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This meeing is underway. Can be viewed here.
Chairman Lake says the meeting today is a venue for discussion, a forum for consideration of ideas, not for taking action, which will stay in the more formal open meetings.
More updates soon on this thread.
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Chairman Lake says the meeting today is a venue for discussion, a forum for consideration of ideas, not for taking action, which will stay in the more formal open meetings.
More updates soon on this thread.
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Commissioner McAdams agrees that this is a good way to discuss things before decisions are made which gives the public more chance to weigh in.
Public comment begins.
Public comment begins.
Rita Robles, a resident of Denver Harbor, a Houston neighborhood, addresses the commissioners. Says many people in her neighborhood had busted pipes. One neighbor still hasn't been able to fix her pipes nearly four months later.
#hb4492 in the Senate.
@RolandForTexas asks Chairman Hancock for a commitment to pursue a ratepayer assistance program. He commits. Bill passes 26-5.
Patrick says he wants this on the special session call.
#TxLege #txenergy
@RolandForTexas asks Chairman Hancock for a commitment to pursue a ratepayer assistance program. He commits. Bill passes 26-5.
Patrick says he wants this on the special session call.
#TxLege #txenergy
Patrick says he will only work on these things if we're helping ratepayers. Great.
He's indignant about House not taking ratepayer assistance program which was only brought up in the last few days. It's been 100 days since the storm. Where was this proposal in April/early May?
He's indignant about House not taking ratepayer assistance program which was only brought up in the last few days. It's been 100 days since the storm. Where was this proposal in April/early May?
It makes sense to help ratepayers. The Senate had #SB243 to increase #energyefficiency programs which helps customers to save money AND make their homes more resilient. Never got out of committee. The House had #HB3460, the Power Act, to give direct payments to Texans
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#txlege
🚨Hold the phone, there's an outside the bounds section (not in either the House or Senate versions) on p. 63-66 that appears to finance ratepayer assistance through a utility tax that would otherwise go to GR.
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it appears in the side by side starting on p. 63 but does NOT appear in the Conference Committee report bill text. There is no Subchapter O in the bill text.
Is this a drafting error? Could be some high drama tonight on this. House rules are clear you can't amend a CCR. #txlege
Is this a drafting error? Could be some high drama tonight on this. House rules are clear you can't amend a CCR. #txlege
#SB3 and #HB4492 conference reports are filed. I'll add thoughts to this 🧵as I go through them over the next hour or so.
#txlege #txenergy
#txlege #txenergy
#SB3 Headlines:
- Weaker gas regs (House version) are IN the bill.
- Most egregious anti-renewable language is OUT of the bill.
- one minor #demandresponse provision kept IN the bill
- #energyefficiency and most local power gen/storage backup OUT of the bill.
more details soon
- Weaker gas regs (House version) are IN the bill.
- Most egregious anti-renewable language is OUT of the bill.
- one minor #demandresponse provision kept IN the bill
- #energyefficiency and most local power gen/storage backup OUT of the bill.
more details soon
Starting to hear rumblings about #SB3. Kind of alarming there's still no committee report on this or #HB4492. Cutting it very close to the midnight deadline for a 24 hour layout. Stay tuned for updates as the cmte report is filed + as reactions start to come in.
#txlege #txenergy
#txlege #txenergy
