WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
March 25, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Cockerell, Alan (Self; Schertz/Seguin Local Government Corporation)
Mccarthy, Ed (Self; Electro Purification)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Against:
Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District)
Embrey, Ty (Panola County GCD, Middle Trinity GCD)
Guthrie, Janet (Hemphill underground water conservation district)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District)
On:
Gangnes, Michele (Self; League of Independent Voters of Texasl)
Hayes, Patricia (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Johnson, Russell (End Op L.P.)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Buster (Self)
Casey, Stan (COG Operating LLC)
Cortez, Albert (Coastal Water regional supply company)
Foster, Wendy (SJWTX and Texas Water Alliance)
Gilmore, Scott (Self; Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency)
Holt, David (Permian basin petroleum association)
Nasi, Mike (Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition)
Nasi, Mike (South Texas Electric Cooperative)
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Against:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Everheart, Harvey (Mesa Underground Water Conservation District)
Forbes, Tom (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Howard, Robert (South Texans' Property Rights Association)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Miller, Drew (Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District)
Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)
Raun, Lowell (Self; Coastal bend gcd, texas rice producers legislative group)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Vaughan, Dee (Self; Corn Producers Association of Texas)
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On:
Mace, Robert (Twdb)
Reynolds, Joe (Texas Water Development Board)
Trobman, Les (Twdb)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aus, Fred (Texas Rural Water Association)
Garcia, Buddy (Brownsville Public Utilities Board)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
On:
Mace, Robert (Twdb)
On:
Walker, Jeff (Twdb)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TxWIN))
Garcia, Buddy (Self)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
For:
Brown, Kirby (Self; Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition)
Gertson, Ronald (Self; Colorado Water Issues Committee of Texas Rice Producers)
Sledge, Brian (Benbrook Water Authority, North Texas GCD, Upper Trinity GCD,
Prairielands GCD, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, and Lone Star
GCD)
On:
Wyatt, Ward (Central Texas Water Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
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For:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
McPherson, Amanda (Lower Colorado River Authority(LCRA))
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Raun, Lowell (Self; Coastal bend gcd, texas rice producers legislative group)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Conservation Assn.)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Vaughan, Dee (Self; Corn Producers Association of Texas)
Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
On:
Horton, Shana (Central Texas Water Coalition)
For:
Blevins, Ches (Texas Mining and Reclamation Association)
Hughes, Lindsey (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Moore, William (Luminant Generation Company)
Nasi, Mike (Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition)
Against:
Day, Alan (Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)
On:
Sledge, Brian (North Texas GCD, Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, and Lone Star GCD)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arechiga, Jacob (Balanced Energy for Texas)
Baum, Walt (AECT (Association of Electric Companies of Texas))
Cooper, Kevin (GDF Suez Energy)
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Levy, Rick (Texas state association of electrical workers - IBEW)
McCollough, Parker (NRG Energy, Inc.)
McGinnis, Larry (Exelon Corporation)
McPherson, Amanda (Lower Colorado River Authority(LCRA))
Miller, Chris (AECT)
Nasi, Mike (South Texas Electric Cooperative)
Torres, Kari (CPS Energy)
Zachary, Mance (Luminant)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
Against:
Cathey, Roy (Environment Texas)
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Against:
Everheart, Harvey (Mesa Underground Water Conservation District)
Forbes, Tom (North Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)
Raun, Lowell (Self; Coastal bend gcd, texas rice producers legislative group)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Vaughan, Dee (Self; Corn Producers Association of Texas)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
On:
Lasher, Warren (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
For:
Bond, Louie (Self)
Conley, Will (Hays county)
Cox, Patrick (Self)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent Texans PAC)
Dupnik, John (Barton springs edwards aquifer conservation district)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self; Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Stone, Mary (Barton springs edwards aquifer conservation district)
Whittenberger, Ashley (Self)
On:
Bradley, Gary (Self)
Gonzales, Catarina (City of Buda)
Gray, Billy (Self)
Khorzad, Kaveh (Wet Rock Groundwater Services (representing electro purification))
Mccarthy, Ed (Self; Electro Purification)
Slusher, Daryl (City of Austin, Austin Water Utility)
Throckmorton, Tim (Self)
Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Wilson, Robert (Plum Creek Conservation District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asensio, Val (Self)
Binder, Jeffrey (Self)
Bradbury, Jim (Self)
Campbell, Judy (Self)
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For:
Cathey, Roy (Environment Texas)
Chankin, Betty (Self)
Doty, Tim (Self)
Dreher, Mark (Self)
Elliott, Chris (Self)
Elliott, Susan (Self)
Everheart, Harvey (Mesa Underground Water Conservation District)
Foster, David (Clean Water Action)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landers council)
Gates, Susan "Purly" (Self)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kramer, Ken (Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter)
Lewis, Deborah (Self)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
McCuistion, Vicki (Self)
Michaelis, Sharon (Self)
Murchion, Estelle (Self)
Muse, Christy (Self; Hill country alliance)
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Self)
Raines, Terry (Self)
Smith, Robert (Self)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
Weber, Thomas (Self; Travis County Commissioners Court)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Whalen, Ken (Self; Hill Country Alliance)
Whisenant, Ray (Self; Hays County, Texas)
Against:
Rutherford jr, Mike (Self)
On:
Hatch, John (Self)
Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Bond, Louie (Self)
Conley, Will (Hays county)
Cox, Patrick (Self)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent Texans PAC)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self; Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Whittenberger, Ashley (Self)
On:
Bradley, Gary (Self)
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On:
Gonzales, Catarina (City of Buda)
Gray, Billy (Self)
Khorzad, Kaveh (Wet Rock Groundwater Services (representing electro purification))
Mccarthy, Ed (Self; Electro Purification)
Throckmorton, Tim (Self)
Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Wilson, Robert (Plum Creek Conservation District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asensio, Val (Self)
Binder, Jeffrey (Self)
Campbell, Judy (Self)
Chankin, Betty (Self)
Doty, Tim (Self)
Dreher, Mark (Self)
Elliott, Chris (Self)
Elliott, Susan (Self)
Everheart, Harvey (Mesa Underground Water Conservation District)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landers council)
Gates, Susan "Purly" (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lewis, Deborah (Self)
McCuistion, Vicki (Self)
Michaelis, Sharon (Self)
Murchion, Estelle (Self)
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Self)
Raines, Terry (Self)
Smith, Robert (Self)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
Whisenant, Ray (Self; Hays County, Texas)
Against:
Bradbury, Jim (Self)
Rutherford jr, Mike (Self)
On:
Hatch, John (Self)
Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Bond, Louie (Self)
Chankin, Betty (Self)
Conley, Will (Hays county)
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For:
Cox, Patrick (Self)
Crowell, David (Self)
Elliott, Chris (Self)
Elliott, Chris (Self)
Reznik, Patrick (Self; Halifax Ranch)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self; Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Whittenberger, Ashley (Self)
Against:
Aus, Fred (Texas Rural Water Association)
Bell, Ron (Goforth Special Utility District)
Bradley, Gary (Self)
Gray, Billy (Self)
Mccarthy, Ed (Self; Electro Purification)
Small, Ed (Goforth sud)
Throckmorton, Tim (Self)
Throckmorton, Tim throckmorton (EP)
On:
Gonzales, Catarina (City of Buda)
Khorzad, Kaveh (Wet rock groundwater services representing electro purification)
Votteler, Todd (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asensio, Val (Self)
Binder, Jeffrey (Self)
Campbell, Judy (Self)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent Texans PAC)
Doty, Tim (Self)
Dreher, Mark (Self)
Elliott, Susan (Self)
Foster, David (Clean Water Action)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landers council)
Gates, Susan "Purly" (Self)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Lewis, Deborah (Self)
McCuistion, Vicki (Self)
Michaelis, Sharon (Self)
Murchion, Estelle (Self)
Muse, Christy (Self; Hill country alliance)
Quinn, Jo Kathryn (Self)
Raines, Terry (Self)
Smith, Robert (Self)
Weatherby, Paul (Middle pecos gcd)
Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)
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For:
Whalen, Ken (Self; Hill Country Alliance)
Whisenant, Ray (Self; Hays County, Texas)
Against:
Bradbury, Jim (Self)
Dougal, Leonard (Goforth Special Utility District)
Hatch, John (Self)
Rutherford jr, Mike (Self)
On:
Mills, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
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