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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Council Feb 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Dixie Electric is from Montgomery; they've got the entire electrical package.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission (11/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And there is a lot of research going on and some use of electric machines in the forest that is starting
- </c><00:45:36.640><c> of</c> research going on and some use of research going on and some use of electric
- 38.560><c> in</c><00:45:38.800><c> the</c><00:45:38.960><c> forest</c><00:45:39.280><c> that</c> electric
- machines uh in the forest that electric machines uh in the forest that is<00:45:39.760><c> starting<
- So it took a long time for that to happen, but this is really on the supply side and on the demand side
Summary:
The meeting was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance was led, and the clerk called the roll, establishing a quorum. The committee approved the prior minutes after correcting the date and changing a reference so that a draft-legislation note attributed to Representative Wlette was corrected. After that, the chair introduced a carbon presentation by Mr. Charlie Lebec and invited members and guests to move closer to view the slides.
Mr. Lebec’s presentation focused on forest carbon science and forest carbon offset markets, with emphasis on how forests store, sequester, and emit carbon. He explained greenhouse gases and the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and temperature, then defined key terms such as carbon storage, sequestration, flux, sinks, and sources. He also described forest carbon pools, noting that soils contain a large share of forest carbon, and discussed how forest age affects storage and sequestration, arguing that younger forests often sequester carbon faster while older forests store more carbon overall. He also addressed how harvested wood products can continue to store carbon, responding to a question from a member about mass timber and carbon sinks.
The presentation included regional comparisons showing New Hampshire’s forest density, carbon storage, and sequestration relative to other New England states, and noted that New Hampshire forests offset more than 30% of the state’s annual greenhouse gas emissions from nonforest sources, while Maine and Vermont offset even larger shares. Mr. Lebec said eastern forests are generally carbon sinks, unlike some western forests affected by wildfire, and stressed that forest management, soil protection, and forest age all influence carbon outcomes. No votes or substantive policy actions were taken beyond approving the minutes; the meeting was primarily informational.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (04/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- But there's waste at every part of the food supply chain.
- constantly going up, it’s very true because the cost of grain is constantly going up, the cost of electricity
- grain is constantly going up, the cost grain is constantly going up, the cost of<01:33:18.880><c> electricity
- </c> of electricity is constantly going up. of electricity is constantly going up. those<01:33:21.520
Summary:
The committee first took up a Senate message on HB 179, relative to hazardous waste accident fees. Members reviewed the Senate amendment, which would cap the daily non-payment penalty at no more than $1,000 per day and limit the cumulative penalty to 25% of the cost, with no additional daily penalty if the responsible party is following an agreed payment plan. Members discussed the change from the committee’s earlier version, which had allowed penalties up to 100% of the damages, and agreed the revised language was reasonable. The committee voted to concur with the Senate amendment and indicated the bill could be placed on consent.
The committee then recessed SB 302, requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners, because a late request for an additional change had not yet been fully reviewed. It next voted on SB 229, relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat. Supporters said the bill would expand retail access to these meats, support New Hampshire farms, and improve food security. Members also noted the Department of Agriculture did not object, that the bill would remove a sunset and keep more workable inspection rules in place, and that the animals involved are largely from closed herds. The committee voted unanimously to pass SB 229 and agreed to place it on consent.
Finally, the committee considered SB 50, establishing a committee to study the regulation of private animal boarding facilities. Members described disturbing testimony about missing, injured, or dead dogs and the lack of clear oversight, licensing, or even a reliable list of kennels in the state. They discussed possible study topics including licensing, inspection authority, standards, penalties, and protections for both pet owners and boarding operators, including disclosure of medical conditions. The committee voted unanimously to pass SB 50 and also agreed to place it on consent. After the executive sessions, the committee heard a presentation from the New Hampshire Food Alliance on the state’s first food and agriculture strategic plan, introduced by director Nicole Cardwell, with participation from advisory committee members including Rep. Bixby and Commissioner Sean Jasper.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 01/21/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- fence; a string of electric fence would do as well.
- fence; a string of electric fence would do as well.
- </c> plywood something like that an electric plywood something like that an electric fence<01:08:22.400
- </c><01:08:23.640><c> fence</c> fence a string of of an electric fence fence a string of of an electric
- </c> be solar Farms as well as electric be solar Farms as well as electric transmission<02:07:27.639>
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> House Bill 978, House Draft 1, relating to electric utilities.
- Next up, we have HB 978, HD1, relating to electric utilities.
- Next up, we have HB 978, HD1, relating to electric utilities.
- Next up, we have HB 978, HD1, relating to electric utilities.
- </c><02:14:36.559><c> utilities</c> HD1 relating to Electric utilities HD1 relating to Electric utilities
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on several transportation and consumer-related bills. HB 496, relating to mamaki tea labeling, drew support from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Weights and Measures, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, which said the bill would help protect a culturally important crop and the Hawaii brand. Members questioned Agriculture about staffing and whether the bill was being used to reopen a package-labeling inspection branch; the department said it currently has no Oahu inspectors for that function but has a place for an additional inspector. No opposition was registered on the measure.
HB 978, relating to electric utilities, and HB 1316, relating to DLNR/park reservations, were also heard. HB 1316 received support from State Parks, and members discussed where reservation fees would go and whether the statewide reservation system for three parks would cover its costs; the committee indicated a change would be made so fees go to the special fund. HB 914, relating to water carriers, drew support or comments from the PUC, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Young Brothers, and the Hawaii Harbor Users Group. The main discussion focused on the proposed automatic rate-adjustment mechanism tied to the GDP price index, with members asking for alternative index ideas and questioning whether the PUC already had authority to adopt such a mechanism. Young Brothers said the measure would provide clarity and help recover inflationary costs, while the chair raised concerns about repeated rate increases and asked for further testimony on possible alternative indices.
HB 1161, relating to transportation and road usage charges, received support from the Insurance Division, DOT, and the State Energy Office, with comments from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Hawaii Food Industry Association. Members asked whether counties need state authorization to adopt mileage-based charges and why the bill included funding for implementation; DOT said it is helping counties build the data collection and billing system and that Honolulu is handling much of the collection work. A question was also raised about whether plug-in hybrids would be covered, and DOT said vehicles under the federal electric-vehicle definition would be included. HB 1301, relating to transportation network companies, drew opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, Lyft, and Uber, all arguing that classifying TNCs as common carriers and changing liability rules would raise costs, reduce access, and disrupt the current statewide framework. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 112 May 5th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:23:24.680><c> And</c><03:23:25.000><c> when</c> used to generate electricity.
- And when used to generate electricity.
- You're thinking, 'Please, give me a lifetime supply of soy sauce that I'll put in a drawer and never
- of soy sauce give me a lifetime supply of soy sauce that<03:34:43.960><c> I'll</c><03:34:44.080><c>
- We support the idea of not proactively providing all of these different supplies at a higher cost to
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 119 May 13th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- (PUC) that establishes a first allotment of residential electricity Allotment of residential electricity
- Full annual bill means the projected electricity or gas consumption of a participant in a calendar year
- Investor-owned utility or utility means a retail electric utility, retail gas utility, or a combined
- retail electric and gas utility in the state that is regulated by the commission and is not a cooperative
- electric ...and is not a cooperative electric association or a municipal association or a municipal.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Feb 12th, 2026
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- Did the bill sponsor explain... ...what happens when there is no electricity?
- If there is a violation, someone runs out of electricity and the machine or the device quits communicating
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
Summary:
The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions met in executive session and considered four House bills. House Bill 1786, described by the ranking member as increasing spending authority, was approved after a roll call vote of 12 ayes and 1 no. House Bill 2694 was explained as allowing several Department of Public Safety funds, including the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy Fund and the crime victims compensation fund, to remain in their dedicated accounts rather than being swept into general revenue at the end of the biennium; members discussed whether the funds were self-sustaining and whether future legislation might be needed if reserves grew too large. It passed 12-1.
House Bill 2885, involving a $1 million waiver and the timing of when collected funds would become available, was discussed briefly; the sponsor noted that an emergency clause would be needed to apply the change immediately, but the committee chose to proceed without one. It also passed 12-1. House Bill 1712, concerning electronic monitoring violations, prompted questions about what happens when a device loses power or is unintentionally not charged. Members explained that such cases typically generate a violation report for the judge, who can hold a hearing and decide whether the failure was accidental or intentional; intentional tampering could lead to revocation and possible charges, while accidental failures generally would not result in jail. This bill passed unanimously, 13-0, and the committee then adjourned.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- your House Committee on Commerce was relieved of its charge of overseeing telecommunications and electric
- :02:59.680><c> and</c> of overseeing telecommunications and of overseeing telecommunications and electric
- 01.560><c> when</c><00:03:01.680><c> the</c><00:03:01.760><c> newly</c><00:03:02.120><c> formed</c> electric
- utilities when the newly formed electric utilities when the newly formed Energy<00:03:02.880><c> and
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Four years of air raid sirens, sleepless nights, cold winters without heat or electricity because of
- :27:22.720><c> or</c> nights, cold winters without heat or nights, cold winters without heat or electricity
- because</c><00:27:23.679><c> of</c><00:27:23.919><c> constant</c><00:27:24.320><c> attacks</c> electricity
- because of constant attacks electricity because of constant attacks on<00:27:24.880><c> civilian</c>
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Apr 16, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- with factually inaccurate information, including the fallacy that nuclear power is carbon-free electricity
- carbon-f</c><00:15:17.199><c> free</c> nuclear power is carbon-f free nuclear power is carbon-f free electricity
- .<00:15:18.800><c> Regarding</c><00:15:19.279><c> small</c><00:15:19.519><c> modular</c> electricity.
- Regarding small modular electricity.
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection met on April 16, 2025, and heard three resolutions. STR 57 SD1 urged Congress to create a national reinsurance program to address insurance impacts from catastrophic natural disasters; there was no public testimony, and the committee later recommended passage without amendment. STR 198 SD1 encouraged Hawaii insurers and the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to pursue subrogation claims against polluters to reduce insurance costs for residents; again, there was no public testimony, and the committee recommended passage without amendment.
The committee spent most of its hearing on STR 136 SD1/HD1, which would create a Hawaii State Energy Office nuclear energy working group to study advanced nuclear power technologies. The Public Utilities Commission and State Energy Office provided written testimony and answered questions. Testimony from 350 Hawaii, Energy Justice Network, and an individual witness opposed the measure, arguing nuclear power and small modular reactors are too expensive, unproven, slow to deploy, create unresolved safety and waste issues, and do not align with Hawaii’s renewable energy goals. Opponents also criticized the measure’s amendment process, saying it replaced the original contents without adequate public notice.
During decision-making, the committee adopted the recommendation to pass STR 57 SD1 unamended and STR 198 SD1 unamended. For STR 136 SD1/HD1, the committee adopted a recommendation to pass the measure with amendments, including changing it to a one-year working group with an interim report in 2026 and a final report before the 2027 Legislature. The motion passed with one recorded no vote and some excused members, and the meeting adjourned afterward.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Mar 19th, 2025
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- benefit the off-grid people, primarily in the Navajo Nation and the Pueblos that do not have any electricity
- People, primarily in the Navajo Nation and the Pueblos that do not have any electricity at all because
- addition, allowing the credit for third-party taxpayers who install photovoltaic systems and sell electricity
- And sell electricity on properties they do not own, further erodes the horizontal equity.
Committee:
House House Taxation & Revenue
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Feb 20th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- President Trump's funding freeze executive order and Secretary Duffy's more recent cancellation of electric
- Do you believe the cancellation of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding by Secretary
- which is saying... saying, hey, by 2030 you can't basically have two-thirds of the cars have to be electric
- and by 2035 all of them have to be electric, actually move that forward.
Keywords:
transportation, air traffic control, safety regulations, Boeing 737 MAX, Department of Transportation, infrastructure funding, public safety, legislative oversight
Summary:
The committee meeting addressed several pressing issues concerning transportation, particularly focusing on the need for improved safety standards and efficient management at the Department of Transportation. Specific discussions revolved around air traffic control, with members highlighting the urgency for a significant upgrade in systems and personnel. Notably, concerns were raised regarding past practices, especially the handling of safety regulations during the Boeing 737 MAX incidents. The committee expressed a clear intent to ensure rigorous safety oversight moving forward, emphasizing that the health and safety of the public must remain the top priority in all legislative and funding decisions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health May 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- For our infrastructure projects, we have two electrical infrastructure project upgrades at our hospitals
- For Napa, we propose $7.27 million in General Fund for the working drawings phase of their electrical
- The project will upgrade the electrical distribution infrastructure from a 2.4 kilovolt to a 12-kilovolt
- The electrical infrastructure for both of these hospitals was installed in the 1970s, so it is over 50
- These projects are necessary to ensure resilient and reliable primary and backup electrical flow to our
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (10/02/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a bill relative to changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standard, and I will be
- </c><01:01:48.240><c> renewable</c> to the minimum electric renewable to the minimum electric renewable
- So this bill, as it implies, makes changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standard.
- </c><01:02:19.119><c> renewable</c><01:02:19.599><c> portfolio</c> minimum uh electric renewable portfolio
- minimum uh electric renewable portfolio standard. standard. standard.
Summary:
The committee opened a work session on 17 retained bills and moved through several measures, often with motions to ought to pass or inexpedient to legislate. House Bill 54, allowing alternative treatment centers to operate for profit, was supported as a way to improve efficiency and potentially lower costs for medical cannabis users, and it was recommended OTP by a 9-0 vote. House Bill 97, an appropriation for wastewater infrastructure, drew mixed views: supporters said the Senate’s reduced funding still met the bill’s intent, while opponents argued the funding was inadequate for critical infrastructure needs; the committee voted 5-4 to ITL. House Bill 111, extending the Right to Know Ombudsman and exempting certain assistance from unauthorized practice of law, was recommended ITL 9-0. House Bill 197, concerning state payment of a portion of local retirement contributions, was discussed as a recurring issue; members noted an amendment could fund it starting in fiscal 2027, but the committee ultimately voted 5-4 to recommend the bill itself rather than ITL. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a harms-and-benefits report, was amended to narrow its scope to future privately owned landfills only; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 9-0. House Bill 216, on workers’ compensation credit toward retirement service, was ITL’d 9-0 after the sponsor said the proposal was too open-ended and could affect unknown numbers of people.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're being so successful in getting people to move to electric cars that it's leading to less revenue
- And we're being so successful in getting people to move to electric cars that it's leading to less revenue
- And, as you mentioned, a lot of the more efficient vehicles and electric vehicles can also affect that
Committee:
Senate Rules
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary & Secondary Education & Workforce Development (1-20-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we are currently looking at renovating to update and replace the mechanical, electrical and plumbing
- Uh, we are currently looking at renovating to update and replace the mechanical, electrical and plumbing
- c><00:02:08.720><c> the</c><00:02:09.440><c> mechanical,</c> Update and replace the mechanical, electrical
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education and Workforce Development met without a quorum at first, so it did not approve minutes and instead heard agency capital requests. The Education and Labor Cabinet presented a $6.2 million reauthorization for renovation of the Charles W. McDow Center for the Blind in Louisville, which serves blind and visually impaired individuals through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. The project would update mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems. Members asked about the number of students served and the facility’s location; the cabinet said it would follow up on the enrollment figure and explained that prior funding had been redirected to expanded services for people with disabilities and employment needs.
The Kentucky Department of Education then presented its request to replace the SEEK system, the state’s primary school funding formula and calculation platform. Officials said the current in-house system dates to about 2008 and is increasingly difficult to maintain, especially as legislative changes require complex recalculations. They explained that a prior vendor contract was terminated after change orders and cost overruns made the project unworkable; the original contract was about $2.8 million, and the proposed change order would have more than doubled that amount. KDE said it is seeking additional funding while also trying to recover the prior vendor’s work product so it can potentially reuse parts of the code and proceed in modules if necessary.
Members questioned the cost, the statewide role of SEEK, and whether state staff familiar with the system would be involved in any new procurement. KDE officials said they had already assigned internal staff and a project manager to the earlier RFP process and would do so again. They also noted that SEEK calculations, tax calculations, and attendance data all feed into the system, making it critical for accurate and timely district payments and data requests. The meeting ended with no votes taken, and the chair announced the next meeting would be held the following Tuesday, the 27th, at 10:00 a.m. in the same room.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- role in our state, ensuring that Florida's consumers receive some of the most essential services: electric
- what we saw in the last 50 years, particularly in gas, water, and maybe most significantly in the electric
- what we saw in the last 50 years, particularly in the gas, water, maybe most significantly in the electric
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and first considered SB 1416, which would move municipal elections to coincide with the general election and extend incumbent terms until the new schedule takes effect. Senators discussed whether the bill would affect runoff elections, with the sponsor explaining that runoff timing would shift to the August primary/general election framework. The Florida League of Cities and Florida Association of Counties were noted as opposed, while members cited potential taxpayer savings and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee then took up SB 766, as amended by strike-all, which would require agents of certain “countries of concern” to register with the Division of Elections when engaging in political activity. The amendment narrowed the bill’s focus and aligned terminology with existing state law. After no opposition or debate on the amendment, the committee adopted it and then reported the bill favorably.
Members next heard the reappointment of Mike LaRosa to the Public Service Commission. Questioning focused heavily on PSC transparency, the sufficiency of commission orders, Supreme Court criticism of PSC decisions, storm protection plans, utility rate cases, and how the commission evaluates evidence and consumer impacts. LaRosa said the commission had changed its procedures to produce more detailed orders and more robust discussion, and he described ongoing work on rate cases, public engagement, and emerging energy issues such as small modular reactors. Despite concerns raised, the nomination was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee then approved a block of additional appointments in tabs 4 through 27, also reporting them favorably.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 18, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- The other two would be an electrical and a civil engineer, and we've advertised these positions on multiple
- Electrical. Are they being contracted out?
- We're looking at overall space, if you will, within that, which includes electricity, HVAC, all the travel
Summary:
The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met for two workshops. The first focused on vacant positions in the Division of Early Learning and the Department of Education. Committee members reviewed vacancy reports, including long-vacant positions and positions that had received discretionary pay adjustments. Division and department officials said many vacancies were being filled, advertised, or under review, but acknowledged persistent recruitment and retention problems, especially for engineering, legal, finance, IT, and other specialized roles. Members questioned whether some long-vacant positions were still necessary, whether overtime and workload were being affected, and whether outside contracting, cross-training, combining positions, or eliminating some vacancies could help. Officials said they were considering those options and noted that hiring has become slower and more difficult since the pandemic, with lower applicant volume and more competition from other agencies and private employers.
The second workshop addressed draft legislation related to school choice scholarships and the FEFP. The chair said the committee’s prior hearings raised concerns about student identification numbers, cross-checking between districts and scholarship organizations, duplicated FTE reporting, delayed district payments, scholarship payment timing, and inconsistent data sources. She said the proposed language is intended to standardize scholarship processing and improve accuracy and efficiency while preserving the long-standing FEFP principle that funds follow the student. She also said funding scholarship students below the line would not solve the identified problems and could create disparities. The draft would align processing for the Family Empowerment Scholarship and Florida Tax Credit Scholarship programs and would reduce add-on weights by 50% while keeping the current policy structure.
No votes were taken. The chair invited further comments and said the draft budget and legislation would continue to be refined before rollout. The meeting adjourned without objection.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- really something we're finally, society has finally recognized, you know, that it's okay to have an electric
- Thank you, Chair. that it's OK to have an electric something ERs.
- I do happen to have a number of electric chainsaws, and I did mention that they are now my favorite in