⚡ Actualización: Estuve en la llamada informativa de ERCOT y luego en una conversación con el alcalde. Esto es lo que he reunido:
2/ No llamaría esto"apagones continuos". Estos apagones no están "rodando" de una parte de la ciudad a otra, porque básicamente *todos* los circuitos que @austinenergy cree que puede apagar están actualmente apagados.
3/ Es decir, no hay "grupos" que se apagan y encienden. AE ha desactivado todo lo que cree que puede en este momento, debido a los requisitos estatales.
4/ Esto significa que estos cortes de energía, que están siendo requeridos por el operador de red estatal @ERCOT_ISO, podrían continuar por un buen tiempo más. ¿Cuánto tiempo? Aún no hay respuestas de las autoridades, pero podría incluso pasar de la noche a la mañana.
5/ Hay plantas de energía que se han cerrado en todo el estado, y cuanto antes vuelvan a estar en línea y que conservemos suficiente energía, es de esperar que puedan volver a encenderla.
6/ Esperamos que las cosas mejoren pronto, pero debemos planificar individual y colectivamente las interrupciones a más largo plazo.
7/ Necesitamos una respuesta de emergencia masiva en caso de que esto persista por más tiempo. Se está planificando un evento de prensa a primera hora de la tarde. La ciudad y el condado deben dar un paso al frente para cuidar de todos en este desastre.
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⚡ THREAD: I was just on the @ERCOT_ISO informational call and then in discussion with the Mayor. This is what I have gathered:
2/ I would not call these “rolling blackouts.” These outages are not "rolling" from one part of the city to another, because basically *all* of the circuits that @austinenergy thinks they can turn off at this time are currently turned off.
3/ That is, there are not ‘groups’ that are being turned off and on. AE has turned everything off they think they can right now, because of the statewide requirements.
Vecindarios de la ciudad están experimentando cortes de energía en este momento, y lo han estado durante muchas horas.
2/ Todos necesitamos respuestas sobre cuándo se restablecerá la energía. Austin Energy (AE) afirma que esperan obtener más información a las 10:30 am de ERCOT (ellos dirigen el programa para la red eléctrica en el estado de Texas).
3/ Necesitamos más información de AE lo antes posible después de eso.
También le he pedido a AE que explique claramente por qué estos apagones no han estado “rodando” de un área a otra. Necesitamos más transparencia para todos sobre lo que está sucediendo.
Neighborhoods across the city are experiencing power outages right now, and have been for many hours.
2/ We all need answers about when power will be restored. @austinenergy (AE) states they’re hoping to get more info @ 10:30am from @ERCOT_ISO (they run the show for the power grid in Texas). We need more info from AE as soon as possible after that.
3/ I also have asked for AE to clearly explain why these blackouts have not been “rolling” from one area to the next. We need more transparency for everyone about what is going on.
We did it!! Austin City Council just reduced APD's budget by over $100 million *and* reinvested resources into our community's safety and well-being. Tens of thousands of you have called, emailed, and testified. You made the impossible into a reality. #blacklivesmatter
We voted to open a new family violence shelter, house the homeless, expand substance use care, establish gun violence intervention programs, hire mental health first responders, & more. Tens of millions of dollars are being immediately reinvested into these solutions.
$80 million of the changes will happen over the course of the year to 1) fund more programs and 2) make functions like Internal Affairs and Forensics fully independent. We need your continued advocacy to make sure what we voted for gets fully put into place in the coming months.
I’m proposing $93M-$123M worth of changes to the APD budget today. I'm committed to at least a $100M reduction to APD. This will ensure major reinvestment into services that make our community *more* safe. Details below.
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I propose we make our city more safe and just by reinvesting tens of millions of $ to:
-New family violence shelter (we haven't added a single bed in years)
-Permanent supportive housing
-Mental Health response teams
-Victim Services
-Medics and ambulances for COVID
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-Violence Prevention Office
-Gun violence intervention
-Substance Use services, including detox and harm reduction
-Food access
-Youth programming
-Abortion access
-Public Health response to pandemic
Hey, transportation planning friends and aficionados! I need your help (use this twitter thread) setting good goals for our city's mobility future.
We want getting around Austin to be more reliable, affordable, quick, safe, and just. How do we measure that?
The Council is going to vote (in March) on the Austin's Strategic Mobility Plan. One of the goals is a 50/50 mode split between single occupancy car trips to work and other options (walking, biking, transit, telecommunte). What do you think?
We'll include other goals that are measurable. Vehicle miles traveled per person per day (fewer is better), housing units and jobs per acre near transit (more means more transit riders), goals for amount of parking in areas w/ jobs and transit (more parking means less transit)