS I JUST MENTIONED, UH, ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS.
WHILE WE'RE DOING WELL TODAY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE AND TO BE PREPARED BEFORE THE GRID REACHES EMERGENCY LEVELS.
ERCOT WILL ISSUE WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS A WEATHER WATCH A WEATHER WATCH NOTIFICATION THAT'S BASED ON FORECAST FOR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND HIGH DEMAND.
A VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION NOTICE MIGHT FOLLOW WHERE ERCOT REQUESTS TEXANS TO CONSERVE POWER.
AND THAT'S USUALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY.
IF GRID CONDITIONS REACH EMERGENCY LEVELS, ERCOT ISSUES, DIRECTIVES TO UTILITIES ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE, THOSE, THOSE DIRECTIVES ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP POWER FLOWING.
NOW, IT'S NOT UNTIL THE LAST LEVEL ENERGY EMERGENCY ALERT THREE, THAT ERCOT MANDATES CONTROLLED OUTAGES IN ORDER TO PROTECT INTEGRITY OF THE STATEWIDE GRID.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO CITY, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN ENERGY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO CONTROLLED OUTAGES.
IF ERCOT DOES MANDATE A CONTROLLED OUTAGE, AUSTIN ENERGY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO IMPLEMENT IT.
IF ERCOT DOES PROVIDE A DIRECTIVE AND MANDATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONTROLLED OUTAGE, AUSTIN ENERGY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO IMPLEMENT THAT OUTAGE.
NOW, THE WAY WE'LL DO THAT IS THE TIMING OF THESE OUTAGES.
THEY, THEY DE DEPEND ON GRID CONDITIONS AND ERCOT DIRECTION, BUT IF IT HAPPENS, THE WAY WE'LL DO THAT IS THE OUTAGES WILL BE, WILL ROTATE IN THE CITY SO THAT THEY'RE SHORT INCREMENTS AND NO ONE PART OF THE CITY ENDS UP HAVING MORE OF A BURDEN.
IF WE CAN AVOID THAT, IN ADDITION, WE WILL TAKE STEPS TO BE, UH, TO PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, HOSPITALS, OR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.
SO I'VE NOW KIND OF RUN THROUGH THAT AND I REALIZE THAT'S COMPLICATED.
IT'S, UM, IT'S SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IT FEELS ALMOST TO ME LIKE IT'S MADE TO BE COMPLICATED AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE THIS WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT'S COMPLICATED.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE AND AUSTIN ENERGY,
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AND I'M REALLY PLEASED STUART RILEY IS HERE WITH ME TODAY.UH, AND, AND WHAT AUSTIN ENERGY HAS DONE IS IT'S PUT TOGETHER THIS NEW COLOR CODED CHART TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND GRID CONDITIONS AS, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY CAN DO, THE RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS CAN DO.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ERCOT IS IN NORMAL CONDITIONS TODAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN STAGE FOR THIS CHART FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE, THIS MEANS PRACTICING EVERY DAY COMMON SENSE CONSERVATION, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO JUST TO CONSERVE, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON IS IT SAVES YOU MONEY IN CONSERVATION.
LEAVE THE LIGHTS OFF WHEN YOU DON'T NEED 'EM ON, THOUGH YOU PUT THE, UH, UH, AIR CONDITIONING UP A DEGREE OR TWO IN THE HOUSE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE EVERY DAY.
COMMON SENSE CONSERVATION IS IN GREEN AUSTIN ENERGY.
UH, WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, UH, ALL THE PUBLIC WHEN CONDITIONS CHANGE.
AND BECAUSE, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I'M GONNA KEEP REPEATING IT BECAUSE CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE.
SUDDENLY WE MIGHT BE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TOO.
UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THIS MASSIVE GRID.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE COMPLICATED MECHANISMS FOR PROVIDING ENERGY, BUT LITTLE CHANGES ON THE GROUND CAN MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DIFFERENCE ON THE GRID.
UH, YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCAL AND STATEWIDE GRID, ALONG WITH TIPS FOR SAVING ENERGY AND STAYING COOL@AUSTINENERGY.COM SLASH ALERTS AUSTIN ENERGY.COM/ALERTS.
NOW, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AUSTIN ENERGY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAND READY FOR HOT TEMPERATURES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TIGHT GRID CONDITIONS.
AUSTIN ENERGY, P ENERGY'S POWER PLANTS ARE SUMMER READY.
UH, WE, AUSTIN ENERGY HAS DONE ALL OF THE NECESSARY RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY WORK TO ENSURE OUR RESOURCES CAN BE UP AND RUNNING WHEN THE GRID NEEDS IT THE MOST.
AUSTIN ENERGY ALSO MONITORS OUR LOCAL ELECTRIC SYSTEM AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURE IT'S PERFORMING WELL DURING EXTREME SUMMER CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE AUSTIN ENERGY LINE WORKERS AVAILABLE AND ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO ANY POWER OUTAGES.
AND THE UTILITY IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH ERCOT READY TO PASS ALONG INFORMATION TO OUR CUSTOMERS, OR IF NECESSARY, FOLLOW ANY OF THE ERCOT DIRECTIVES OR MANDATES I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE STATEWIDE GRID.
ALL AUSTIN ENERGY CUSTOMERS, UH, WHO HAVE PROVIDED OUR UTILITY WITH THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION WILL RECEIVE OUTAGE TEXT ALERTS IN THE CASE OF, OF THE NEED.
FOR THAT, PLEASE, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE UPDATE YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS@COUTILITIES.COM, COA UTILITIES.COM, OR CALL 5 1 2 4 9 4 9405 1 2 4 9 4 9400.
NOW, AT THIS POINT, I THINK, UH, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE CAN HELP CONSERVE ENERGY, BUT AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
RAISE YOUR THERMOSTAT BY A FEW DEGREES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
RAISE YOUR THERMOSTAT A COUPLE OF DEGREES, TURN ON FANS ONLY IN THE ROOM YOU'RE IN, BUT USE THOSE FANS TO HELP THINGS MAKE IT COOLER IN THAT ROOM.
AVOID TURNING ON LARGE APPLIANCES DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY.
AVOID TURNING ON THOSE, THOSE APPLIANCES, THE BIG APPLIANCES DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY.
UNPLUG DEVICES WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING THEM.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JUST HAVING IT PLUGGED IN USES SOME ENERGY.
SO UNPLUG YOUR DEVICES WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING THEM AND WAIT TO CHARGE YOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES UNTIL AFTER 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT TO CONSERVE ENERGY DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF OUR DAY.
OUR GRID IS POWERED MORE AND MORE BY SOLAR POWER, AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.
AUSTIN ENERGY IS AT THE FOREMOST OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND AS AND AS WE SEE SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION INCREASE, THEN WHEN THE SUN
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GOES DOWN AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS STILL HIGH, THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ARE NOW THE MOST CHALLENGING FROM A GRID RELIABILITY STANDPOINT.SO PLEASE HELP US CONSERVE DURING THE EARLY EVENING SOLAR RAMP DOWN AND BE INFORMED AND READY FOR WHATEVER EVER ERCOT MIGHT THROW AT US.
SO STAY INFORMED, BE PREPARED, AND STAY READY AS WE GET THROUGH THE EXTREME HEAT, AND WE'LL DO IT ALL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT AUSTIN ENERGY'S CURRENT CONDITIONS PAGE HAS INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL AND STATEWIDE GRID CONDITIONS@AUSTINENERGY.COM SLASH ALERTS AUSTIN ENERGY.COM/ALERTS.
UH, THAT'S A LOT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO THAT.
NOW, UH, IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, EITHER, UH, MR. RILEY OR I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE WHO DO VOLUNTARILY CONSERVE OR IS THAT TRACKED IN ANY WAY? BUT THE, I'LL, I'LL LET HIM FOLLOW UP.
I'M STUART RILEY, AUSTIN ENERGY DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF INCENTIVES IF PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE PART IN OUR THERMOSTAT PROGRAM TO CONSERVE AND, AND REDUCE THAT THERMOSTAT, UH, CONSUMPTION DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS, DIFFICULT HOURS OF THE DAY.
ALSO, WE HAVE A LOT OF REBATES JUST IN TERMS OF NORMAL ENERGY CONSERVATION.
THERE ARE SIMPLE LOW COST, UH, TOOLS AVAILABLE THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND, AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL REACH OUT TO US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE ENERGY SAVING INCENTIVES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
IT, IT HELPS US ON A, IN A COUPLE OF WAYS.
ONE IS, AS I'VE JUST LAID OUT, IT HELPS US CONSERVE ENERGY WHEN WE GET INTO THESE HOT, HOT MONTHS AND HOT HOT DAYS.
AND IT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE GRID.
IT'S DONE IN SUCH A WAY WHERE IT INCENTIVIZES IT WHERE YOU CAN SAVE MONEY.
BUT THEN AGAIN, ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT IN YOUR CONSERVE ENERGY, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SAVING MONEY.
I'M ASSUMING WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE CONTROLLED OUTAGES THIS YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT YOU EXPECT? WE, WE LOOKING OUT, UH, ERCOT FORECAST OVER THE NEXT WEEK HAS NORMAL CONDITIONS.
UM, THE PROJECTED DEMAND ACROSS ERCOT IS STILL VERY HIGH.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD COME ALONG.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING CONTROLLED OUTAGES, BUT WE, WE NEED TO GET READY AND WE NEED TO STAY READY BECAUSE OUTAGES CAN COME ALONG FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, WHETHER IT'S A ERCOT WIDE PROBLEM OR A LOCAL PROBLEM FROM A STORM OR SOMETHING BREAKS ANYTHING ON THE SYSTEM.
SO WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO STAY READY, BE INFORMED, AND SIGN UP FOR ALERTS.
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A PLANNED OUT THING, AND SORRY IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS THOSE QUESTIONS.
UH, CONTROLLED OUTAGES, I'M ASSUMING IT'S PLANNED.
SO WHAT'S THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT SECTION'S GONNA BE OUT OF POWER FIRST? SO AUSTIN ENERGY HAS A, UH, COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT, THAT IMPLEMENTS THE CONTROLLED OUTAGES ACROSS THE SYSTEM AT A LEVEL THAT ERCOT DICTATES.
SO IF ERCOT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OUTAGES, THAT COMPUTER PROGRAM WILL LOOK FOR THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ROTATE THAT LEVEL OF OUTAGE ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
SO IT'S NOT BASED ON ANY ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, IT'S REALLY BASED ON SYSTEM-WIDE CONDITIONS AT THAT TIME.
AND SO YOU'LL JUST GO OR, SO THAT COMPUTER, UM, PROGRAM, WOULD IT JUST KIND OF LIST AN ORDER, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT I GUESS NEEDS TO ROTATE FOR THE POWER TO, TO, TO BE OUT AT? OR HOW DOES THAT IT IT WOULD NOT.
WHAT WHAT IT DOES IS IT WOULD NOT LOOK AT SPECIFIC AREAS IN A SPECIFIC ORDER.
IT'S LOOKING FOR AN AMOUNT, BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING TO AVOID HOSPITALS, UM, POLICE STATIONS, UH, CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE SYSTEM, AND THEN IT WILL, IT THAT THEN THAT WILL ROTATE THE OUTAGES, UM, BOTH ACCORDING TO AMOUNT AND DURATION AS ERCOT WOULD REQUIRE.
SO IF ERCOT NEEDS MORE ENERGY OUT, THEN, UH, THE, IF THE, THE ROTATING OUTAGES MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
IF THE REQUEST FROM ERCOT IS, OR, YOU KNOW, DIRECTIVE FROM ERCOT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS, THEN THE OUTAGES COULD BE SHORTER AND AND ROTATE MORE.
AND PART OF THE REASON TO DO IT ON A ROTATING BA PART OF THE REASON TO DO IT ON A ROTATING BASIS IS SO THAT IS IMPLICIT IN THAT QUESTION.
NO ONE BEARS AN UNDUE BURDEN THAT IT'S DONE IN SUCH A WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS AND MANDATES OF ERCOT.
I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THOUGH, WE RIGHT NOW DO NOT ANTICIPATE AND HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD YOU SHOULD EXPECT CONTROLLED OUTAGES SINCE I CAME INTO OFFICE.
ONE OF THE PROMISES I'VE MADE IS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF THINGS WHEN IT BECOME BIG, DIFFICULT THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, BRIEFINGS LIKE THIS TO SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE
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PUBLIC TO STAY AHEAD.UH, I TEASED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS JULY WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT JULY THAN WHAT WE'VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO.
WE DON'T WANT ANY OF US, INCLUDING ME AND, AND, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY TO FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT, WHERE WE'RE HEADED FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER.
WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO TRIPLE DIGITS PROBABLY THIS WEEK.
YOUR TV STATIONS AT LEAST ARE TELLING US THAT.
UM, THE POINT BEING THOUGH, THAT WE WANT TO GET AHEAD AND, AND STUART MAKES A A VERY IMPORTANT POINT EVEN WHEN IT'S IN NORMAL CONDITIONS.
AND EVEN WHEN WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE NORMAL CONDITIONS, AND I SAID THIS BEFORE AND HE HAS, HE HAS REITERATED IT, SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN THAT MAKES THAT CHANGE.
AND IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING ANTICIPATED, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANNA BE READY AND WE WANT FOLKS TO, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS TO ALSO BE READY.
WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE READY.
HOW ABOUT, ONE MORE QUESTION, ANY OTHER GENERAL ADVICE AS THE, THE HEAT STARTS TO RAMP UP HERE, UH, AS THE WEEK GOES ON? JUST NOT EVEN ENERGY RELATED, BUT JUST ANY OTHER GENERAL ADVICE FOR
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ENERGY HERE TODAY, BUT, UH, MY, MY OTHER, UH, DEEP CONCERN IS THAT AS HOT AS IT IS, UH, EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR, YOUR HEALTH.
UH, YOU MAY THINK I'M DOING OKAY OUT IN THE HEAT, BUT TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HYDRATED.
UM, UH, GET INTO THE SHADE WHEN YOU CAN.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, THAT I, I WORRY ABOUT, UM, BECAUSE, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY HOT AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DECEPTIVE, UH, TO YOU IF YOU CAN.
UH, IF YOU CAN WAIT TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING OUTSIDE AND YOU WAIT, YOU CAN WAIT TILL THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, DO IT, OR EARLIER IN THE MORNING, UH, CHECK ON FOLKS THAT MAY, UH, NEED YOU TO CHECK ON THEM.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOR OR SOMEONE THAT HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, THAT, THAT YOU COULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM, DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THIS SUMMER, UH, THANK GOODNESS FOR JULY, THANK GOODNESS FOR THE RAIN, BUT, UM, AND, AND THE COOLER TEMPERATURES, BUT THIS SUMMER IS NOT OVER.
AND, UH, SO I ASK THAT EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY AGAIN IS, UM, PLEASE GO TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS PAGE, UH, THAT HAS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCAL AND STATEWIDE GRID CONDITIONS@AUSTINENERGY.COM SLASH ALERTS.
AND WE'D ALSO ASK, AND PEOPLE REALLY, PEOPLE THAT DO THIS, I I, THEY, I HAVE PEOPLE COMMENT TO ME OUT IN THE PUBLIC ALL THE TIME THAT THEY LIKE GETTING THE UPDATES.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET UPDATES, WE NEED YOU TO UPDATE YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS@COUTILITIES.COM, C OA UTILITIES.COM, OR CALL 5 1 2 4 9 4 9 4 0 0 5 1 2 4 9 4 9 4 0 0 AND, AND UPDATE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN EVEN BETTER CONTACT WITH YOU.
WE'LL DO SOME MORE OF THIS AS THINGS GO ALONG.
UH, BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE MEDIA BEING HERE.
APPRECIATE THE MEDIA HELPING US GET OUT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR GRID CONDITIONS.
AND I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO, UH, STUART RILEY AND AUSTIN ENERGY FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO, TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE US WITH THE ELECTRICITY, BUT ALSO TO HELP KEEP US AWARE AS WE GO INTO THIS HOT SUMMER.