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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- ADEQ is... ...and our contract support time per event submission.
- We simply don't have the funds to be able to support the request.
- But at this point, I have to support this bill.
- If we say you should not support them now.
- We'd appreciate your support, and I'm happy to answer any questions.
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I really appreciate your support on this as well. I'll let my testifier...
- Please support House File ...
- We are here to offer support to this bill as we have in the past.
- It was good that we did have as much support as we had in this cycle, and that the support was there.
- </c> in this this cycle and that the support in this this cycle and that the support was<00:35:59.760
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, I want to touch briefly on targeted electrification demonstration projects.
- So planning and generating community support for these alternatives takes time.
- How strongly might you support that?
- First, regarding sentiment, we used a five-point scale of non-supportive to very supportive, a pretty
- People were either neutral, supportive, or very supportive of the concept universally.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on two related issues: gas utilities’ climate compliance plans filed with the Department of Public Utilities and the recent DPU orders reforming the Gas System Enhancement Program (GSEP). Chair Creem and other senators emphasized that Massachusetts must reduce gas use, shrink the gas distribution footprint, and move customers to alternatives such as heat pumps, network geothermal, and non-gas pipeline alternatives (NPAs). DPU Chair Jamie Van Nostrand said the new GSEP orders lower the annual revenue cap from 3.0% to 2.5%, phase it down toward 1.5%, eliminate carrying charges, require more rigorous risk prioritization, and push utilities to consider advanced leak technology, relining, repairs, and NPAs. He also described the climate compliance plans as the start of a longer process covering decommissioning, stranded costs, line extension allowances, integrated energy planning, and targeted electrification demonstrations.
Senators pressed the DPU and utility witnesses on the lack of specificity in the climate compliance plans, especially the absence of numeric goals for gas usage reduction, customer conversions, and near-term deployment of NPAs. Utility representatives from Eversource and National Grid said their plans include NPA frameworks, integrated energy planning, targeted electrification pilots, network geothermal, and workforce transition efforts, but argued that implementation takes time, requires customer participation, and depends on coordination with electric utilities and communities. They said some NPA and electrification projects are being evaluated now, while larger-scale deployment is expected later in the decade. Senators also raised concerns about line extension allowances, with utilities explaining that new customers may be charged based on whether existing ratepayers would otherwise be harmed, while National Grid said it has begun increasing customer contributions to send stronger price signals.
Attorney General Mary Gardner supported the DPU’s GSEP reforms and said the office favors eventually stepping the GSEP cap down to zero by 2030, with repair and replacement costs recovered in base rate cases instead. She argued that the utilities’ plans still rely too heavily on business-as-usual approaches, do not adequately quantify scope 3 emissions, and leave unresolved questions about the obligation to serve and the future of line extension allowances. Advocacy witnesses from the Conservation Law Foundation and Acadia Center were more critical, saying the plans lack the detailed modeling, targets, and transparency needed to show how the utilities will help meet the Commonwealth’s heating and cooling sublimits and broader climate goals. No votes were taken; the hearing consisted of testimony and questioning.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Feb 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/25/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:58.200><c> the</c> The next two slides will demonstrate the The next two slides will demonstrate
- </c> We've been include them in our Support We've been include them in our Support Our<00:14:04.680><
- </c> supports this bill becoming a law. supports this bill becoming a law.
- I I support this very much. I this bill. I I support this very much.
- </c> value exclusion, you have to demonstrate value exclusion, you have to demonstrate service<00:30:
Keywords:
military, pay, officers, enlisted members, state active service, Minnesota Statutes, veterans, burial eligibility, honor guard, state cemeteries, military service, burial fees, veterans affairs, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, advisory task force, commanders task force, veterans service organizations, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> programs that will directly support programs that will directly support students<00:04:46.360><c
- </c> hungry students students United supports hungry students students United supports a<00:14:55.600
- support our students.
- This program has demonstrated that timely financial support can make a significant difference in keeping
- that timely has demonstrated at that timely financial<00:23:59.720><c> support</c><00:24:00.240><c>
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 21st, 2026 at 08:25 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So how is this government supporting advanced reactors?
- To go to a nuclear demonstration, we need to do engineering demonstration at different stages to test
- their demonstration and criticality.
- As I mentioned before, before you go to nuclear demonstration, you have to do the engineering demonstration
- One is DOME, Demonstration of Operational Microreactor Experiments.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Apr 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Pba waiving in support. Good morning, sir.
- or vice chair and thank you. >> I support FHP and you can show your support for FHP as well by voting
- But thank you for your support. I know Bill Smith from yes, we'll do.
- I'm going to support it today.
- So with that as we favorable support. >> Thank you, Senator.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tax panel hears bill to create agricultural water quality property tax credit, HF363 3/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:26:42.720><c> their</c> pathway for Farmers to demonstrate their pathway for Farmers to demonstrate
- I support this bill.
- </c><00:42:04.640><c> this</c> bill to hearing today I support this bill to hearing today I support this
- </c><00:42:15.960><c> similar</c> the state already supports similar the state already supports similar
- So I'd appreciate your support. It's a very good bill. Thank you. I'd appreciate your support.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I support this very much.
- I have governments to support disabled veterans governments to support disabled veterans by<00:04:16.959
- </c><00:04:27.280><c> veterans</c> doing, stepping up to support veterans doing, stepping up to support
- I support this very much. I have bill. I support this very much.
- </c> value exclusion you have to demonstrate value exclusion you have to demonstrate service<00:09:10.000
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 04/02/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes directly supporting demonstration projects with seed funding that is so vital for startups
- includes directly supporting This includes directly supporting demonstration<00:42:14.960><c> projects
- directly to supporting these demonstration projects for the startup businesses and the pilot host along
- <00:53:10.960><c> these</c><00:53:11.280><c> demonstration</c><00:53:11.920><c> projects</c> supporting
- these demonstration projects supporting these demonstration projects for<00:53:12.880><c> the</c><00
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So how is the government supporting advanced reactors?
- To go to a nuclear demonstration, we need to do engineering demonstration at different stages to test
- And Idaho is proud to be part of it, with most of them in one way or the other supporting their demonstration
- As I mentioned before, before you go to nuclear demonstration, you have to do the engineering demonstration
- One is DOME, Demonstration of Operational Microreactor Experiments.
Summary:
The meeting was an extended briefing from Idaho National Laboratory officials on the lab’s mission, its role in nuclear energy research, and the federal push to accelerate advanced reactor deployment. Speakers described INL’s size and capabilities, including test reactors, fuel and materials facilities, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure work, and partnerships with DOE, the NRC, the Department of Defense, and private companies. They emphasized that the lab is supporting both commercial nuclear development and national security work, while also training a large intern workforce.
A major theme was the current federal effort to streamline nuclear regulation and speed up licensing and demonstration. The speakers said recent executive orders and DOE/NRC coordination are reducing redundant requirements, shortening environmental review timelines, and aiming for three new nuclear systems to reach criticality by July 4, 2026. They argued that regulatory uncertainty has been a major driver of nuclear cost and that the administration’s actions, along with DOE’s pilot and demonstration programs, are intended to rebuild the domestic supply chain and industrial base.
The discussion also focused on advanced reactor types, including small modular reactors, microreactors, molten salt concepts, and liquid-metal designs. Officials said these technologies are being developed for data centers, military bases, remote communities, industrial heat, hydrogen production, and other nontraditional uses. They highlighted several projects and companies, including Oklo, Aalo, Radiant, X-energy, TerraPower, Kairos, and DOE’s MARVEL and Project Pele efforts, and said some reactors are expected to reach criticality or operation in the next few years. Questions from attendees covered safety, public health impacts, materials and heat management, waste or used fuel handling, costs, and whether nuclear could remain competitive against other energy sources; the speakers responded that advanced reactors are designed with passive safety features, that used fuel should be viewed as a resource, and that cost remains highly design- and supply-chain-dependent.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/05/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Statewide however we need your support Statewide however we need your support to<00:28:55.640><c
- </c> job creation across our state supporting job creation across our state supporting SE<00:43:18.119
- </c><00:43:45.599><c> for</c> resilient economy we your support for resilient economy we your support
- </c> to highlight the letter of support to highlight the letter of support signed<01:14:56.080><c> um
- </c> creating Financial models to support creating Financial models to support this<01:32:58.159><c>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (01/13/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> support with an ought to pass motion. support with an ought to pass motion.
- </c><01:04:05.839><c> centers</c> infrastructure can support data centers infrastructure can support
- Um but we would not support it as it is.
- </c> you for Thank you for your support. you for Thank you for your support.
- And with that, we'll close the support.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes directly supporting demonstration projects with seed funding that is so vital for startups
- <00:04:45.080><c> demonstration</c><00:04:45.759><c> projects</c><00:04:46.320><c> with</c> supporting
- demonstration projects with supporting demonstration projects with seed<00:04:47.160><c> funding</c>
- </c> this can have bipartisan um support this can have bipartisan um support because<00:15:31.279><c>
- </c> support and those who would be supported support and those who would be supported by<00:53:26.880
Keywords:
energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So how is this government supporting advanced reactors?
- So how is this government supporting advanced reactors?
- To go to a nuclear demonstration, we need to do engineering demonstration at different stages to test
- And INL is proud to be part-time with most of them, in one way or the other, supporting their demonstration
- As I mentioned before, before you go to nuclear demonstration, you have to do the engineering demonstration
Summary:
The meeting was a presentation and Q&A at Idaho National Laboratory focused on the state of nuclear energy, advanced reactors, and the lab’s role in testing, regulation, and commercialization. Speakers described INL’s broader mission beyond nuclear, including cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, but emphasized its major nuclear capabilities: the Advanced Test Reactor, TREAT, the Materials and Fuels Complex, and other test beds used to accelerate fuel and materials testing. They also highlighted the lab’s size, workforce, internship pipeline, and partnerships with DOE, DHS, DOD, and private companies.
A major topic was the federal push to speed up nuclear deployment through executive orders and regulatory reform. Speakers said DOE and the NRC are reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, streamlining environmental reviews, and working toward a goal of having three new nuclear systems achieve criticality by July 4, 2026. They discussed the difference between microreactors, small modular reactors, and traditional gigawatt-scale plants, arguing that advanced reactors can be factory-built, safer, and better suited for data centers, military bases, remote communities, industrial heat, and other nontraditional uses. They also said the U.S. is rebuilding its nuclear supply chain, including enrichment and fuel fabrication, and that states willing to host parts of the fuel cycle could see major economic benefits.
The speakers addressed questions about cost, safety, waste, and international competition. They said advanced reactors rely on passive safety features, TRISO fuel, and natural circulation, and that the industry’s challenge is often cost uncertainty rather than a precise fuel or materials limit. They argued used nuclear fuel should be viewed as a resource rather than waste if recycling becomes policy, and said microreactors should produce relatively small amounts of spent fuel. They also noted that China and Russia continue to build aggressively, with China on pace to surpass the U.S. in total nuclear generation, while U.S. projects such as Palisades, Crane Clean Energy Center, Duane Arnold, Oklo, Aalo, MARVEL, and Project Pele are moving forward under DOE and private-sector partnerships.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're using AI as a support mechanism.
- So we support GAIN. We do a lot of work with GAIN.
- It'll be able to support the full pipeline from fundamental discovery to that pilot plant demonstration
- Inside the high bays and demonstration research.
- How can they support the supply chain? How can they support...
Summary:
The meeting opened with remarks about the value of public engagement and the quality of questions from the group, followed by a series of technical presentations from Idaho National Laboratory staff. Joe Renovitz described recent nuclear regulatory changes tied to presidential executive orders, including NRC Part 53 for advanced reactors, the forthcoming Part 57 for very small reactors, and DOE updates to reactor authorization standards. He emphasized efforts to align DOE and NRC processes, use risk-informed and performance-based licensing, support reactor deployment for AI/data centers and national security, and use AI to speed communications and crosswalks between DOE and NRC requirements. In response to questions, he said there was no plan to merge agencies, but rather to improve coordination and public outreach through groups like GAIN and NEI.
David Tolman then discussed the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel storage, transportation, disposal, and reprocessing. He explained high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), why it is needed for advanced reactors, and DOE’s HALEU Availability Program and related investments in enrichment, transportation, deconversion, and supply chain development. He also covered spent fuel management, the possibility of centralized storage or a fuel-cycle campus, the Center for Used Fuel Research, and ongoing work on high-burnup cask testing and reprocessing technologies. Tolman described aqueous, pyrochemical, and fluoride-volatility reprocessing approaches, noting the advantages and waste characteristics of each, and said several companies are working with INL on these technologies.
Ashley Shields presented INL’s AI and nuclear work, focusing on the Genesis initiative and the Prometheus effort to use AI to design, license, build, and operate reactors with far less human intervention. She described INL’s broad use of generative AI tools, the need to manage large volumes of legacy technical data, and applications in reactor design, materials discovery, autonomous laboratories, and digital twins. Shields said AI is being used to reduce the enormous documentation burden in nuclear licensing and to support autonomous or remotely operated reactor demonstrations, while stressing that humans remain in supervisory roles. In discussion, she addressed data security, model access, and the continued need for software engineers. The session then recessed briefly and resumed with Mitch Kerman beginning a presentation on critical minerals and materials.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Feb 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I stand in support. I stand in support. Mr.
- I'm here in support of SB 55.
- So while I support it now, today, I may not be able to support it if those aren't included.
- we urge your support.
- It had wide support. This bill... ...universal provision in Senate Bill 5 had wide support.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 55, which would expand New Mexico’s solar market development income tax credit from 10% to 30% after the federal solar credit expired, raise the per-credit cap from $6,000 to $15,000, and keep the existing overall $30 million cap with a sunset in 2032. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the bill would help stabilize the residential solar sector, protect jobs, and support consumers, small businesses, small agriculture, and tribal communities. Public testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, though some members raised questions about fiscal capacity and the bill’s impact. The committee passed SB 55 on a 7-4 vote.
The committee then took up House Bill 267, the Wildfire Mitigation and Liability Act, on a committee substitute. The bill would require utilities to file and maintain wildfire mitigation plans, obtain PRC approval, and receive a rebuttable presumption in civil actions if they substantially comply; it also includes access provisions for mitigation work on private and public property, cost recovery, damage limits, and a one-year statute of limitations. Utilities and co-op representatives supported the bill as a way to reduce wildfire risk and address rising insurance costs, while insurers, OSI, and wildfire-victim advocates opposed it, arguing it overly limits liability, shifts losses to homeowners and insurers, and does not fully compensate victims. Several committee members expressed concern about the liability standards, deemed approval, access to property, and the short limitations period, but the bill ultimately passed on an 8-3 vote after the chair corrected the motion and revote.
Next, House Bill 320, the Industrial Carbon Reduction Act, was presented. It would create production incentives and capital grants for industrial materials made at least 40% cleaner than the industry average, with clawbacks for underperformance and competitive review by EDD and Environment. Supporters from the gas company and chambers of commerce said it uses performance-based incentives to encourage cleaner manufacturing, attract investment, and create jobs. One member raised an anti-donation clause concern, but the sponsor said the bill’s performance requirements and clawbacks address that issue. The committee passed HB 320 on a 10-1 vote.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 104, a follow-up to last year’s wildlife agency reform bill. It would replace vetoed language by creating a process for a governor’s removal of a wildlife commissioner that includes notice, a hearing, and direct review by the New Mexico Supreme Court, while keeping the governor’s removal authority for cause. Ranching, angling, outfitter, and conservation groups supported the bill as a bipartisan fix that adds accountability and avoids political retaliation. Members asked about the removal process and direct Supreme Court review, and some who had initially been skeptical said the testimony changed their view. The bill was moving forward with support at the end of the discussion.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- He's demonstrated a tireless dedication to serving his community. Throughout his career, Mr.
- He's demonstrated a tireless dedication to serving his community. Throughout his career, Mr.
- He's demonstrated a tireless dedication to serving his community. Throughout his career, Mr.
- </c><00:05:36.000><c> a</c><00:05:36.320><c> deep</c> cultural resources, demonstrating a deep cultural
- resources, demonstrating a deep commitment<00:05:37.360><c> to</c><00:05:37.960><c> sustainability,<