MINUTES

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

9:00 AM

Capitol Extension, Room E1.016

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:	MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Troy Fraser, Chair	Senator Craig Estes, Vice Chair
Senator Kevin Eltife	Senator Bob Deuell
Senator Juan Hinojosa	Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Mike Jackson	Senator Glenn Hegar
Senator Carlos Uresti	Senator Robert Nichols
	Senator Kel Seliger

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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:03 AM. The following business was transacted:

The following invited witnesses testified before the committee regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule and its impact on electric generation and grid reliability in this state:

-Bryan Shaw, Chairman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quaility

-Trip Doggett, President and CEO, Electric Reliability Council of Texas

-Barry Smitherman, Commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas

-Donna Nelson, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas

-David Campbell, CEO, Luminant

-Riley Hill, President, Southwestern Public Service Company

-Tom Smith, Texas Director, Public Citizen

-Gary Gibbs, Manager, Environment and Government Affairs AEP Texas

There being no further business, at 11:35 AM Senator Fraser moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

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Senator Troy Fraser, Chair

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Tatum Reagan, Clerk