| TO: | Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB366 by Anderson (Relating to creating a task force to review electric energy generation policies and to study the state's long-term demand for electric generation capacity.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would establish an Electric Energy and Environmental Task Force to review electric energy generation policies and to study the state's long-term demand for electric generation capacity. The Task Force would be composed of representatives of the Public Utility Commission, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the state energy conservation office. The bill would require these agencies to provide a representative to serve on the Electric Energy and Environmental Task Force. The bill would require the Task Force to submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature a report on the Task Force's findings and recommendations no later than December 31 of each year.
Based on agency analysis, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing agency resources.
| Source Agencies: | 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, ES
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