WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources Committee
April 18, 2023 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Nahrgang, Julie (Self; The Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of
Clean Water Agencies)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Risko, Michele (TCEQ)
For:
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Pearson, Shea (Texas Chemical Council)
Person, Maria (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Risko, Michele (TCEQ)
For:
Votteler, Todd (Self; Collaborative Water Resolution LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Pearson, Shea (Texas Chemical Council)
Puig Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
Against:
Partida, Neftali (Phillips 66)
On:
Nygren, Kim (TCEQ)
On:
Zent, Lara (Texas Rural Water Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Clay (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts (SAFE-D))
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Stone, Edward (Self)
Against:
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Draksharam, Sujeeth (Self; Ft Bend Levee Improvement Dist 14)
Eckels, Robert (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
For:
Shadden, Jerry (Trinity bay conservation district)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ramsey, Mark (Self; North Harris County Regional Water Authority (NHCRWA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bruno, Steve (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
For:
Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ramsey, Mark (Self; North Harris County Regional Water Authority (NHCRWA))
Rowell, Melissa (Self)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)
Harward, Heather (Upper Trinity Regional Water District)
Rainer, Steven (Self)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
On:
Mckinnon, Temple (Texas water development board)
For:
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Votteler, Todd (Self; Collaborative Water Resolution LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy Texas Chapter)
On:
Mckinnon, Temple (Texas water development board)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Rowell, Melissa (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lary, Trey (North Fort Bend Water Authority and West Harris County Regional Water
Authority)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Tredway, CJ (Central Harris County Regional Water Authority)
On:
Walker, Jeff (Texas water development)
For:
Crain, Robert (Self; Texas Pacific Water Resources)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlile, Jimmy (Fasken Oil and Ranch)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council TRC)
Lozano, Michael D. (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil &Gas Association)
Against:
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
On:
Nygren, Kim (TCEQ)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P.)
Miller, Diana (Homeplace Lands, LLC)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Johnson, Andrew (Self)
Myers, Joe (Self; Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition)
Wilkerson, Glenn (Self; Cypress Creek Cultural District)
On:
Petersen, Tina (Harris County Flood Control District)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Brown, Kirby (Ducks Unlimited)
Dreibelbis, Justin (Texas Wildlife Association)
Park, Joey (Coastal Conservation Association Texas)
Phenix, Billy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
For:
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highways, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Mckee, Nancy (Self)
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Nahrgang, Julie (Self; The Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of
Clean Water Agencies)
Puig Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Votteler, Todd (Self; Collaborative Water Resolution, LLC)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
Walker, Jeff (Texas water development)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Nahrgang, Julie (Self; The Water Environment Association of Texas and Texas Association of
Clean Water Agencies)
Puig Williams, Vanessa (Self; Hill Country Alliance, Board Member)
Romans, Katherine (Self; Hill Country Alliance)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Ellison, Mark (Texas Desalination Association)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)
Kirkle, Sarah (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Woodruff, Ronnie (Brazosport Water Authority)
Yarbrough, Brian (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Against:
Rowell, Melissa (Self)
On:
Crew, John (Self; Aqueduct Werks)
Friedman, Alan (Self; Aqueduct Werks)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Walker, Jeff (Texas water development)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highways, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Brophey, Patrick (North Texas Commission)
Bruun, Glenna (Texas Ports Association)
Carlile, Jimmy (Fasken Oil and Ranch)
Chick, Craig (American Council of Engineering Companies Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council TRC)
Embrey, Tammy (Invenergy Clean Water)
Emerson, Jennifer (Port Houston)
Finley, Trace (Seven Seas Water Group)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Garcia, Buddy (Brownsville Public Utilities Board)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Harward, Heather (Upper Trinity Regional Water District)
Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Associatiom)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Kegley-Whitehead, Ashley (Self; Infinity Water Solutions)
Kelly, David (North Texas Municipal Water District)
Ludwick, Chandler (ConocoPhillips)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
McCarthy, Edmond (Self; GateHouse Water LLC)
McCoy, Holly (City of Amarillo)
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
Mckee, Nancy (Self)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Morris, Joe (Aqua Water Supply Corporation)
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Pearson, Shea (Texas Chemical Council)
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Puig Williams, Vanessa (EDF)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Simmons, Ron (Imvest Texas Council)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Sledge, Brian (Northeast Texas Municipal Water District; Benbrook Water Authority)
Sledge, Shauna Fitzsimmons (San Antinio River Authority)
Solis, Eddie (Abilene Chamber of Commerce)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil &Gas Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund ( SAWDF))
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
For:
Ellis, Gregory (Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District -- Resource Witness)
Hernandez, Elvis (Lost Pines. GCD)
Mckee, Nancy (Self)
Against:
McCarthy, Edmond (Self; GateHouse Water LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Glass, Tom (Self)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund ( SAWDF))
Against:
Hamilton, Charlie (Caprock Water)
For:
Ellison, Mark (Texas Desalination Association)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)
Kirkle, Sarah (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)
Woodruff, Ronnie (Brazosport Water Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highways, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Bruun, Glenna (Texas Ports Association)
Carlile, Jimmy (Fasken Oil and Ranch)
Chick, Craig (American Council of Engineering Companies Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council TRC)
Embrey, Tammy (Invenergy Clean Water)
Emerson, Jennifer (Port Houston)
Finley, Trace (Seven Seas Water Group)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas Desalination Association)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Garcia, Buddy (Brownsville Public Utilities Board)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harward, Heather (Upper Trinity Regional Water District)
Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Associatiom)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Kelly, David (North Texas Municipal Water District)
Ludwick, Chandler (ConocoPhillips)
Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
McCarthy, Edmond (Self; GateHouse Water LLC)
McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Pearson, Shea (Texas Chemical Council)
Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)
Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; RSAH2O LLC)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Sledge, Brian (Northeast Texas Municipal Water District; Benbrook Water Authority)
Sledge, Shauna Fitzsimmons (San Antinio River Authority)
Solis, Eddie (Abilene Chamber of Commerce)
Tredway, CJ (Texas Oil &Gas Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund ( SAWDF))
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Yarbrough, Brian (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Against:
Blankenship, Sandra (Self)
On:
Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)
Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)
Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)
Walker, Jeff (Texas water development)
Walker, Jennifer (National Wildlife Federation)
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