WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March  10, 2009 - 2:00 PM
HB  230
 
    For:
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
Tarleton, Bill (Abbott ISD
Texas Rural Educators Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Sherburne, Mike (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Wes (Texas Association of Fairs & Events and Self)
 
 
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Smolen, Paul (Tx. Electricity Professionals Assoc)
 
 
 
 
HB  631
 
    For:
FAINTER JR, JOHN (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
BALLARD, DON (Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
WEBKING, CATHERINE (TEXAS ENERGY ASSOCIATION FOR MARKETERS (TEAM))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BIEDRZYCKI, CAROL (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy)
 
 
Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Services Center and Self)
 
 
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS POWER PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
HIGGINS, CARLOS (TEXAS SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATURE)
 
 
MORSTAD, TIM (AARP)
 
 
POWER, DAVID (Public Citizen and its members)
 
 
REED, CYRUS (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
SMITHERMAN, BARRY (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  632
 
    For:
Allen, Joe (Association of Water Board Directors)
 
 
BRESNEN, STEVE (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
 
 
POWER, DAVID (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
BATTERTON, CAROL (Water Environment Association of Texas)
 
 
BHATTARAI, RAJ (AUSTIN WATER UTILITY, CITY OF AUSTIN)
 
 
Howe, Mike (Texas Section American Water Works Association
Texas Water Conservation Association
Texas Rural Water Association)
 
 
LANGFORD, IVAN (Town of Little Elm)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Burke, John (Texas Water Conservation Association
Texas Section of American Water Works Association
Texas Rural Water Association)
 
 
BURTON, DONOVAN (SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM)
 
 
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnson, Elston (Tx. Commission on Environmental Quality)
 
 
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  751
 
    For:
Murphy, Jim (WESTCHASE DISTRICT)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Roach, Nelson (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
McWilliams, Dean (Texas Association of Landscape Architects)
 
    For:
Stine, Mark (BIKETEXAS/TEXAS BICYCLE COALITION)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  783
 
Against:
ROACH, NELSON (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BORUNDA FIRTH, SYLVIA (CITY OF EL PASO)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
SMITHERMAN, BARRY (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1182
 
    For:
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy)
 
 
Bowling, Ruth (TX Silver Haired Legislature)
 
 
Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Services Center)
 
 
DARNELL, ESTHER (AARP)
 
 
DAVIS, STEPHEN (ALLIANCE FOR RETAIL MARKETS)
 
 
Ellis, Randall (One Voice)
 
 
ENDER, LYNDA (THE SENIOR SOURCE
TEXAS SENIOR ADVOCACY COALITION)
 
 
FAINTER, JR, JOHN (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
 
 
HIGGINS, CARLOS (TEXAS SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATURE)
 
 
REED, CYRUS (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Webb, Robert  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
BALLARD, DON (Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bellsayder, Luke (Tx. Assc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
Cubria, Melissa (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
 
 
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
FOUTZ, DEVONNE (Texas Silver Haired Legislature/Dallas and Self)
 
 
Lewis-Nourzad, LISA (Jewish Federation of Houston)
 
 
Lewis-Nuurzad, LISA (MS-Multiple Sclerosis)
 
 
Mason, James (Texas Impact)
 
 
MCKEE, ELLEN  (Self)
 
 
POWER, DAVID (Public Citizen and its members)
 
 
WINLAND, CHRISTOPHER (Good Company Associates and Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
SMITHERMAN, BARRY (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1374
 
Against:
Sherburne, Mike (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Wes (Texas Association of Fairs & Events and Self)
 
 
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Power, David (Public citizen and its members)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1378
 
    For:
Bunting, Theodore (Entergy Texas, Inc.)
 
 
Claybar, Brown (City of Orange)
 
 
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Standish, Thomas (CenterPoint Energy)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Boyle, Jim (Texas coast Utilities coalition Alliance of Xcel Municipalities)
 
Against:
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ballard, Don (Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
 
 
Minick, Stephen (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Pappas, Laurie (Office of Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1463
 
    For:
BOBO, MACKIE  (Self)
 
 
Davis, Butch (Walker County)
 
 
SHiFLETT, BETTY  (Self)
 
 
Stafford, Brad (City of Navasota and Self)
 
 
SUTHERLAND, MIKE (Burleson County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DAVIS, STEPHEN (ALLIANCE FOR RETAIL MARKETS)
 
 
OLSON, CARL (Entergy Texas, Inc. and
Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
GRABLE, MIKE (ERCOT)
 
 
SMITHERMAN, BARRY (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Johnson, Gary (City of Navasota)
 
 
MILLER, BERT (City of Navasota)
 
 
 
 
HB  1464
 
    For:
Stafford, Brad (City of Navasota and Self)
 
 
SUTHERLAND, MIKE (Burleson County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
OLSON, CARL (Entergy Texas, Inc and Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Johnson, Gary (City of Navasota)
 
 
MILLER, BERT (CITY OF NAVASOTA)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
SMITHERMAN, BARRY (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1695
 
    For:
Biedrzycki, Carol (TEXAS RATEPAYERS ORGANIZATION TO SAVE ENERGY)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
STANDISH, TOM (CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOYLE, JIM (Texas Coast Utilities Coalition)
 
 
Chapman, Randall  (Self)
 
 
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Texas State Association of Electrical Workers (IBEW))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
BALLARD, DON (Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  1783
 
    For:
Chapman, Randy  (Self)
 
 
Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets)
 
 
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ballard, Don (Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Assc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy)
 
 
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
 
 
Jordan, Walt (ONCOR)
 
 
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
 
 
Power, David (Public Citizen and its members)
 
 
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)
 
 
Richie, Carl (TXU Energy)
 
 
Sterling, Ed (TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION & TEXAS DAILY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
Thomas, Dennis (TexasAdmin.com, Inc)
 
 
 
 
HB  1822
 
    For:
Webb, Robert  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Assc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
Blaylock, Jeff (AT&T Texas)
 
 
Chapman, Randall (Texas Legal Services Center and Self)
 
 
Doyle, Kristen (CITIES AGGREGATION POWER PROJECT
SOUTH TEXAS AGGREGATION PROJECT
STEERING COMMITEE OF CITIES SERVED BY ONCOR)
 
 
Fainter JR, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)
 
 
JORDAN, WALT (ONCOR)
 
 
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
 
 
Richie, Carl (TXU Energy)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ballard, Don (Public Counsel)
 
 
SMITHERMAN, BARRY (Public Utility Commission)