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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- When we have something like a main water main that goes down, main water pipe that goes down, that's
- Thank you. 808 I have to ask, what is a hypersonic wind tunnel?
- Chancellor did invite us all to come down and see.
- Sent my deputy down for two weeks.
- How many hypersonic wind tunnels are there?
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Transcript Highlights:
- The load went up and down with, with, with, uh, with the forecast.
- We have added, uh, wind and solar to the generation mix and of course wind and solar are intermittent
- They're cloudy days we don't have solar and windy days and days when we don't have so much wind.
- Solar and wind during winter storms are, uh, usually not at their top performance for icing, snow on
- UT the reactor today, but we had this, so I, I didn't go, but, so one of them's down here off of MAC.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Revenue Committee Interim Topics Meeting, March 6, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- severance tax on wind energy. severance tax on wind energy.
- wind turbines. wind turbines.
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Summary:
The Joint Revenue committee met with a quorum and heard a series of interim topic proposals focused on tax policy. Representative Brown raised two ideas: reinstating an exemption reporting requirement for corporations and entities receiving tax exemptions, with loss of the exemption for the current and prior year if they fail to report, and revising property tax treatment for wind turbines and related infrastructure by shifting the taxed footprint from agricultural to industrial classification. Senator Case and others then discussed energy taxation more broadly, including a possible generation tax for electricity, how to handle large data-center electricity loads, and whether sales tax revenue from very large electrical loads should be shared statewide rather than concentrated locally. The committee referenced prior bills and studies, including House Bill 300 and Senate File 76, and discussed using a mechanism that would keep local electricity bills net neutral while redirecting revenue distribution.
The committee also took up problematic gaming and program funding. Senator Case described personal experiences with gambling addiction and the lack of available resources, while the presenter said the topic had been requested in multiple committees and that the biggest concern from House Bill 171 was protecting county and municipal funding. Members discussed whether the issue belonged in Revenue, Health, Labor, or Transportation, and several suggested it should stay with the standing committee handling gaming. Ideas raised included using gaming-related revenue for prevention and treatment, fully funding the 988 lifeline, and creating a broader trust fund for addiction-related services and law enforcement. The committee appeared to agree to continue the topic for educational purposes and to examine taxation of HHR and other gambling activity.
Senator Case then proposed a severance tax on wind energy, arguing that wind development creates permanent landscape impacts and that the state should be compensated similarly to coal, oil, and gas extraction. Curt Meier, the state treasurer, supported reviewing lease agreements and said Wyoming should get more from wind resources, noting the state’s unique wind potential and the loss of viewshed. Finally, the committee heard a proposal to reform property tax relief by extending it to motor vehicle registration. Former Revenue director Dan Noble argued that vehicle taxes should be treated like other property taxes, using fair market value, depreciation, the residential assessment ratio, and local mill levies, which he said could provide broad relief but would be expensive, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $120 million. Representative Chestek followed with a related reform proposal based on Pennsylvania’s base-year assessment model, arguing that Wyoming’s current statewide relief measures treat symptoms rather than the underlying problem of rapidly rising local valuations.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, and so I'll just pass that question on down.
- We had 110, now we're down to 30 people.
- , individually they're down, but you're drilling multiple wells with 11 rig.
- It can back up a natural gas plant, but more typically it can back up wind or solar, and it turns wind
- Well, what always happens in the winter time, that's when our systems all go down.
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Transcript Highlights:
- We think it moves us another step down the road, yes sir.
- Now we're down to 30 people.
- The active number has actually gone down even as we produce more.
- More typically, it can back up wind or solar, and it turns wind or solar. into 24-7 dispatchable.
- In the wintertime, that's when our systems all go down.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jul 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about them being taken down.
- Isn't California... ...manufacturing and offshore wind?
- We have powerful offshore winds, but lag behind countries... ...manufacturing sector.
- We have powerful offshore winds, but lag behind countries with smaller populations and lower wind speeds
- Let's make it happen with wind energy and batteries and decarb.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on utility rates, wildfire safety, carbon capture, methane reduction, large energy users, low-income energy programs, and clean energy supply chains. Early items included SB 613, which would direct state agencies to prioritize reducing methane emissions from imported fossil fuels, and SB 614, which would allow California to move forward with carbon dioxide pipeline safety rules and potentially lift the state’s moratorium on new CO2 pipelines. Both bills drew support from advocates and industry-related witnesses, with no opposition registered at the time they were presented, and the committee indicated it would vote once quorum was established.
After quorum was called, the committee took up SB 57, which would require the Public Utilities Commission to establish tariffs for large energy users such as data centers to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers and address stranded infrastructure costs. Supporters argued the bill would protect affordability and encourage clean energy use, while opponents, including utilities and business groups, warned it could create uncertainty and interfere with existing regulatory processes. The committee also heard SB 256 on wildfire mitigation and emergency response, including undergrounding, PSPS communication, and removal of abandoned lines; supporters emphasized the need for stronger action after recent fires, while utilities raised concerns about duplicative requirements and public disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information. Both SB 57 and SB 256 were approved on roll calls.
The committee then heard SB 647, which would expand and standardize oversight of low-income energy savings programs and performance metrics, with strong support from community advocates and some neutral or “tweener” positions from utilities that sought further work on data collection and implementation. SB 787 followed, proposing a state strategy to coordinate supply chains and workforce development for clean energy industries including EVs, building decarbonization, and offshore wind; it received broad support and no opposition. The committee also considered SB 332, a study bill on utility ownership models and affordability reforms, which drew strong support from consumer and climate advocates but opposition from utilities and business groups concerned about bias, investor signals, and executive compensation provisions. The consent calendar was later approved, and several bills were reported out with votes or held open for absent members to add on.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Facilities, May 19, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on School Facilities
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and so our enrollments are down.
- So, much to talk about are are down.
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that down that down that that<01:05:48.200>dropped <01:05:48.600>when - those numbers are only going to go down. those numbers are only going to go down.
- the wind alley of Wyoming.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And then I'll just jump you down to the very last column.
- There's more volume, and cost goes down.
- But there are wind outages that have taken place over days.
- And if a lot of your power is coming from wind turbines, and you don't have any wind, you gotta have
- I heard your story about not having wind or so, whatever.
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Transcript Highlights:
- So So we're 2 goes down before SHO3.
- So if this one goes down, they all go down.
- So if this one goes down, they all go down.
- So if this one goes down, they all go down.
- Wind and solar at 258% of capacity. Wind and solar performed at 205%.
Bills:
HF4770
Summary:
The committee approved the March 26 minutes and then took up House File 4770, as amended by an A1 technical amendment. The bill was presented as a proposal to help Liberty Diversified International and Liberty Paper in Becker plan for replacement steam and energy supply as the Shuro facility closure approaches in 2030. Testimony described Liberty Paper’s current closed-loop steam arrangement with Shuro, the need to study future fuel and technology options, and the potential use of anaerobic digestion, biomass, construction and demolition waste, and food waste to produce steam and possibly power. Members asked about feedstock availability, the need for a feasibility study, possible backup natural gas use, and whether waste heat or wastewater heat could be useful. The bill was laid over as amended.
The committee then heard a presentation from CenterPoint Energy on Minnesota heating demand and electrification. CenterPoint staff said affordability and reliability are central concerns and outlined how the utility manages customer costs through energy efficiency, contracting, storage, peak shaving, and conservation. Dr. Joel Lynch presented research on peak heating with natural gas and the “missing piece” in Minnesota’s electrification puzzle, explaining that Minnesota’s cold climate makes winter heating demand especially challenging and that replacing natural gas would require substantial new electric capacity and renewable resources. He compared his work with prior national and state studies and said the analysis used Minnesota-specific gas throughput, COP assumptions across several electrification scenarios, and January renewable capacity data.
Lynch summarized preliminary findings that Minnesota’s peak gas heating throughput could be up to 40 gigawatts, with electric resistance heating implying roughly 36 gigawatts of new demand, and lower but still substantial demand under heat-pump scenarios. The presentation was informational only; no vote was taken on the CenterPoint presentation. The meeting ended with House File 4770 laid over and the energy demand presentation continuing.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- For a quad of, I believe, and I may have written that down wrong.
- But knowing that earlier this week we had very high winds.
- That's why we generate lots of wind power.
- Speaker and gentlelady, down...
- For solar panels and wind farms, we have a mineral tape. Mr.
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 11th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And I guess before that, my belief Is in a high wind situation, it's not the wind affecting the power
- We haven't seen many failures Of infrastructure wires coming down, poles coming down.
- So you'll see winds out there of 50-60 miles an hour and the wind turbines aren't turning.
- I have to go down. too.
- We need fossil fuel mandates that draw down fossil fuel reliance and production Sun and wind are our
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Transcript Highlights:
- You had it broken down. down by what the claim was.
- We have wind and hail damage, but a lot of it's due to roofing.
- So we've got a dream. real down on these things.
- What that boils down to is you can often get a credit for being married.
- It's only- Just wind and nail. wind and hail right so okay just for clarification for you know not just
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We account for wind and solar differently in this report.
- Texas is blessed with wind and solar in certain areas.
- We currently have a lot of congestion, so that solar and wind resources are a lot of times turned down
- The price goes down, so the 765 plan is scalable. The price goes down, and so...
- So that solar and wind resources are, a lot of times, turned down. You can't run them.
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Summary:
The committee took up several energy, utility, and infrastructure bills. Bill 2527 on solar decommissioning was presented as a landowner consumer-protection measure that would set statewide baseline requirements for solar lease agreements, preserve some freedom of contract, preempt duplicative local rules, and protect landowners from reclamation costs; after no questions, it was moved and passed. The committee also discussed changes to the Gulf Coast Regional Utility Act in HB 2058 and HB 2309, including new first-right-of-refusal language, prohibitions on unauthorized service, civil penalties and enforcement tools, and legislative intent language aimed at preventing duplication and protecting public investment; both were adopted as committee substitutes and passed. HB 2018 was amended to extend similar oversight to water systems, and it was reported after questions about the scope of the change.
Several bills focused on water and wastewater oversight. SB 2311 and SB 2312 would create statewide A-to-F grading systems for drinking water and wastewater systems, require annual public reporting, and direct the health and environmental agencies to adopt objective scoring rules; both were passed. SB 2526 would create a Mississippi Rural Water Oversight Committee, require rate studies, capacity studies, and asset management plans for water associations, and provide staffing and funding support from existing revolving-fund resources; it was adopted as a committee substitute and reported, with supporters saying it would help identify and assist troubled associations. The committee also heard a bill creating the Metro Jackson Water Authority, allowing a lease of city system assets, special revenue bonds to refinance legacy debt, and supplemental revenue sources such as sanitation fees and possibly sales tax revenues; the sponsor said no general fund money would be used, and the bill was reported.
The committee also advanced HB 2641, which was stripped down to a study committee on wind turbine facilities, grandfathered existing projects, and imposed a moratorium on new construction until the study is completed; members asked about existing projects and were told current projects under construction would not be penalized, and the committee substitute passed. SB 2783 would make targeted definition changes to BEAD-related broadband grant programs so remaining federal funds could support other state initiatives, including AI workforce training, and it was reported after questions about future federal guidance. Finally, HB 2787 would add propane to the school gas-leak testing statute; the sponsor said the inspections would not require additional state funding because propane dealers and the State Fire Marshal’s office already handle the checks, and the bill passed.
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Transcript Highlights:
- We have added wind and solar to the generation mix.
- We don't know exactly when we're going to have them. days when we don't have so much wind.
- Solar and wind during winter storms are...
- And in the evening, after the sun goes down.
- We had this, so I didn't go, but so one of them's down here off of MOPAC. I don't know about that.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/13/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- technology and the costs have come down significantly, wind is probably the furthest.
- significantly, uh wind have come down significantly, uh wind wind<00:34:42.080>
is <00:34:42.679 - wind is probably the the furthest. wind is probably the the furthest.
- We then delegate that down.
- On lines 18 and 19, this is extension of unencumbered funds for the down payment as farm down payment
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- Smola as well, down along this table, is the Palmer Station.
- I think a lot of the complaints have died down.
- I'm going to put you two down here. Yeah, I'm going to put you two down here.
- But the wind performed really well and at a really great price.
- I'll give you a quick example because I know we're winding down here.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing at UMass Amherst on Governor Healey’s fiscal year 2027 budget, focusing on energy/environment-related transportation issues and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The chairs and members opened with thanks to UMass, university leadership, court officers, and legislative staff, and Chancellor Javier Reyes highlighted UMass Amherst’s research, workforce, sustainability, and transportation contributions, including energy research, transit operations, and partnerships with MassDOT. The hearing then moved to MassDOT and MBTA testimony on the administration’s transportation funding package, including House 2, the FY26 Fair Share supplemental, and a proposed four-year Chapter 90 authorization.
MassDOT officials described the budget as part of a broader multi-year transportation investment strategy, citing funding for operations, snow and ice removal, regional transit authorities, the MBTA, the Merit Rating Board, sustainable aviation fuel credits, micro-transit and last-mile grants, unpaved road improvements, bridge and pavement work, and housing-related transportation infrastructure. They emphasized workforce expansion, capital delivery capacity, safety improvements, and local aid, including the new lane-mile-based Chapter 90 formula intended to benefit rural communities. Officials also discussed major projects and programs such as Grant Central, culvert and unpaved road grants, work zone speed cameras, congestion hotspot fixes, the Sagamore and Bourne Bridge projects, and MBTA operating support and safety upgrades.
Testimony from the MBTA and rail/transit staff focused on improved ridership, service frequency, accessibility, and safety, including progress on the Green Line Train Protection System, reduced delays, expanded bus and commuter rail service, and the South Coast rail extension. Regional transit authorities reported increased ridership and described new fare-free, connectivity, and community transit grants. Aeronautics testimony covered airport capital work, drone and data programs, sustainable aviation fuel efforts, and workforce development in aviation maintenance. Committee members then asked questions, especially about Western Massachusetts priorities, Chapter 90 funding, bridge repairs, snow and ice costs, Cape Cod bridges, Buzzard’s Bay rail, and Compass Rail/West-East Rail. Officials said several federal rail grants were moving forward, that Sagamore Bridge procurement would begin soon, and that the administration remained committed to pursuing federal funding and multi-year transportation investments.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Jun 10th, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Same, uh, mistakes when we go down this path.
- digital, um, campus, um, down there.
- So along those lines in the Albuquerque meeting, um, when we get down to the Las Cruces area.
- Uh, oh, there is a lot of changes, and we do need to pin them down and see what's going on.
- They are the only school that has a wind tech.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You had it broken down by What the claim was, you know, you had hail, wind, fire, and water, and My question
- So we've got to drill down on these things.
- Uh, a way to keep costs down if you're an insurer is to change the coverage.
- least one private market company actively riding Wind and Hill on the coast.
- It's only wind and hail, right?