WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
May 3, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Wendy (The City of Corpus Christi)
Against:
Byerly, Sloan (Ørsted)
Embrey, Tammy (Invenergy, LLC)
Lewis, Alec (RWE Clean Energy)
Meroney, Mike (Enel North America)
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Mozley, Farish (Self; EDP Renewables North America)
Pardue, Leslie (Clearway Energy)
Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)
Willette, Lynnae (EDF Renewables)
On:
Hoke, Michael (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Corbell, Erin (City of Brady)
Miller, Steven (City of Brady)
Muir, Thomas (Self; City of Sanger)
Against:
Gordon, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electrtic Companies of Texas)
Floerke, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)
On:
Hoke, Michael (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Vegas, Pablo (ERCOT)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flucke, Alex (Self)
Gavrilla, Sandra (Self)
Mckay, Elizabeth (Self)
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For:
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Rice, Conor (Self)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Eagle Forum)
For:
Smith, Tom Smitty (Self; TxEtra)
Against:
Gordon, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Self)
Crossley, Jay (Farm&City)
Flucke, Alex (Self)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Martin, Phillip (Environmental Defense Fund)
Mckay, Elizabeth (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star sierra club)
Rice, Conor (Self)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Anderson, Darran (Texas Dept. Of Transportation)
Hoke, Michael (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Against:
Flucke, Alex (Self)
Mckay, Elizabeth (Self)
Rice, Conor (Self)
For:
Bauknight, Jeff (Self; Associated Builders and Contractors & City of Victoria)
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Against:
Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)
Warren, Gary (Central South Carpenters Regional Council)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxley, Jack (TEXO The Construction Association)
Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Hiner, Harrison (Communications Workers of America)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan)
On:
Vega, Mariana (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Day, Marie (Self)
Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; Alliance for a Safe Texas)
On:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Olivares, Tino (Self; Bee County Commissioner Pct 4)
Against:
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Person, Maria (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Lasher, Warren (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Against:
Barnes, Bill (NRG)
Bell, Mark (Association of Electrtic Companies of Texas)
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Booth, Daniel (TexGen Power)
Gordon, John (Self)
Harlan, Scott (Rockland Capital)
Linenschmidt, Larry (Self)
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Against:
Meredith, Susan (Self)
Naulty, Terry (Denton Municipal Electric)
Pitts, John (Texas Energy Buyers Alliance)
Ratliff, Shannon (Cypress Creek Renewables)
Richmond, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA))
Ryall, Jean (Advanced Power Alliance)
Sams, Bryan (Calpine Corporation)
Siegel, Sam (Vistra Corporation)
Smith, Caitlin (Jupiter Power LLC)
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar Power Association)
On:
Bivens, Carrie (Potomac economics)
Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Lange, Clif (South Texas Electric Coop., Inc.)
Meeusen, Karl (Wärtsilä North America)
Murphy, Nathan (Valero Companies)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star sierra club)
Vegas, Pablo (ERCOT)
Webking, Catherine (TEAM (Texas Energy Association for Marketers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billingsley, Anne (ONEOK, Inc.)
Davis, Tricia (Texas Royalty Council)
Ellmer, Mindy (Lyondellbasell and Olin)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Gibson, Kari (ConocoPhillips)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
McConkey, Ashley (Texas Instruments, Inc.)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Person, Maria (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wilby, Matthew (Contour Energy, LLC)
Williams, Julie (Chevron)
Against:
Alvarado, Mike (WattBridge)
Byerly, Sloan (Ørsted)
Cline, Darrell (Garland Power and Light)
Embrey, Tammy (Invenergy, LLC)
Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)
Hughes, Lisa (RWE Clean Energy LLC)
Jewell, Michael (Octopus Energy)
Jewell, Michael (Plus Power)
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Against:
Jewell, Michael (Eolian)
Jewell, Michael (Pattern Energy)
Jewell, Michael (Solar Energy Industries Association)
Klenk, Hesston (AES Corp)
Meroney, Mike (Enel North America)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Mozley, Farish (Self; EDP Renewables North America)
Nathan, Robert (Schneider Electric)
Pardue, Leslie (Clearway Energy)
Schroeder, Josh (City of Georgetown)
Spence, Logan (Engie N.A.)
Symm, Madeline (Cypress Creek Renewables)
Valdez, Jerry (Constellation Energy Generation)
Welch, Matt (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Willette, Lynnae (EDF Renewables)
On:
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Meyer, Kari (CPS Energy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Byerly, Sloan (Tanium)
Grande, Rebecca (Texas Association of Business)
Sreenivasan, Rahul (Texas 2036)
On:
Rainosek, Nancy (Department of Information Resources)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Marshall, Karen (Self)
On:
Ogle, Steven (Sunset Advisory Commission)
For:
Fowler, Perry (Self; The Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Against:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bauknight, Jeff (Self; Associated Builders and Contractors & City of Victoria)
Baxley, Jack (TEXO The Construction Association)
Borders Mittnacht, Tracey (The Associated General Contractors of Texas - Highway, Heavy,
Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas AFT)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Hiner, Harrison (Communications Workers of America)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Person, Maria (Self)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Crownover, Jen (Comal County (Commissioner))
IRWIN, CINDY (Hutchinson County)
On:
Roquemore, Clarisse (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electrtic Companies of Texas)
Henry, Matt (Oncor Electric Delivery)
Mendiola, Lino (Entergy Texas)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
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On:
Gordon, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)
Garza, Oscar (AEP Texas)
Jackson, Roy (TNMP)
Ruggieri, Michael (Southwestern Elec. Power Co.)
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Fehrenbach, Nikolaus (City of Dallas)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Knight, Don (City of Dallas)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Linenschmidt, Larry (Self)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
On:
Gordon, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electrtic Companies of Texas)
Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)
King, Robert (Good Company Associates)
Marquez, Brandy (Sunrun)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Pitts, John (Texas Solar Power Association)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star sierra club)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Benson, Mariah (Public Utility Commission)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
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On:
Vegas, Pablo (ERCOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Eagle Forum)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; Houston Police Retired Officers Assoc)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; Alliance for a Safe Texas)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Lopez, Roberto (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
For:
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cruz, Velma (Comcast)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Morgan, Todd (T-Mobile)
Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)
Seale, Mark (Texas Telephone Association)
On:
Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
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