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The chair may limit testimony time to ensure
consideration of posted business.
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The State Affairs Committee will meet on Wednesday, July
31, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to hear invited testimony only on the following interim
charge: Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other
governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all
legislation, including the following:
HB 9, relating to the development and funding of
broadband and telecommunications services;
HB 2555, relating to transmission and distribution system
resiliency planning by and cost recovery for electric utilities;
HB 5174, relating to the establishment and administration
of the Texas
Semiconductor Innovation Consortium;
SB 1699, relating to electricity service in the ERCOT
power region, including the participation of aggregated distributed energy
resources in the ERCOT market;
SB 2627, relating to funding mechanisms to support the construction,
maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities;
and
In addition to the above legislation, the Committee will
also be considering the implementation of:
HB 1500, relating to the continuation and functions of the
Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Office of Public Utility Counsel,
and the functions of the independent organization certified for the ERCOT
power region; increasing an administrative penalty; and
Assessing utility preparedness, response, and recovery
protocols, as well as reviewing recent performance in addressing severe
weather events.
Electronic public comments may be submitted for:
Implementation of HB 9
Implementation of HB 2555
Implementation of HB 5174
Implementation of SB 1699
Implementation of SB 2627
Implementation of HB 1500
Utility preparedness, response,
recovery protocols
Texas residents who wish to electronically submit
comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person
can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c450
For those persons who will be testifying, information for
in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx
A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available
here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/
Instructions related to public access to the meeting
location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/