WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce
March 29, 2011 8:00 AM
ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Akpan, Erika Analyst (Senate Committee on Business and Commerce), Austin, TX
FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Graves, Tim (Texas Health Care Association), Austin, TX
AGAINST BILL/AGAINST COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Fainter Jr., John W. (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Harmon, Gail (Texas Assisted Living Association), Austin, TX
Morstad, Tim (AARP), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Zion, Mark Executive Director (Texas Public Power Association), Austin, TX
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Featherston, David (PUC), TX
Wattles, Paul (ERCOT), Austin, TX
FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Carr, Snapper (TML), Austin, TX
McMillan, Ron (also providing written testimony) (Time Warner Cable, Texas Cable
Association), Houston, TX
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX
ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Giovanetti, Tom (Institute for Policy Innovation), Copper Canyon, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Casto, Larry (City of Dallas), Austin, TX
Patterson, T.J. (City of Ft. Worth), Ft. Worth, TX
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
West, Clarence (TML), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club), Austin, TX
Sakya, Ruth (Xcel Energy), Amarillo, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy), Austin, TX
ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Anderson, Ken (PUC), Austin, TX
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WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce
March 29, 2011 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Blakley, Jack (Entergy Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives), Austin, TX
Nease, Nelson (East Texas Electric Cooperative), Austin, TX
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Assoc. of Manufacturers), Austin, TX
Against Bill/Against Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Barker, Laurie (Office of Public Utility Council), Austin, TX
FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Biedrzycki, Carol (also providing written testimony) (Texas Ratepayers Organization to
Save Energy), Austin, TX
Brocato, Thomas (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, Steering Committee of Cities
Served by Oncor), Austin, TX
Cooper, Lanetta (Texas Legal Service Center), Austin, TX
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
ON BILL/ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Fainter Jr., John W. (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Lloyd, Brian Executive Director (Public Utility Commission), Austin, TX
Webking, Catherine (TEAM), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund), Austin, TX
Morstad, Tim (AARP), Austin, TX
Ross, Susan (TREIA), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Bivens, Danny (Office of Public Utility Council), Austin, TX
Gilmore, Janet (Department of Information Resources), Austin, TX
Providing written testimony:
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association), Austin, TX
FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Burgess, Anita (City of Denton), Denton, TX
Williams, Phil (Denton Municipal Electric), Denton, TX
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WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce
March 29, 2011 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Bell, Wendell (Texas Public Power Association), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Geise, Bill (Railroad Commission of Texas), TX
Providing written testimony:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Burroughs, Mark Mayor (City of Denton), Denton, TX
FOR BILL/FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (Substitute) :
Kapsis, Jim (OPower), Alexandria, VA
Registering, but not testifying:
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Akard, Jessica (TXU Energy), Austin, TX
Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters), Austin, TX
On Bill/On Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Bivens, Danny (Office of Public Utility Council), Austin, TX
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX
Wattles, Paul (ERCOT), Taylor, TX
FOR:
Clevenger, Don (AECT), Dallas, TX
AGAINST:
Boyle, Jim (Steering Committee for the Alliance of Xcel Municipalities), Austin, TX
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX
ON:
Anderson, Ken (PUC), Austin, TX
Benedict, Nathan (Office of Public Utility Council), Austin, TX
Boyd, Phillip (City of Lewisville), Combine, TX
Brocato, Thomas (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, Steering Committee of Cities
Served by Oncor), Austin, TX
Carr, Snapper (TML), Austin, TX
Doegey, Jay (also providing written testimony) (Oncor Cities Steering Committee),
Arlington, TX
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi, TCAP), Corpus Christi, TX
Teitjen, Darryl (PUC), Austin, TX
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WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce
March 29, 2011 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Black, Robert (AEP), Austin, TX
Blackley, Jack (Entergy Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute), Austin, TX
Reinhart, Patrick (El Paso Electric Co.), Austin, TX
Rozzell, Scott (Centerpoint Energy; AECT), Houston, TX
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council), Austin, TX
Seawright, Charles (Self), Tyler, TX
Tarlton, Patrick (Southwestern Electric Power Company), Austin, TX
Valdez, Jerry (Greater Houston Partnership), Austin, TX
For Bill/For Committee Substitute (Substitute) :
Gibbs, Gary (Southwestern Electric Power Co.), Austin, TX
Against:
Morstad, Tim (AARP), Austin, TX
Ruckel, Mary (Texas Oil and Gas Association), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Womack, Daniel (Texas Chemical Council), Austin, TX
On:
Barker, Laurie (Office of Public Utility Council), Austin, TX
Providing written testimony:
On:
Mayes, Gray (Texas Instruments), Dallas, TX
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