@Seat?eCityLight MEMO FEBRUARY 29, 2016 TO Eileen Quigley KC Golden Nancy Hirsh Doug Howell Rashad Morris Denis Hayes Mike Mann Susan Wickwire FROM Larry Weis, Interim General Manager CEO SUBJECT Announcement from City Light I enjoyed meeting with you and other environmental leaders in Seattle over the last few weeks. Thank you for making me feel welcomed and for stressing the importance of environmental leadership in this post. I am an advocate for the environment and am proud of what I accomplished during my career as a utility executive, and especially in my time at Austin Energy. 0 Under my watch we started new solar and wind projects that are moving Austin Energy?s power mix from 5% when I arrived to 53% renewable by 2018. We launched the decommissioning of a 735 megawatt fossil fuel plant (the Decker Creek Power Station) and plans to divest from a 602 megawatt share of the Fayette coal plant, replacing them with 500 megawatts of newer combined cycle gas technology that is expected to save 3,000,000 metric tons of carbon a year, a 60% reduction. 0 Overall, during my five years at Austin Energy, the utility's carbon profile was actually reduced by 892,000 metric tons of carbon a year, a 16% reduction. 0 And we launched exciting programs to start moving into an exciting new energy future with battery/energy storage, electric vehicles, and microgrids. I encourage you to read "Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2025: An Update of the 2020 Plan" available here: Austin, like Seattle, has significant carbon reduction goals and I pushed the utility to help it meet those goals. I am excited to see what we can do together here in the greenest?minded city in the world: Seattle. Working with you and other environmental leaders, I am committed to solidifying Seattle City 2015 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CITY LIGHT PAGE 1 OF 2 Light as the nation?s greenest utility by launching new and innovative programs and services. We will lead the way for all other utilities and demonstrate what the utility of the future should be: We will leverage the utility?s carbon neutrality to help the city, state, and region reverse course on carbon pollution from fossil fuels. This includes doing all we can to support federal climate action like the Clean Power Plan and important state laws like the Clean Air Rule and 1?937. 0 We will seize on the rapid technology advances in solar, energy storage, and controls by exploring microgrids that can use clean locally sourced power at the neighborhood scale. 0 And we will ensure that City Light is a strong partner in connecting our carbon neutral electricity to our transportation system. I will do all I can to ensure the utility is a regional and. national leader in electrifying transportation at scale. That is why I am announcing my intent to create an officer-level position at Seattle City Light reporting directly to me and supporting these important issues around the environment, a return to how the organization was structured several years ago. This position will put environmental issues at the most senior level within the utility and will be tasked with ensuring Seattle City Light continues to be the most innovative environmental leader amongst utilities. 0 I would also like to call on the environmental leaders in Seattle to help this officer chart our environmental future, and I intend to convene a stakeholder advisory group within a month of my confirmation to do so. This is an exciting time in the utility industry and in Seattle. I am looking forward to Charting our energy future with you. cc: Seattle City Councilmembers Mayor Murray Staff City Light Executive Team JULY 2015 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CITY LIGHT I PAGE 2 OF 2