WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 25, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Protect the Texas Grid)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Reitman, Fred (Self)
On:
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Doss, Martha (Self)
Graham, Gayle (Self)
Griffith, Cynthia (Self)
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas Senatorial District 21)
Hodson, Paul (Self)
Lawrence, Deborah (Self)
Long, Bob (Self)
Loucks, Donald A (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Schlueter, Thomas (Self; Texas Apostolic Prayer Network)
On:
Gleeson, Thomas (PUC)
Against:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Land, Charles (TEXALTEL)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
On:
Gray, Weldon (Self; Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (TSTCI))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Finch, Dan (Trxas Medical Association)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
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For:
Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)
Against:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
On:
Gleeson, Thomas (PUC)
Zake, Diana (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Against:
Mason, John (At&t)
McCabe, Lisa (CTIA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alanis, Jose (Self; Laredo firefighters association)
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Fir Fighters Association)
De Luna, John (Self; Laredo Firefighter's Association)
Esquivel, Mauricio (Mission Firefighters Association L-3609)
Finch, Dan (Trxas Medical Association)
Garcia, Leroy (Self; Mission Fire Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Martinez, Julio (Self; Laredo fire fighters association)
Silva, Michael (Self; Texas Stae Association of Fire Fighters)
Villarreal Jr, Juan (Self; Mission Firefighters Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn)
Barron, Chris (State Firefighters & Fire Marshals Assn.)
Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Yarbrough, Brian (Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
On:
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs Association of Texas)
For:
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
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For:
Fiorini, Robert (Palacios Independent school district)
Gescheidle, Tim (Self)
Hetherington, William (Bandera Electric Cooperative)
Hollingsworth, Jerry (Bandera ISD)
Kocurek, David (City of Palacios)
Lopez, Christina (Palacios Independent School District)
O'Brien, John (Self; Van Vleck ISD)
Schauer, Darren (Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperativ, Inc.)
Williams, Michael (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Wolters, John (Self)
On:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Cunningham, Brian (Self; Jackson Electric Cooperative)
Edmonson, David (TechNet)
Estraca, Sharon (Self; PalaciosISD)
Finch, Dan (Trxas Medical Association)
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Holford, William (Self; Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative)
Joyce, Shana (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Keene, Russell T. “Russ” (Texas Public Power Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Mayfield, Kara (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Smith, Glen (Self; City of Palacios Texas)
Winborn, Jason (AT&T)
Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Zake, Diana (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
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For:
Mogford, Larissa (Self)
Against:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Frontier Communications)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
On:
Gray, Weldon (Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Hunsucker, Michael (Windstream Corporation)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
Mahaffey, Laurie (Central Texas Library System)
Scudder, Kenny (AARP)
Woodland, Wendy (Texas Library Association)
On:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Gray, Weldon (Self; Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (TSTCI))
Urban, JP (PUC of TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Artho, Dale (Self; Deaf Smith County Commisioner)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)
Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Edmonson, David (TechNet)
Finch, Dan (Trxas Medical Association)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
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For:
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Hubbard, John (Self; Texas telephone association)
Keene, Russell T. “Russ” (Texas Public Power Association)
Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Mayfield, Kara (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)
Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)
Winborn, Jason (AT&T)
Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Morstad, Tim (AARP)
Against:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
On:
Enriquez, Francisco (Glasshouse Policy)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
Visco, Thomas (Glasshouse Policy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Autry, Evan (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Finch, Dan (Trxas Medical Association)
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Gray, Weldon (Self; Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (TSTCI))
Mayfield, Kara (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)
Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)
Against:
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
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Against:
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Winborn, Jason (AT&T)
On:
Urban, JP (PUC of TX)
For:
Scudder, Kenny (AARP)
Against:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
On:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Enriquez, Francisco (Glasshouse Policy)
Visco, Thomas (Glasshouse Policy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Autry, Evan (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Finch, Dan (Trxas Medical Association)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Mayfield, Kara (Association of Rural Communities in Texas)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)
Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Winborn, Jason (AT&T)
On:
Urban, JP (PUC of TX)
For:
Kroger, Stephanie (Generation Financing Coalition)
Tramonte, Paul (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Akpan, Erika (Association of Electric Companies of TX)
Clark, Jeffrey (Advanced Power Alliance)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Hemmeline, Charlie (Texas Solar Power Association)
Oney, Jessica (NRG)
Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)
Willette, Lynnae (Electricite de France RE)
Zachary, Mance (Vistra Energy)
On:
Urban, JP (PUC of TX)
For:
Barton, Bryon (Self)
Clay, George (Self)
Somma, Lynda Joan (Self)
Against:
Clark, Jeffrey (Advanced Power Alliance)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
On:
Martinez, Carine (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Opiela, Eric (Self)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Troxclair, Caleb (Kyle Stallings)
Against:
Akpan, Erika (Association of Electric Companies of TX)
Carter, Janis (Avangrid Renewables)
Dunaway, Scott (Powering Texas)
Hughes, Lisa (E.ON Climate and Renewables)
Jewell, Michael (Pattern Energy Group)
Meroney, Mike (Enel Green Power North America)
Poinsett, Royce (Duke Energy Renewables Inc.)
Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy, LLC)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)
Willette, Lynnae (Electricite de France RE)
Wright, Eric (EDP Renewables)
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Against:
Wright, Eric (Lincoln Clean Energy)
On:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
For:
Biggart, Bret (Freedom Solar Power)
Hemmeline, Charlie (Texas Solar Power Association)
Jewell, Michael (Solar Energy Industries Association)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
White, Kaiba (Public Citizen)
Against:
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Gregg, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
Hutchinson, Scott (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardwell, Margo (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation Foundation)
Clark, Jeffrey (Advanced Power Alliance)
Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)
Hemmeline, Charlie (Sunnova)
Hemmeline, Charlie (Native Solar)
Hemmeline, Charlie (TriSMART Solar)
Hemmeline, Charlie (SunPower Corporation)
Jewell, Michael (MP2 Energy)
Marquez, Brandy (Sunrun)
Pitts, John R. (Texas Advanced Energy Bussiness Alliance)
Ratliff, Thomas (Tri-Global Energy / Sunfinity Solar)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)
Willette, Lynnae (Electricite de France RE)
Against:
Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
For:
Barton, Bryon (Self)
Clay, George (Self)
Gregg, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Somma, Lynda Joan (Self)
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Against:
Clark, Jeffrey (Advanced Power Alliance)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
REID, WALTER (Advanced Power Alliance)
On:
Akpan, Erika (Association of Electric Companies of TX)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Rhodes, Joshua (Energy Institute, UT Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Opiela, Eric (Self)
Troxclair, Caleb (Kyle Stallings)
Against:
Borskey, Mark (General Electric Corp.)
Carter, Janis (Avangrid Renewables)
Dunaway, Scott (Powering Texas)
Hughes, Lisa (E.ON Climate and Renewables)
Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)
Jewell, Michael (Pattern Energy Group)
Meroney, Mike (Enel Green Power North America)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Poinsett, Royce (Duke Energy Renewables Inc.)
Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy, LLC)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)
Willette, Lynnae (Electricite de France RE)
Wright, Eric (Lincoln Clean Energy)
Wright, Eric (EDP Renewables)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
For:
Medrano, Andres (Conservice)
Treitler, Marc (Conservice)
Against:
Hutchinson, Scott (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
On:
Smeltzer, David (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jackson, Kyle (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Akpan, Erika (Association of Electric Companies of TX)
Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)
Autry, Evan (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Keene, Russell T. “Russ” (Texas Public Power Association)
Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Miller, Tami (CenterPoint Energy)
On:
Gleeson, Thomas (PUC)
Mele, Cheryl (ERCOT - Electric Reliabilty Council of Texas)
For:
Glass, Tom (Self; Protect the Texas Grid)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)
Chaney, Brent (Vistra Energy)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Keene, Russell T. “Russ” (Texas Public Power Association)
Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Miller, Tami (CenterPoint Energy)
Oney, Jessica (NRG)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Gleeson, Thomas (PUC)
Mele, Cheryl (ERCOT - Electric Reliabilty Council of Texas)
Against:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Morris, Joe (Texas Poultry Federation)
Nuss, Melynda (Self)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Sheldon, Connie (Self)
Sheldon, Robert (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Turner, Robert (Self; Texas poultry federation)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Winborn, Jason (AT&T)
For:
Mogford, Larissa (Self)
Against:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Frontier Communications)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Land, Charles (TEXALTEL)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Hunsucker, Michael (Windstream Corporation)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
For:
Mogford, Larissa (Self)
Against:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
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Against:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Frontier Communications)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Land, Charles (TEXALTEL)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Hunsucker, Michael (Windstream Corporation)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
For:
Mogford, Larissa (Self)
Against:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Erhart, Carl (Frontier Communications)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Land, Charles (TEXALTEL)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium & Center for Technology)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Hunsucker, Michael (Windstream Corporation)
Kamerman, Lynden (Texas telephone assoc)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
For:
Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets)
Hutchinson, Scott (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
McGriff, Shannon (The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA))
On:
Webking, Catherine (TEAM (Texas Energy Association for Marketers))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chaney, Brent (Vistra Energy)
Gregg, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA))
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kerr, Brett (Self; Calpine)
Oney, Jessica (NRG)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
On:
Corona, Connie (PUC)
On:
Hoke, Mike (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Akpan, Erika (Association of Electric Companies of TX)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)
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