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TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wind and solar just did not show up when we needed it the most.
  • First, is that retroactive legislation damages investor confidence.
  • Nuclear is the third line, and then you come in to wind and solar.
  • Now, it's probably best to leave wind rights...
  • And long-term damage.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • provide to local communities and tribes to engage on offshore wind.
  • It is best used for one-time significant costs like storm damages, hurricane damages, to spread those
  • There's a lot of storm damage.
  • From wind and solar energy sources.
  • Melissa Cortez, on behalf of the California Wind Energy Association, in support.
Summary: The committee heard several energy and utilities bills, with testimony largely focused on wildfire mitigation, affordability, clean energy planning, and utility accountability. AB 706, by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, would create a fund to support projects that use forest biomass waste from wildfire mitigation and forest restoration; supporters said it would reduce open burning and emissions while providing reliable renewable power, and the bill later passed 13-0. AB 39, by Assembly Member Zbur, would require larger cities and counties to adopt electrification planning strategies for transportation and buildings; it drew broad support from clean energy, labor, environmental, and local government advocates and passed 9-0. AB 1167, by Assembly Member Berman, would restrict investor-owned utilities from charging ratepayers for lobbying, promotional advertising, and similar shareholder-benefit expenses; supporters framed it as an affordability and transparency measure, while utilities argued the bill was overly broad and already covered by existing rules. It passed 7-0, with some members not voting and the roll left open. The committee also considered AB 1417 on offshore wind community funding transparency, which was amended to remove new fees and instead require reporting on developer support for local and tribal community capacity-building; opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed 9-0. AB 367, by Assembly Member Bennett, would require water districts in high fire-risk areas of Ventura County to have backup power, full tanks during red flag warnings, and hardened facilities; water agencies opposed unless amended due to cost and liability concerns, but the bill passed 10-0. The consent calendar, including multiple additional measures, was approved 11-0. Other bills drew more divided testimony. AB 745 would allow securitization to finance utility undergrounding and prohibit a return on equity for undergrounding projects; supporters said it would lower ratepayer costs, while utilities warned it would effectively discourage undergrounding and could raise other rates. The bill passed 7-4 and was left on call. AB 1423 would apply reliability standards to publicly funded EV chargers installed before 2024; supporters said taxpayers should get functioning chargers, while charging-network representatives objected to retroactive requirements and possible conflicts with existing agreements. It passed 13-0. AB 388 would create a narrow exception to utility regulation to facilitate green hydrogen projects using private power lines; supporters said it would unlock low-cost renewable hydrogen and jobs, while utilities raised concerns about customer protections and grid planning. It passed 12-0. The committee also began hearing AB 825, which the author said would address the high cost of financing major transmission and generation buildout, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation and action on that bill.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (02/20/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:37:40.960> you any discussion about offshore wind you any discussion about offshore wind
  • free energy why wouldn't we use wind free energy why wouldn't we use wind power<00:38:04.079>
  • <00:42:11.960> sight from offshore wind sight from offshore wind sight characterization<00
  • offshore wind offshore wind turbines<00:47:16.079> Mr<00:47:16.480> Speaker<00:47:
  • someday be favorable to Offshore wind someday be favorable to Offshore wind then<00:49:06.839> Mr<
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Those damages are called liquidation. It damages. Senator, that's right.
  • It limits the damages to the direct damages caused.
  • While this bill isn't about liquidated damages, it does have a similarity.
  • The governor can only recover liquidated damages if I am responsible for the delay.
  • You avoid liquidated damages if it was your delay.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a branding requirement on it so that the title will reflect if there's been some sort of damage
  • Items used for bomb making, if you conspire to place those in a place where it could do damage or death
  • It raises the damage amount requiring a police officer to come out to from $300 to $3,000.
  • So if I see this correctly or hear it correctly, how is a person going to know how much damage they did
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 12/16/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • > exposure certainly have some wind exposure certainly have some wind exposure certainly<00:58
  • came through and circled and wind came through and circled and damaged<01:29:06.639> the<01:29
  • existing open damage.
  • existing open damage.
  • property that has existing open damage. property that has existing open damage.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The task force approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then reviewed the structure and statutory requirements for its final report. Staff explained that the report must go to the commissioners of commerce, housing finance, and economic development, as well as relevant legislative leaders, and must include a summary of task force activities, adopted findings and recommendations, tort reform recommendations to reduce insurance costs, any draft legislation, and other necessary information. A draft report, likely excluding recommendations and draft legislation, is expected to be circulated before the first January meeting. Most of the meeting focused on the Fair Plan and whether it could be expanded to help homeowners associations, affordable housing, and common interest communities that are struggling to obtain coverage. Supporters said these groups are facing availability problems and often end up in the surplus lines market, which lacks the consumer protections of the admitted market. They argued the Fair Plan could serve as a third-market option with stronger protections and better access, especially for properties that are having difficulty getting quotes. Several members and witnesses raised concerns that the Fair Plan was never intended to be a broad affordability solution and warned against using it to artificially lower prices below risk-based levels. They said doing so could shift losses onto other policyholders through assessments and potentially weaken the broader insurance market. The Fair Plan administrator explained that any expansion would require substantial research, staffing, actuarial and underwriting expertise, reinsurance planning, IT changes, and likely assessments or other capitalization decisions, and that the plan would need to focus on a limited subset of properties rather than the entire market. No votes were taken on policy recommendations, and the discussion ended with agreement that more information and scoping work are needed before any formal recommendation is made.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 098 Apr 21st, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • just lost the word the money damages just lost the word the money damages remedy<01:33:38.080>
  • in addition to money damages. in addition to money damages.
  • of infrastructure because solar and wind of infrastructure because solar and wind are<02:17:24.679
  • damaged? damaged? The<04:18:40.960> homeowner.
  • <04:23:05.360> when multiple ways to recover damages when multiple ways to recover damages
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal from April 20, 2026. Members then made announcements about committee schedules, open enrollment, and the Bolder Boulder event, and welcomed guests from the Leadership Program of the Rockies. The House also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 20, recognizing April 9, 2026 as Home Education Day in Colorado, on a 60-2 vote with three excused. Supporters described home education as a longstanding family choice and emphasized parental rights and educational flexibility. The chamber then received committee reports, including an Appropriations Committee report advancing House Bills 1052, 1132, 1143, 1226, 1343, and 1344 to the Committee of the Whole. The Majority Leader moved several bills to special orders for April 21, 2026 at 9:20 a.m., and the motion was adopted without objection. The Committee of the Whole took up House Bill 1028, concerning second language diploma endorsements for graduating high school students. After adopting the appropriations report, the House passed the bill. Supporters said it would recognize bilingualism and Colorado’s diversity. The committee then considered House Bill 1143, concerning background checks for non-employment-based educational opportunities. The bill sponsor said it would allow qualified people without Social Security numbers to participate in internships, clinical placements, and volunteer opportunities by using alternative identification. Several members opposed the bill and supported amendments, arguing for employer or institutional choice, narrower definitions, and concerns about constitutional rights, tax compliance, and the breadth of the bill. Amendment L6 failed, and the transcript ends amid extended discussion of Amendment L7 regarding enforcement against public entities, with no final action on the bill shown in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those damages are called liquidated damages. Senators, that's right.
  • Those damages are called liquidated damages. Senators, that's right.
  • to the direct damages caused.
  • You avoid liquidated damages if it was your delay.
  • You avoid liquidated damages if it was your delay.
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several bills without objection or by recorded vote, including SB 783, SB 1238, SB 1706, SB 1791, SB 458, SB 1644, and SB 1810, with some of them also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then moved into hearings on additional bills. SB 1968, by Senator Schwertner, would update the Real Estate License Act by repealing subagency, requiring written buyer-agent agreements before showings, and clarifying when a formal buyer representation agreement must be signed. Texas Realtors testified in support, saying the bill modernizes agency rules and increases transparency, while a committee substitute corrected drafting issues. SB 2411, the annual update to the Texas Business Organizations Code, was also laid out and left pending after supportive testimony from the Texas Business Law Foundation and drafting committee representatives. The committee also heard SB 2321, which would codify ERCOT’s current practice of notifying TCEQ when backup generation needs enforcement discretion for grid reliability; Sierra Club and a chamber of commerce witness supported it with suggestions for clearer emissions reporting, and the bill was left pending. SB 2077 would broaden eligibility for the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board by narrowing conflict restrictions tied to insurance-related interests; Texas Mutual supported the change and the bill was left pending. SB 1405, a broadband bill, would align state law with FCC standards and streamline Broadband Development Office processes; it was left pending after supportive testimony. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit donor privacy, drew support from privacy advocates and concerns from one witness about transparency for publicly funded nonprofit operations; it was left pending. The committee then heard SB 776, which would bar government construction contracts from shifting delay damages to contractors when delays are caused solely by the public owner. Contractors, surety representatives, and water infrastructure advocates supported the bill, arguing it would improve fairness and reduce inflated bids, while water utilities and critical infrastructure entities opposed it, warning of more litigation and higher costs; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 715, which would apply reliability requirements retroactively to all generation resources in ERCOT, drew opposition from renewable and storage groups and support from some critics of renewable subsidies, with witnesses split over whether it would improve reliability or raise costs; testimony was underway when the transcript ended.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you talking about if a home has damage, can they get insurance?
  • If all 19 get damaged, is that 19 claims against me from my... ...homes.
  • If all 19 get damaged, is that 19 claims against me from my rate for my personal home?
  • You can prove that there's damage to the exterior of the building from which it comes in.
  • That is a huge... ...should definitely get the Florida wind mitigation inspection.
Summary: The subcommittee held its first meeting on homeowners property insurance, with members from both parties introducing themselves and repeatedly noting that insurance affordability, roof condition, claims handling, and storm recovery are top concerns for their districts. Chair Yeager said the meeting was intended as an educational discussion rather than a legislative debate, and introduced a panel that included Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworski, consumer Chad Carr, agent Mary Catherine Lawler, insurer executive Melissa Burt DeVries, and policyholder attorney Chip Merlin. The panel and members discussed major cost drivers in Florida homeowners insurance, including inflation, home age, roof age, mitigation features, claims history, litigation costs, reinsurance, and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. Commissioner Yaworski said underwriting has become more sophisticated and that litigation costs, reinsurance, and replacement-cost inflation all affect premiums; he also said litigation is down about 30% and average requested rate increases have fallen from about 22.1% in 2022 to 0.8% today. DeVries said age of home, replacement cost, roof age, and coverage choices can materially change premiums, and explained that reinsurance is a major expense passed through to consumers. Merlin emphasized transparency concerns, argued that insurers are increasingly individualizing risk, and said consumers often struggle with coverage limits, deductibles, and claim denials. Members asked about flood coverage, hurricane deductibles, managed repair programs, mitigation credits, new insurer capitalization, and whether savings from reforms are reaching consumers. Yaworski explained that flood is generally excluded from homeowners policies and covered separately, that hurricane deductibles are mandatory in Florida and usually around 5%, and that the office tracks savings from reforms through rate filings and insurer discussions. He said the state is updating mitigation discounts and monitoring new entrants closely for solvency and market conduct. Several members and panelists said recent reforms have helped reduce some abuses and litigation, but many consumers are still seeing higher premiums because replacement costs and reinsurance remain elevated. No votes or formal actions were taken.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • With that I and causing the most damage.
  • ,<00:15:46.240> the of catastrophic wildfire damage, the of catastrophic wildfire damage,
  • And those are the projects, unfortunately, that have the most opportunity to damage water resources,
  • Those are the damage water resources.
  • water resources uh opportunity to damage water resources uh uh<00:37:39.520> agricultural<00:
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • High winds, bark beetles, those old big long trees started falling.
  • The amount of cement that goes down the hole to hold up a wind turbine is unbelievable.
  • The free energy from the sun, the wind, and the heat of the earth.
  • Last July, I experienced a sustained intense rain and wind storm here in the North Valley that damaged
  • That was after the wind quit blowing.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2021, strong winds and dry air combine to create ideal conditions for wildfires in the grasslands
  • Each catastrophic fire that burns leaves behind degraded soils, damaged fish habitats, hazardous smoke
  • We must stop this destruction and repair the substantial damage that's already been done as the first
  • Conflagration losses over the last decade caused five... five times as much damage as in prior decades
  • Largest fire in the state's history, billion dollars of damages.
Bills: HB471
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • so um it didn't address um the wind so um it didn't address um the wind pieces<00:04:06.959>
  • you 20 grand if I can bury this wind you 20 grand if I can bury this wind blade<00:10:54.200>
  • need to fully develop its solar and wind need to fully develop its solar and wind recycling<00:15
  • <00:15:26.279> materials recycling of solar and wind materials recycling of solar and wind
  • for large scale solar and wind for large scale solar and wind retirements<00:20:11.760> well<
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

FULL INTERVIEW: Lowering Energy Costs Through Innovation | Senator Nick Frentz May 29th, 2026

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wind in particular now is the lowest cost energy generation.
  • You build the wind turbine, and then for about 25 years, it generates electricity.
  • Um, we're building more wind and solar.
  • I hate to building more wind and solar.
  • But the real story is the amount of damage that's done.
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The interview focused on Minnesota’s clean energy policy, energy affordability, and the state’s path toward its 100% clean electricity goal. The senator said Minnesota’s clean energy reputation comes from environmental concern, job creation, and lower long-term costs, noting that wind is now the lowest-cost generation source and that solar costs have fallen sharply. He said rising electricity demand has led to some increased coal use, but argued the state can still meet its 2040 clean energy target through continued renewable buildout, permitting reform, conservation, and demand response. A major topic was data centers. The senator emphasized both concerns and benefits, saying hyperscale data centers can bring substantial construction jobs, property tax revenue, and, under the 2025 law, payments to low-income energy assistance. He cited the Pine Island Google data center as air-cooled, with no water concerns, and said it will pay $5 million annually while funding 1,600 MW of wind, solar, and battery resources at its own expense. He also said Xcel’s filing projected a $1.1 billion ratepayer savings over 10 years, while urging the public to weigh both pros and cons, especially around water use and local tax impacts. The discussion also covered nuclear power and climate costs. The senator said the Senate has passed a nuclear study three years in a row and expects it to advance, while the moratorium on new nuclear plants remains tied to the Prairie Island Indian Community and unresolved nuclear waste storage. He argued Minnesota likely cannot reach its emissions goals without nuclear in the mix, though he acknowledged current nuclear is not cost-competitive and said future advanced or small modular nuclear could change that. On affordability, he pointed to climate-driven costs such as higher homeowners insurance and storm damage, and described Senate energy omnibus provisions including conservation, plug-in solar, and renewable development account projects such as a Como Zoo clean energy project. No votes were taken in the interview itself, but the senator referenced the recently announced budget deal and said he still needed to negotiate a renewable development account agreement between the House and Senate.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Select Committee on Tribal Relations, January 28, 2026

Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • wi the Wind River? wi the Wind River?
  • <01:08:24.000> is<01:08:24.319> 1128108 there's damage is 1128108 there's damage is
  • . wind. wind.
  • Wind River tribes. Wind River tribes.
  • River<02:35:30.240> Tribal the entity, the Wind River Tribal the entity, the Wind River
Keywords: 916, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/07/2025)

State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Offshore wind, I know, is in the news, and it's interesting how offshore wind is being tied into the
  • Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
  • Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
  • Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
  • Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • I THINK THE DIFFERENCE THERE ON THE TARPS IS TARPS IS A GOOD WAY TO KNOW IS IT A STORM SURGE OR A WIND
  • CODE PLUS CONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, AT EEOC THAT WE ARE BUILDING HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE WIND
  • THEY HAVE INCREASED THEIR ABILITY TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE SO THEY NOW CAN SUSTAIN HURRICANE FORCE WIND
  • BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE WIND LOADS AND SPEEDS THAT ARE NOW TAKING WIND LOADS AT 75 PLUS MILES
  • HOME. >> YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN THE OTHER COMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT THE WIND SPEED.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) May 8th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any generator, wind, solar, or thermal facility can...
  • require that wind and solar be... ...retirements because of your bill, it would require that wind and
  • They're currently 70% reliant on wind and solar.
  • We need wind, solar.
  • We already lead the nation in wind and solar.
Summary: The Senate took up and passed Senate Bill 945, which concerns political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurance holding companies. Senator Hughes argued the bill would protect Texas-based insurers from activist shareholder pressure, especially proposals aimed at limiting insurance coverage for oil and gas companies for ESG or political reasons. The motion to suspend the regular order was adopted over objection, and SB 945 passed to engrossment on a 20-10 vote with one present not voting. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 1117, allowing any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin in oral or maxillofacial regions for aesthetic purposes, and House Joint Resolution 98, renewing Texas’s application for an Article 5 Convention of States to propose amendments on fiscal restraints, federal power limits, and term limits. Both measures advanced after debate and roll-call votes; SB 1117 passed unanimously after suspension of the three-day rule, and H.J.R. 98 was adopted on a 17-14 vote. Members then approved several other measures, including the committee substitute for House Bill 142 on HHSC’s Office of Inspector General and Medicaid overpayment recovery, Senate Bill 2373 on AI-enabled financial fraud and deepfake/phishing schemes, Senate Bill 2221 on fraudulent UCC financing statements, and Senate Bill 2681 on the basis for third-party voter-registration challenges. The Senate also adopted a resolution authorizing a Texas Life Monument replica at the Capitol complex, and passed S.J.R. 59 creating funds for Texas State Technical College capital needs. The body debated and passed Senate Bill 946, which would bar credit discrimination against organizations based on social, political, religious, or similar value-based considerations and require credit decisions to rest on creditworthiness. Senators raised concerns that the bill could create a special protected class for non-human entities or conflict with existing state policies, but the bill advanced to engrossment on a 20-11 vote. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2477 to ease office-to-residential conversions in large cities after adopting an amendment negotiated with municipal stakeholders, and began consideration of Senate Bill 715 on ERCOT reliability requirements for generators, including existing generation, with extensive debate over impacts on renewables, power purchase agreements, and grid reliability.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Mon Apr 20, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Plus storm surge, plus Plus storm surge, plus the<00:23:40.600> winds. the winds. the winds.
  • damage assessment. damage assessment.
  • damage.
  • not damaging that. not damaging that.
  • damages so that we could get a damage damages so that we could get a damage assessment<01:20:05.480