WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM
Long-Term Load Forecast from ERCOT
On:
Vegas, Pablo (Self; ERCOT)
For:
Husted, Ana (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, Inc.)
Martinez, Chris (Central Electric)
Against:
Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Fioramonti, Andrew (Local 146 fort worth pipe trades)
Kline, James (United Association Local 146 Fort Worth Pipe Trades Training Center)
Lord, Rick (Self; Texas Building Trades)
Pollock, Ryan (Self; Texas State Association of Electrical Workers)
Posson, Amanda (Self; Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Smith, Jacob (Southwest pipe trades assoication)
Vaca, Brandon (Self; UA local 146)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Borders Mittnacht, Tracey (The Associated General Contractors of Texas - Highway, Heavy,
Utilities and Industrial Branch)
Fowler, Perry (Texas water infrastructure network TXWIN)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Against:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (UA Local 286 Plumbers & Pipefitters)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas AFT)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Moreno, Jesus (Elevator Work Industry Preservation)
Palacios, Denisce (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullock, Michael (Self; Austin Police Association)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Glass, Tom (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Llano County and Texas County Judges and Commissioners
Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Joseph, Leigh (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Monk, Leann (Self; County treasurers association of texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Putman, Jacob (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Soldan, Tracy (Self; County treasurers association of texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wilson, Thomas (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorneys Office)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Aten, Ross (Lyntegar Electric Cooperative, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)
Bell, Mark (Associoation of Electric Companies of Texas)
Bonham, Jeff (CenterPoint Energy, Inc)
Borer, Taylor (City of Garland)
Cardwell, Margo (Enel North America, Inc.)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Floerke, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Garcia, Buddy (Element Fuels)
Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy Texas)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Lucio, Eddie (Texas Transmission Project)
Pitts, Jr, John (Texas Energy Buyers Association)
Ruggieri, Michael (Southwestern Elec. Power Co. (SWEPCO))
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Utley, Ben (Texas New Mexico Power (TNMP))
Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)
Wright, John T (Self; East Texas Distribution Cooperatives)
On:
Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Civic Fund)
Oaks, Noah (South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource)
Palacios, Denisce (Self; Climate Cabinet)
Smith, Molly (Self)
For:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Glass, Tom (Self)
Isaac, Jason (Self; American Energy Institute)
Leal, Charlie (Texas Farm Bureau)
Vogt, Molly (Self; American Energy Works)
Against:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Cardwell, Margo (Octopus Energy)
Cardwell, Margo (Enel North America, Inc.)
Crownover, Buffy (Solar Energy Industries Association)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Golemon, Kinnan (Savion Energy)
Lewis, Alec (RWE Clean Energy)
Mcclellan, Suzi (EDF Renewables)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mcclellan, Suzi (The AES Corporation)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Morehead, Tracy (Apex Clean Energy)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Pitts, Jr, John (Texas Energy Buyers Association)
Pitts, Jr, John (Engie NA)
Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy LLC)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sloan, Susan (Orsted)
Spence, Logan (National Grid Renewables)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Greer, David (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Martin, Phillip (Environmental Defense Fund)
McAdams, Will (Tesla)
On:
Clark, Lori (North Central Texas Council of Governments)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Laborde, Blanca (Highland Electric Fleets)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Pope, Clay (Texas EV Alliance)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Theilig, Elizabeth (Self)
Weber, Bri (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
On:
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Johnson, J.R. (Texas Ethics Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
For:
Decker, Sarah (Prison Fellowship)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC)
For:
Sebree, Ben (Sage Geosystems, Inc.)
Smitherman, Barry (Self; Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Isaac, Jason (Self; American Energy Institute)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Vogt, Molly (Self; American Energy Works)
On:
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Ezzell Brown, Laurie (Self; Texas Press Association)
Frye, Kirk (Parmer County)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas press association, Denton Record-Chronicle)
Pillifant, Reid (Self; TPA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Day, Jason (Self; City of Royse City)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Herman, Guy (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review, Daily Commercial Record)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Hale, Angela (City of mckinney)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ali, Zanir (CPS Energy)
Bell, Mark (Associoation of Electric Companies of Texas)
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Deline, Steven (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Civic Fund)
Nathan, Robert (Schneider Electric)
Oaks, Noah (South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource)
Palacios, Denisce (Self; Climate Cabinet)
Smith, Molly (Self)
Theilig, Elizabeth (Self)
Torres, Gerard (CenterPoint Energy)
On:
Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Bojorquez, William (Self)
Flippin, Ken (Texas chapter USGBC)
Powell, Gideon (Self; Cholla Inc.)
Prusak, Matt (American Bitcoin)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Yu, Joel (Enchanted Rock)
On:
Baum, Walt (Powering Texans)
Bigbee, Nathan (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Taylor, Jaren (Oncor Electric Delivery)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Brown, Jay (Crusoe AI)
Cardwell, Margo (Enel North America, Inc.)
Cole, Will (Self; Zaprite inc)
Collins, GENEVIEVE (Americans for Prosperity)
Greer, Clayton (Cholla Inc.)
Hemschot, Chris (Tenaska Energy Inc)
Isaac, Jason (Self; American Energy Institute)
Kelly, Joseph (Self; Unchained Capital, Inc)
Klee, Mitch (Self)
Lewis, Parker (Self; Zaprite)
Milmoe, Sean (Self)
Nathan, Robert (Schneider Electric)
Oney, Jessica (NRG)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Vogt, Molly (Self; American Energy Works)
On:
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
Heim, Kurt (Daikin comfort technologies north america)
Kresowik, Mark (American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy)
Lewin, Doug (Self)
Oaks, Noah (South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
On:
Arrisola, Roland (Self; Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)
Drake, Gordon (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Civic Fund)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Smith, Molly (Self)
Theilig, Elizabeth (Self)
Torres, Gerard (CenterPoint Energy)
For:
Bellenir, Joshua (Hutto police dept)
Yarbrough, Jeffrey (Hutto police)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Ash, Ky (DPS Officers Association (DPSOA))
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Bell, Mark (Associoation of Electric Companies of Texas)
On:
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
George, Mike (Texas DPS)
Vandenheuvel, Jared (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)
Bell, Mark (Associoation of Electric Companies of Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
On:
Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Moore, Ken (Self)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Johnson, J.R. (Texas Ethics Commission)
On:
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)
On:
Barkley, Benjamin (Office of Public Utility Counsel)
Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Hodge, Daniel (Hunt Consolidated)
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