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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Thu Jan 30, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
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  • <00:24:26.799> power anyone here from Hawaii clean power anyone here from Hawaii clean power
  • puc and uh testimony from Hawaii clean puc and uh testimony from Hawaii clean power<00:30:17.799
  • So is it basically like, if you're making clean power at the site of your wastewater treatment plant,
  • > uh<01:08:13.200> to been a testing program um at uh uh to been a testing program um at uh
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard several energy and environmental bills. On HB 974, which would authorize state step-in agreements for certain power purchase agreements and create a trust fund/reserve mechanism, the Attorney General’s office raised concern that the state should not incur liability beyond the trust fund. The Division of Consumer Advocacy said it had comments but did not take a position, while the Public Utilities Commission, Ameresco, Hawaiian Electric, and other industry groups supported the measure, saying it would help developers secure financing for renewable projects and improve reliability. Hawaiian Electric said the bill would not use state funds and that its proposed reserve account would be held in trust and returned to customers if unused. Committee members questioned whether the reserve would raise customer costs; Hawaiian Electric said the amount would be small and would be offset by avoiding higher financing costs, while Consumer Advocacy suggested the language should be strengthened to ensure unused funds are fully returned. The committee then heard HB 338, which would clarify that premium interest-rate adjustments for non-fossil fuel generation are just and reasonable and allow the PUC to include them in rates. DCCA and the State Energy Office supported the bill, and the PUC also supported it. Hawaiian Electric opposed unless amended, arguing the PUC already has discretion and warning the bill could weaken competitive procurement by encouraging higher bids tied to the utility’s credit rating. DCCA said the concern was that developers might not seek the best financing if premium rates are recoverable, but said Hawaiian Electric’s suggested amendment requiring clear and convincing evidence of unavoidable financing-cost increases would help. Members also asked about refinancing and whether developers could later lower debt costs after locking in a premium rate; DCCA said that ability exists and suggested a time limit or review mechanism. For HB 337, which would direct the PUC to establish standards requiring utilities to remove certain fossil-fuel costs from the rate base when adding renewable resources, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Clean Power Alliance, and the State Energy Office supported the measure. Hawaiian Electric opposed it, saying it misunderstood utility cost recovery and could threaten grid reliability because fossil plants provide ancillary services such as voltage regulation and balancing, not just energy. Hawaiian Electric pointed to its integrated grid plan and recent fossil-unit retirements as evidence of ongoing transition, and asked the committee to defer the bill and leave oversight to the PUC. The committee also heard HB 879 on cesspool conversions, which would raise the maximum grant from $20,000 to $30,000 and add DOH positions; DHHL, DOH, environmental groups, Hawaii Realtors, and others supported it, while DOH discussed staffing needs and the practical effect of the higher grant cap. The committee also began HB 379 on requiring denitrification capacity for certain wastewater systems near shorelines or groundwater, with DLNR testifying in support.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:15:53.000> Okay, overall to the program itself. Okay, overall to the program itself.
  • into alignment with the way the program into alignment with the way the program is<01:17:08.040>
  • would like a natural gas peaking plant would like a natural gas peaking plant.<01:29:22.200> Um
  • I think review on the RPS program.
  • power and small and small power plants. power and small and small power plants.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • Jeopardizing our community water fluoridation programs by allowing localities to opt out of the program
  • fluoridation supplementation programs fluoridation supplementation programs are<00:54:43.760>
  • I am the pediatric dental program director for the University of Kentucky Residency Program, and I am
  • I understand the the desire for clean I understand the the desire for clean water<01:18:55.480><
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 392, sponsored by Representative Proctor, which would help the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities pay for emergency medical and psychiatric services provided to patients outside state facilities when those facilities cannot meet their needs. Proctor described it as a continuing improvement bill to address payment issues for services delivered at community-based facilities. The bill received no substantive opposition in the meeting and passed the committee with favorable expression by a vote of 15 yes, 0 no, and 1 pass. The committee then considered House Bill 580, presented by Representative Kim Moser and Elena Sweezy, which tightens oversight of peer support specialists. The bill was described as building on House Bill 505 from the prior year by reinstating supervision requirements, adding parameters around group sizes, creating a pathway for temporary peer support specialists to become fully registered after nine months, and addressing Medicaid reimbursement and accountability concerns. Members asked about reimbursement; the sponsor said Medicaid was okay with the bill and that commercial insurance coverage would be up to insurers. Representative Fleming emphasized the need for stronger financial oversight of the peer support code. The committee adopted a substitute and title amendment, then passed the bill with favorable expression. House Bill 688 was then heard, with Representative Bratcher explaining that it addresses two issues: preventing fraud in nurse licensure by giving the Kentucky Board of Nursing more discretion to review out-of-state credentials, and expanding school authority to administer certain emergency medications. He said the bill changes the board’s authority from “shall” to “may” so it can verify transcripts, curricula, accreditation, and exam passage. During discussion, Representative Sharp explained his yes vote by noting the bill also adds rescue medications such as glucagon and Solu-Cortef and allows prescribed emergency medications for known conditions in schools. The committee passed the bill with favorable expression. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 16, which would leave decisions about adding fluoride to drinking water to local governing bodies rather than maintaining a state mandate. Supporters, including Representative David Hale, Dr. Jack Call, and Cindy Batson, argued that fluoridation should be a local choice and raised concerns about cost, potential health risks, and the precautionary principle. Opponents, including Dr. Steve Robertson of the Kentucky Dental Association, defended fluoridation as beneficial for preventing tooth decay and warned that local removal decisions could increase Medicaid costs and may not reflect the broader public interest. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote on House Bill 16 in the excerpt.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Other environmental and resource laws like the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Endangered
  • The Director of Clean Energy Infrastructure. Deployment at the Clean Air Task Force.
  • My name is Nicole Pavia, and I'm the Program Director for Clean Energy Infrastructure Deployment at the
  • Clean Air Task Force, or CATF.
  • It's not that these businesses wanted to skirt clean air and clean water protections, they just wanted
Summary: The meeting focused on critical discussions surrounding the need for modernizing the federal environmental review and permitting processes. Witnesses from various sectors, including Nucor, provided testimony on the delays and costs associated with current regulations, emphasizing the impact on infrastructure and economic growth. Major projects in West Virginia, such as the Corridor H and Coalfield Expressways, were highlighted as examples of initiatives stalled by excessive permitting hurdles, prompting calls for bipartisan legislation to streamline these processes while maintaining environmental protections. The committee expressed a commitment to address these issues immediately, highlighting the urgency to enhance efficiency in permitting to facilitate economic development.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Energy, Utilities and Communications

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're honored to be the first project to be supplying into the 1440 program, and this plant demonstrates
  • Canyon power plant in San Luis Obispo County.
  • Again, we need to keep the plant running. Thank you.
  • Again, we need to keep the plant running. Thank you.
  • Existing utility programs have helped, but they're oversubscribed and or ending. programs have helped
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/12/25

Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:
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  • > power<00:36:33.240> plant<00:36:33.520> produces to go through where power plant
  • Minnesota who are committed to a clean Minnesota who are committed to a clean and<00:49:19.000><
  • as part of the transition to clean as part of the transition to clean energy<00:53:04.240> um
  • goes through it's the old power plant goes through it's the old power plant location<01:47:10.760
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That was a nice clean one. So, let's be clear, this is a drug that is used on horses?
  • There were actually donation programs for ivermectin, and there still probably are in these tropical
  • they saw on television and they think, "I'm going to put Clorox in my veins because this is what cleans
  • House Bill 26 by Representative Hollarson codifies an existing law enforcement program in Harris County
  • public is demanding action because they believe that they're safe. when there's a contract deputy program
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, one amendment provides statutory authority for state agencies to administer the grant program,
  • transfer money to appropriate funds for distribution, and it also cleans up the prohibition of the Water
  • eligibility of a political subdivision for a grant from the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/03/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clean energy means it says clean energy.
  • > of<00:10:49.040> clean<00:10:49.360> energy cleans up the definition of clean
  • a clean source.
  • I'm looking at clean.
  • Um mine was very clean. That amendment. Um mine was very clean.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to go to a serious program." We sent him to a serious program. He got out. He was clean.
  • <00:33:50.640> He program. He got out. He was clean. He program. He got out.
  • the plant care component program. the plant care component program.
  • c> and plant care component program and plant care component program and appropriates<00:39:53.440
  • plant care component component component program.<00:40:00.079> And program.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 400, the Judiciary’s biennium budget, and HB 727, a proposal to create a women’s court pilot program. On HB 400, Judiciary officials said the request includes operating funds of about $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $11.9 million for capital improvements. Testifiers from the legal services community, including the Legal Clinic, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Bar Association, supported the budget and emphasized the need for civil legal services and immigration-related legal help. Judge Kim also highlighted Big Island needs, including courthouse design funding and an additional district court judge. HB 727 drew extensive testimony in support from Judiciary officials, treatment court staff, legal and behavioral health organizations, prosecutors, and individuals with lived experience in drug court. Supporters said women in the justice system often face trauma, abuse, addiction, and mental health challenges that are not adequately addressed in existing programs, and argued that a women’s court could improve rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. Judiciary witnesses explained that the proposed program would be a specialty court within the drug court framework, initially focused on the Kona division of the Third Circuit, with possible future expansion to Hilo. A probation officer and a former drug court participant described the benefits of treatment court and the need for women-specific services, including spiritual counseling options. After testimony, the committee recessed briefly for lack of quorum and later returned to vote. HB 400 was passed with amendments, including added amounts in the committee report for civil legal services and immigration-related legal services, and a revised defective date. HB 727 was also passed with amendments, including changes to the purpose section to make the First Circuit women’s court permanent, create a three-year Third Circuit Kona women’s court pilot, and remove the broader expansion language for the time being. The committee adopted both measures by vote, with Senator Chang excused.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Feb 10th, 2026 at 08:32 am

House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • A virtual power plant program enables a networking of these assets that have energy storage.
  • program. grant for $35 million for a virtual power plant program.
  • in New Mexico, are for a virtual power plant program that is 860 megawatts.
  • in New Mexico are for a virtual power plant program that is 860 megawatts.
  • Are for a virtual power plant program that is 860 megawatts.
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 05/12/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You walk in, it's almost a new power plant any day you walk into a power plant.
  • You walk in, it's almost a new power plant any day you walk into a power plant.
  • You walk in, it's almost a new power plant any day you walk into a power plant.
  • it is clean renewable energy. it is clean renewable energy.
  • base load clean renewable energy. base load clean renewable energy.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's clean air, clean energy, and lower cost energy.
  • We need more clean energy, not less.
  • , and clean hydrogen.
  • As for natural gas power plants, I don't believe there's a significant natural gas power plant set up
  • How many collisions occur with natural gas-fired power plants, coal plants, and nuclear plants?
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:31:49.600> um wanted to build a $5 billion plant um wanted to build a $5 billion plant
  • <00:41:36.319> fuel CI for the overall finished clean fuel CI for the overall finished clean
  • agriculture water certification program agriculture water certification program and<00:53:20.599
  • Technology um the plant in lvi Minnesota Technology um the plant in lvi Minnesota uh<01:23:15.760>
  • there's a a national check off program there's a a national check off program<01:36:15.719> and
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee held an introductory meeting that began with housekeeping, a correction to the committee rules (the room number should be G3, not G35), and member and staff introductions. Members described their districts, agricultural ties, and priorities for the session, including consumer food costs, urban agriculture, farm economics, livestock disease preparedness, and support for Minnesota’s agricultural sectors. No votes were taken during the introductory portion. The committee then turned to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Deputy Commissioner Andrea Veble of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said the Walz administration strongly supports SAF because of its potential for agriculture, forestry, and clean energy, and reviewed Minnesota’s 2023 SAF tax credit and related sales tax exemption. She said the state has feedstocks and should continue investing so Minnesota can attract SAF production and support rural jobs. Jeff Davidman of Delta Airlines testified that aviation is difficult to decarbonize and that SAF is the airline industry’s main path to net zero by 2050; he cited current use of SAF, the need to scale production, and Minnesota’s role in supplying feedstocks and hosting future production. Peter Frost of Greater MSP described the Minnesota SAF Hub as a public-private partnership aimed at building the full SAF value chain in Minnesota. He emphasized that Greater MSP is coordinating investors and partners to grow the regional economy and said the SAF effort is intended to create jobs and economic development. Committee members did not ask questions during the portion captured, and no formal action or vote was recorded on the SAF presentations in this transcript excerpt.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Mar 19th, 2025

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • called Be Pro Be Proud, a statewide career technical education engagement program. ...to launch a program
  • A good example is advanced clean energy.
  • New Mexico can drive innovation around clean energy.
  • Black, how many desalination plants do we have in New Mexico? Uh, Mr.
  • They are primarily cleaning up language in our rules.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

Transcript Highlights:
  • A farm to institution pilot program.
  • “soils and with both plants and fungi.
  • , and senior nutrition programs.
  • I'm the food program manager at Eastie Farm.
  • We planted rice, corn, beans, and always enjoyed working with the land and planting.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries held a public hearing on 19 legislative proposals, with testimony limited to three minutes per speaker and seven minutes per panel. The hearing opened with testimony on bills promoting urban agriculture and vacant-lot conversion, including H.121/S.61, which Green Roots staff and community members supported as a way to turn vacant lots in environmental justice communities into urban farms and gardens that improve food access, health, community cohesion, and climate resilience. Rep. James Arena-DeRosa also spoke in support of H.109/S.56, the PFAS bill, describing it as a measure to protect soil and farms from contamination and to create relief for affected farmers. A major portion of the hearing focused on H.109/S.56, which would ban land application of sewage sludge/biosolids, provide liability protection and relief funds for farmers, and address PFAS contamination in soil, water, crops, and animals. Testimony came from environmental groups, farm organizations, and individual farmers, including the Mass Food System Collaborative, Conservation Law Foundation, Clean Water Action, CEMAP, NOFA, Sierra Club, and several farmers who described contamination in Maine and Massachusetts and urged the committee to act. Witnesses emphasized that PFAS poses serious health risks, that farmers should not bear responsibility for legacy contamination, and that the bill should be paired with funding for testing, remediation, and assistance. Committee members asked questions about farm liability, the scope of the bill, contamination in different ownership situations, and the costs and timelines of remediation, with Senator Comerford and others clarifying that the bill is intended to protect farms and farmers rather than non-agricultural landholders. The committee also heard strong support for H.416, a farm-to-institution pilot program, from Rep. Lee Davis, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures, and Berkshire Bounty. They said the pilot would connect Massachusetts farms to schools, hospitals, correctional facilities, and other institutions, creating new markets, strengthening local supply chains, and supporting food-is-medicine efforts. Members discussed whether the model could be statewide and referenced existing programs such as Island Grown Initiative and local hospital and insurance partnerships. Another agricultural bill, H.1058, was supported by Rep. Mark Sylvia and the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association as a way to allow unused cranberry water rights to be transferred within the same watershed for municipal mitigation while helping growers retire or consolidate bogs. The hearing also included testimony on the broader farm omnibus bill H.112/S.55 and related measures, with the Massachusetts Farm Bureau and others praising the committee’s work on agricultural resilience, food security, agritourism, workforce development, and farmland access, while suggesting additional transportation-related fixes for farmers. No votes were taken during the hearing.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Water Topics Overview Committee Jun 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • And our program is modeled over the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which is kind of the wastewater
  • And the Clean Water Program has about 70% revenue bonds and 30% improvement bonds.
  • And the clean water program has about 70% are revenue bonds and 30% are improvement bonds.
  • The clean water program does not allow that.
  • So, last year we put out about $135 million in the Clean Water Program and roughly about $55 million
Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met to receive interim status updates on several water-related studies and Department of Water Resources projects. The committee approved the March 26, 2026 minutes, observed a moment of silence for the late Representative Conmy, and then heard updates on the watershed management study and the stormwater/wastewater study. Staff reported that the committee had already received the testimony contemplated in the study plans, including input from state agencies, local governments, and out-of-state entities, and that any further action would be at the committee’s discretion. The Department of Water Resources then provided project and budget updates on NAWS and the Southwest Pipeline Project. Reese reported NAWS is expected to serve about 81,000 users, with a total projected cost of about $571 million and about $96 million remaining, while the Southwest Pipeline Project is estimated at $1.06 billion total with about $409 million remaining. Members asked about funding sources, capacity needs, and whether current and future construction is being designed for increased demand; department staff said current work is designed for ultimate capacity, but some future components may need redesign based on new requests. The committee also discussed local cost shares, Minot’s role in NAWS funding, and whether the system is adequate for peak demand. A major portion of the meeting focused on the department’s cash management, carryover, and long-term water funding outlook. The department said Resources Trust Fund revenues are tied to oil extraction taxes and are affected by stripper well exemptions and future oil price declines. Members expressed concern about large carryover balances and whether the state is obligating more money than can realistically be spent in a biennium. The department reported about $340.6 million in remaining carryover and said it is trying to reduce that through a two-tier pre-construction/construction process and closer project vetting. The department also summarized the Deloitte studies on regional governance and finance and on cost-share policy. Stakeholders generally favored keeping the current governance structures for NAWS and Southwest with improvements, while Red River stakeholders leaned toward a different option; the department said it will bring an implementation plan back in September. On cost share, Deloitte’s recommendations would reduce some percentages, prioritize projects differently, and use other measures to close a projected long-term funding gap. Members debated affordability, local burden, deferred maintenance, and whether statutory changes may be needed to allow the commission more flexibility in prioritizing and funding projects. No formal votes or final actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the updates.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Utilities May 6th, 2026

Utilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, they do have clean energy targets.
  • Now, they do have clean energy targets.
  • Now, they do have, you know, clean energy targets.
  • components, and that demand is making these power plants even more expensive.
  • Missouri does not allow construction work in progress on nuclear plants.
Summary: The Committee on Utilities held an informational hearing on data centers in Missouri, with the chair explaining that the goal was to hear from three speakers with different perspectives and allow committee questions, but no public testimony. The first witness, Matt Edelow of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Columbia-Jefferson City Area Building Trades Council, spoke in support of data center development for its construction jobs, long-term employment, tax revenue, and local economic benefits. He said the Montgomery County projects had already put about 200 Missourians to work, described the facilities as using closed-loop water systems and generator noise levels that he said would be limited by setbacks and acoustics, and urged local hire and apprenticeship requirements. Committee members asked about water use, noise, cybersecurity, labor, and tax revenue, and he said one project could generate about $13.1 million annually at full buildout. The second witness, Rob Dixon of Ameren Missouri, testified that Senate Bill 4 and the Public Service Commission’s large-load tariff provide strong protections for existing customers. He said large data center customers must sign long-term contracts, pay 100% of interconnection costs, post collateral, pay at least 80% of contracted demand, and face exit and reduction fees, with load-shedding rules applying to them like other customers. Dixon said Ameren’s planning process includes engineering reviews and MISO review before projects proceed, and that the utility’s integrated resource plan calls for 5.3 gigawatts of new generation by 2030, with 2.2 gigawatts of signed large-load agreements already in place. He also said large customers can help spread fixed grid costs and put downward pressure on rates, and noted that the protections apply to investor-owned utilities, not co-ops or municipal utilities. The final witness, John Kaufman of the Consumers Council of Missouri, argued that the current protections are not strong enough and that data centers could raise rates through construction work in progress, stranded generation costs, and other risks if projects change or technology shifts. He urged greater consumer protections, including more upfront financial security from data centers, reconsideration of construction work in progress policies, and possibly requiring data centers to bring their own power in some cases. Committee members debated his claims about SB 4, QIP, and rate impacts, with some members saying the law already contains clawbacks and consumer-benefit requirements, while others echoed concerns about transparency and public understanding. The hearing ended without any votes or formal action, and the chair said the committee would continue the discussion in future meetings.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Resolution 386 by Representative Jordan created a task force on the Dream Starter program.
  • funding, mental health evaluations, and outcomes associated with the 18th Judicial District Drug Court Program
  • Jackson: The amendment basically asks DOTD to consider this as part of the flood mitigation program they
  • The bill provides relative to incarceration Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office's pilot program.
  • The bill provides relative to incarceration Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office's Pilot Program.