WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 2, 2001-2:00P
HB 412
For: Lacy, Kerry (City of Liberty)
On: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 838
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Baggett, Donnis (Texas Daily Newspaper Association and
Texas Press Association)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Woodford, Suzy (Self and Common Cause Texas)
HB 2151
For: Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Services Center)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Against: Schaeffer, Steve (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas and Reliant Energy)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2505
Against: Schaeffer, Steve (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas and Reliant Energy)
Seidlits, Curtis (TXU and Association of Electric
Companies of Texas)
On: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2506
For: Chapman, Randall (Self and Texas Legal Services Center)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Against: Schaeffer, Steve (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas and Reliant Energy)
On: Bertin, Suzanne (The New Power Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berasley, George (AARP)
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save
Energy)
Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2507
For: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
Chapman, Randall (Self and Texas Legal Services Center)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Against: Schaeffer, Steve (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas and Reliant Energy)
On: Perlman, Brett (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berasley, George (AARP)
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save
Energy)
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2523
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
HB 2552
For: Baker, Wendell (Matagorda County Hospital District)
Pruett, Michael (Matagorda County)
Against: Patton, Charles (American Electric Power)
Schaeffer, Steve (Reliant Energy)
On: Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2709
For: Campbell, Jo (South Texas Electric)
Joiner, Gary (Texas Farm Bureau)
Miller, Henry (Self)
Smothers, W.C. "Dub" (Self)
Webking, Catherine (Self and Yanta Cattle Company and
Lee Hammak)
Wharton, Jeanette (Self)
Against: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Schaeffer, Steve (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas and Reliant Energy)
Segrest, Philip (Brazos Electric Power Cooperative)
On: Perlman, Brett (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Davis, Mark (East Texas Cooperatives)
Gibbens, David (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Labus, Joyce (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Marquez, Fidel (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Phillips, Ross (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Rodriguez, Ferdie (East Texas Cooperatives)
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2809
On: Collins, Steve (Texas Legislative Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kamm, Bob (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk
Pool)
HB 2810
For: Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Paniagua, Joe (Fort Worth City Council)
Against: Kerr, John (Fort Worth Police Officer's Association)
On: Brown, Mark (Texas Legislative Council)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners
Association of Texas)
Against: DeLord, Ron (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of
Texas)
HB 2811
On: Fulton, Deborah (Texas Legislative Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Shawn, Jim (Capitol County Mutual)
HB 2812
On: Skarke, David (Texas Legislative Council)
HB 2813
On: Harrison, Shawn (Texas Legislative Council)
HB 2853
On: Collins, Steve (Texas Legislative Council)
HB 2969
For: Grubbs, David (Self and South Texas Electric
Cooperative)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bresnen, Steve (South Texas Electric Cooperative)
Campbell, Jo (South Texas Electric Cooperative)
Davis, Mark (East Texas Cooperatives)
Rodriguez, Ferdie (East Texas Cooperatives)
Segrest, Philip (Brazos Electric Power Cooperative)
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
On: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 2983
For: Marquez, Fidel (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smothers, W.C. "Dub" (Self)
Against: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
On: Perlman, Brett (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gibbens, David (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Labus, Joyce (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Against: Phillips, Ross (Lower Colorado River Authority)
On: Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 3245
For: Smothers, W.C. "Dub" (Self)
Urban, Charles (Self and Citizens Against Site Five)
Against: Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Gibbens, David (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Labus, Joyce (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Marquez, Fidel (City Public Service of San Antonio)
On: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 3542
For: Rodriguez, Stella (Texas Association of Community Action
Agencies)
Against: Fainter, Jr., John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Berasley, George (AARP)
Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union)
Chapman, Randall (Self and Texas Legal Services Center)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
On: Calvin, Peggy (Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs)
Lanford, Lane (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Mueller, Paula (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 3542 Committee Substitute (Turner, S.)
For: Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save
Energy)
Kampschafer, A. R. (Texas Association of Community
Action Agencies and Community Services of
Corsicana)
HJR 86
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
SB 380
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Woodford, Suzy (Self and Common Cause of Texas)
On: Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission of Texas)