WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            July 31, 2024 - 9:00 AM

Implementation of HB 1500

                 On:

                                 Baum, Walt (Powering Texans)

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Bennett, Tony (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Ekoh, Chris (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 Foreman, Dean (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

                                 Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Richmond, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA))

                                 Rickerson, Woody (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))

                                 Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemistry Council)

                                 Ryall, Jean (Advanced Power Alliance)

Implementation of HB 2555

                 On:

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Ekoh, Chris (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 Rickerson, Woody (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))

Implementation of HB 5174

                 On:

                                 Cruz, Adriana (Economic Development and Tourism Office, Office of the Governor)

                                 Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Martin, Jeremy (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Smith, Larry (TSIC)

Implementation of HB 9

                 On:

                                 Conte, Greg (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Hegar, Glenn (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

Implementation of SB 1699

                 On:

                                 Chang, Sam (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Ekoh, Chris (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Rickerson, Woody (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))

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WITNESS LIST

Implementation of SB 2627

                 On:

                                 Baum, Walt (Powering Texans)

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Bennett, Tony (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Ekoh, Chris (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 Foreman, Dean (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

                                 Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Richmond, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA))

                                 Rickerson, Woody (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))

                                 Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemistry Council)

Utility preparedness, response, recovery protocols

                 On:

                                 Ekoh, Chris (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 German Wilson, Huey (Super Neighborhood #48-Trinity/Houston Gardens)

                                 Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Hadjigeorge, Nick (City of Houston)

                                 Harper, Scott (Conroe / Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Kelton, Kerry (MidSouth Electric Cooperative)

                                 Keough, Mark (Montgomery County)

                                 Kidd, Nim (Texas division of emergency management)

                                 Nielsen-Gammon, John (Office of the State Climatologist)

                                 Provost, Joseph    Allen (Self)

                                 Squyres, Lon (City of Jacinto City)

                                 Vegas, Pablo (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))

                                 Viamontes, Eli (Entergy Texas)

                                 Wells, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Gardner, Tony (Centerpoint energy)

                                 Moore, Savant (Self; HISD Trustee)

                                 Pryor, Randy (Centerpoint energy)

                                 Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Sullivan, Ray (Quanta Services)

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