Video & Transcript Research : 'utilities'
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce Mar 25th, 2025 at 08:00 am
Business & Commerce
Bills:
SB 483, SB 522, SB 783, SB 1239, SB 1254, SB 1255, SB 1259, SB 1341, SB 1664, SB 1762, SB 1856, SB 1877, SB 1977
Keywords:
utility, proprietary information, customer data, data protection, electric service, customer information, emergency communication, electric utility, privacy, certification, public accountants, interstate licensing, accounting, regulatory amendment, energy efficiency, construction regulations, building codes, Texas, sustainability, cost-effectiveness
TX
Bills:
SB 483, SB 522, SB 783, SB 1239, SB 1254, SB 1255, SB 1259, SB 1341, SB 1664, SB 1762, SB 1856, SB 1877, SB 1977
Keywords:
utility, proprietary information, customer data, data protection, electric service, customer information, emergency communication, electric utility, privacy, certification, public accountants, interstate licensing, accounting, regulatory amendment, energy efficiency, construction regulations, building codes, Texas, sustainability, cost-effectiveness
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Part I) Apr 14th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Bills:
SB 1169, SB 1285, SB 1583, SB 1611, SB 1898, SB 1976, SB 2160, SB 2161, SB 2658, SB 2661, SB 2662, SB 2692, SB 1055, SB 1359, SB 2660
Keywords:
water service, sewer service, public utility, joint operation, infrastructure, municipality, compliance, groundwater management, water conservation, district planning, environmental regulation, sustainability, groundwater, conservation, fees, agricultural uses, water regulation, wastewater treatment, environmental testing, pollutants
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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and that the rural electric utilities and that the rural electric utilities - You'll see that on electric utility, and you'll see it on public utility in those definitions.
- shall not fund surface water utility shall not fund surface water utility until<00:48:41.440>
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and surface water drainage utilities, and surface water drainage utilities
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Robinson and others, House Bill 11, a bill entitled An Act Relating to Municipal Water and Sewer Utility
- bill corrects an unintended consequence of the Florida law regarding multiple units of municipal utility
- However, there are unique cases where utility facilities are physically located within one municipality
- By Representative Robinson and others, House Bill 11, entitled An Act Relating to Water and Sewer Utility
Keywords:
sales tax reduction, budget cuts, boating safety, water treatment, municipal utilities, school safety, medical malpractice, firearm purchase age, cursive writing instruction, first responder support, veto overrides, veterans funding, infrastructure projects
Summary:
The Florida House convened for regular business, with Speaker Perez announcing historic budget plans including the largest state tax cut in Florida history - a permanent 0.75% sales tax reduction from 6% to 5.25%, saving Floridians nearly $5 billion annually. The House will propose a budget lower than both the Governor's proposal and last year's budget. Several bills passed including Lucy's Law (boating safety), water access facilities funding, municipal utility rate corrections, hazardous walking conditions for schools, and medical malpractice 'Free Kill Law' repeal. The controversial firearm purchase age bill (HB 759) passed 78-34, lowering the minimum age from 21 to 18, despite emotional opposition citing the Parkland shooting. Other bills addressed cursive writing instruction, peer support for first responders, and government sunset reviews. Multiple veto override motions were approved unanimously, reinstating funding for veterans programs and infrastructure projects.
TX
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, solid waste, landfill permits, environmental regulation, population density, municipal waste management, gas utilities, cost recovery, regulatory asset, rate making, Texas Railroad Commission
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility
Transcript Highlights:
- said yesterday in a conversation that we had in our last meeting, this particular program was only utilizing
- Some were highly effective at reducing recidivism, but they had low utilization.
- So, if they were to have more utilization, would they have the same recidivism?
- , evaluated correctional education and highlighted the need for changes to that program so that utilization
Keywords:
business regulation, nonprofit entities, electronic filing, merger agreements, limited liability companies, partnerships, property transfer, termination fees, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:05 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- companies, utilize if left to their own devices to provide dispatchable power?
- It was every utility that came through said they would support this.
- Because they are not utilities, Because they are not utilities, they are unregulated by the Public Regulation
- customers, ship those costs directly to utility customers.
- microgrids from buying power from a utility.
Keywords:
nuclear energy, renewable energy, sustainability, carbon emissions, energy regulation, microgrid, zero carbon resources, Public Regulation Commission, energy generation, electric utilities, motor vehicle manufacturers, licensing, dealers, franchise agreements, consumer protection, water supply, sewage improvements, environment, funding, Mora County
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- public utilities commission as well. public utilities commission as well.
- When the regulated for-profit utilities When the regulated for-profit utilities need<00:04:05.920
- designed to balance interests, the interests of the utilities and the utilities' customers.
- of the utilities and the utilities<00:24:36.000>
customers. - by a public utility?
Keywords:
public utility, interim rates, utility rates, rate case, general rate case, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, PUC, rate increase cap, rate freeze, refunds, customer refunds, ratepayer protection, electric utility, gas utility, regulated utility, ratemaking, return on equity, rate base, test year, rate design
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- If you look at our utility companies, cable companies, telecom companies, gas companies, electric companies
- The funds that were appropriated for that purpose, to make sure that they can be utilized by an eligible
Keywords:
broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- Controller Hager has always been a big proponent of utilizing alternative technologies when feasible,
- You are seeking to amend section 660002 of the Utilities Code.
- Utility issues against Senate Bill 924. Welcome. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee.
- I've been involved in utility regulation with Dallas for over 30 years, and there's a long history of
- My office takes complaints from residents. ...on their utility companies.
Keywords:
broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority
TX
Keywords:
licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, nuclear energy, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, electric utilities, priority facilities, public safety, disaster response, emergency management, insurable interest, individuals with disabilities, life insurance, care providers, insurance regulations
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to welcome everyone to our Utilities Committee meeting.
- being passed on to residential, industrial, agricultural, and commercial ratepayers through higher utility
- So that's a legal term used in the utility world, basically saying that the group that's causing extra
- The Corporation Commission shall enforce the utility and ratepayer protection provisions, and the citizens
- House Bill 2989 allows electric utilities to prepare a wildfire mitigation plan.
Keywords:
high-demand facilities, electric utilities, public infrastructure, water management, taxpayer-funded subsidies, decommissioning plans, local control, citizen initiative, referendum, HB2992, Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma utilities, ratepayer protection, data centers, artificial intelligence computing, AI data centers, cryptocurrency mining, large load customer, electric rates
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/10/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- So the City of Buffalo is a municipal utility, and they have had a little bit of a quorum issue, as many
- Full authority of the government for these utilities is vested in a five-member city council.
- Municipal Utilities Municipal Utilities Association<00:08:19.280>
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- individually um through the uh utilities individually um through the uh utilities were<00:10:43.040
Keywords:
HF1345, statutory city, public utility commission, municipal utilities, city council, local government, utility governance, commission membership, staggered terms, vacancy appointment, ordinance, Minnesota Statutes 412.341, municipal ordinance, city commission, public utilities, HF71, Minnesota, public safety, peace officers, correctional officers
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Rate cases are a vital part of utility regulation that allow a utility to seek recovery of its reasonable
- When those utilities are acquired by larger utilities, if a cap at 20% is in place, that infrastructure
- Will be placed on the utility.
- So the investor-owned utilities are, are, are, um, a private company versus a municipally owned utility
- So if this this utility, this privately held utility is no longer capable of financially managing the
Keywords:
water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , El Paso Water Utilities, and the...
- We're willing to act as a utility on this issue.
- So it's part of the utilities' water loss.
- The remaining utilities are struggling.
- These other utilities also have not announced any kind of plan.
Keywords:
water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Rate cases are a vital part of utility regulation that allow a utility to seek.
- When those utilities are acquired by larger utilities, if a cap at 20% is imposed, it could hinder the
- Systems like Texas water utilities and some of the other larger utilities come in, there is an improvement
- We have a division of utility outreach and a contractor that assists utilities, reaches out to them,
- A large rate case with a lot of participants for a small utility, for some of these class D utilities
Keywords:
water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 27, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- to join an RTO by all their utilities to join an RTO by 2030. 2030. 2030.
- So you’ll see references to electric utility referring to another statute; public utility refers to another
- Exclusive would mean that only the utilities could utilize that easement.
- <01:37:48.960>
Subsection utilities and the land owner. - Subsection utilities and the land owner.
Keywords:
energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 27, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Keywords:
energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Urban and Rural Development
Bills:
SB137
Keywords:
sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification