City Council - Regular Meeting

Madam or Mr. Clerk, if you would provide the chamber emergency evacuation announcement, followed by the speaker guidelines.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Let's proceed with the reading in of the paper on today's agenda.

thank you madam clerk just really quickly for members um this is being brought forward because of uh our city's uh interest absolute unequivocal interest in the outcome of this proceeding because the acquisition would create the world's largest regulated electric utility with One of two of the headquarters, as we understand it, will be housed here in the city of Richmond. And out of our concern for the impact, the potential impact in terms of rates and service and reliability for our residents, as well as for the city itself as a rate payer. So out of certainly minimally those concerns, bringi

Thank you, Madam President. And I am thankful that we have this opportunity today. I do wish that the full body was able to be present, but thankful that we have a quorum and that we provided the public with notice and so they have the opportunity to participate. You know, I think This vote is about affordability and every year it's getting more and more expensive for working families to live in the Commonwealth. And this next era merger really has the potential to be a disaster for the average Virginian. Customers of the NextEra Energy subsidiary, Florida Power and Light are facing a $7 billi

Thank you, Ms. Gibson. Vice President Jordan.

Thank you, and I appreciate the work that our colleagues in Partners Administration and the Attorney's Office and staff put in for the quick turnaround here. And I'm heartened by the fact that at least now there are going to be public hearings, whereas there were not going to be before. I think we've seen that when people do speak up, you can have an impact. And I think that's what we're hoping for here. And just as a reminder, this is the avenue that we can take as a municipality. And so I'm glad that we are stepping forward to do so. And I would just add, you know, in addition to the rate pa

Again, I think for the city, this is critical for us that we have the opportunity to monitor these proceedings and to be vigilant in terms of potential impact and I won't be redundant. the legislation speaks for itself. And so with that, I would ask for your support so that we can have that kind of presence and that opportunity of monitoring and participation. With that, Madam Clerk, I would ask that you call the question.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. With that, the agenda for the special meeting has been accomplished. The meeting now stands adjourned. Thank you, everyone.