WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            September 17, 2024 - 9:00 AM

Barriers to broadband deployment in rural areas

                 On:

                                 Baxter, Todd (Charter Communications; Texas Cable Assn)

                                 Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

                                 Kravtin, Patricia (GVTC, Hill Country Telephone Coop, SWT Communications, Taylor

                                 Telecom, and Central Texas Telephone Coop)

Economic challenges impacting insurance premiums

                 On:

                                 Bolduc, David (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)

                                 Brown, Cassie (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Cascio, Charles (AARP)

                                 Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)

                                 Lloyd, Brian (Oncor Electric Delivery)

                                 Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)

                                 Thompson, Jay (Insurance Council of Texas)

                                 Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

                                 Worman, Mark (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Zahn, Charles (Self; Texas Coastal Windstorm Task Force)

Panhandle wildfires

                 On:

                                 Abraham, Jason (Self; Landowner)

                                 Adams, Michael (Self)

                                 Collins, Randall (Railroad Commission of Texas)

                                 Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Cowden, Craig (Self; Breezy Point Ranch)

                                 Davis, Al (Texas A&M Forest Service)

                                 Henderson, James (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 James, Bruce (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                                 Kidd, Nim (Texas Division of Emergency Management)

                                 Muckerheide, David (Texas Department of Insurance)

                                 Pritzlaff, Craig (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

                                 Rodriguez, Adrian (Xcel Energy New Mexico and Texas)

                                 Tidwell, William (State Firefighters’ & Fire Marshals’ Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Baer, Travis (Railroad Commission of Texas)

                                 Bair, Nicholas (Self; Clean Energy Holdings LLC)

                                 Kelly, Zachary (Self)

                                 Moorehead, Wes (Texas A&M Forest Service)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

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