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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and members. for the definition of a geothermal energy conservation well.
  • It qualifies that although a geothermal energy conservation well serves as a mechanism for storing energy
  • For example, geothermal energy conservation. can be provided dispatchable energy 24-7, while batteries
  • On this cleanup bill Well, it's going to allow the State Energy Conservation Office, known as SECO, to
  • Conservation Code and the Energy Chapter International Residential Code. 21 IECC and the energy chapter
Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee met with a quorum and first took up pending business, voting out several bills. Senate Bills 1697, 1569, 1202 as substituted, 1029, 1364, 1185, 924, 1008 as substituted, 264, 1376, and 1358 as substituted were reported favorably, with some sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a substitute for SB 1202 and later corrected votes on several measures. SB 924 and SB 1376 drew some opposition, while the rest of the pending bills were reported without dissent or with limited nays. The committee then heard testimony on SB 1856, which would create an annual capacity-cost recovery rider for Entergy Texas customers in the MISO region. The author and Entergy argued the bill would better match rates to actual capacity costs and improve transparency, while the Texas Association of Manufacturers and the Public Utility Commission raised concerns about the short 10-day review period, rider proliferation, and the preference for full rate cases over piecemeal adjustments. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 522 on CPA reciprocity, SB 1664 requiring TDUs to provide clearer, standalone rate-change disclosures, SB 1877 expanding OPUC’s access to market data, SB 1254 and SB 1255 as TDLR cleanup bills on professional employer organizations and mold assessors, SB 1341 updating manufactured housing rules, SB 1239 on sovereign debt and Texas governing law, and SB 1259 streamlining the surveyor-in-training licensing process. Additional bills discussed included SB 1977, which would cap recoverable legal expenses in electric, water, and sewer rate cases; OPUC and some consumer advocates supported the idea as a way to reduce ratepayer costs, while utility representatives warned it could discourage participation and increase rate shock. The committee also heard SB 1762 clarifying that geothermal energy conservation wells are not battery resources, and SB 783 allowing SECO to proceed with future energy-code rulemaking for state-funded buildings. Both drew supportive testimony from industry and environmental groups. All remaining bills heard during the meeting were left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/24/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next we will move to House File 2442, which is the energy finance bill from our own Representative Acomb
  • The target for the energy finance bill was no change from base funding in both the 26 and 27 biennium
  • The target for the energy finance bill was no change from base funding in both the 26 and 27 biennium
  • So, the DE3 is the energy and climate finance or budget bill, and what I will say is that it is a...
  • and climate uh the DE3 is um the energy and climate uh finance<00:26:54.799><c> or</c><00:26:55.039>
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to welcome all the members and guests to the first meeting of the Energy Oversight Committee
  • He is a conservative individual, so he wanted to figure out if there was a way to— He's a conservative
  • conservation needs in other parts of the state.
  • You didn't specifically say the Oklahoma Conservation Commission cost-share program.
  • And so I would put faith in those conservation districts and faith in the landowners.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We talk about being fiscal conservatives, but our spending is recurring while...
  • We will hold the course until we can vote on a fiscally conservative budget that generally addresses
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • also, we do have an outweighted pressure on those that. are not utilizing these types of forms of energy
  • But we can't be stuck in a statute written in 2011. when distributed energy, the landscape is changing
  • , and energy diversity in this state is what we should be looking at, right?
  • You have a lot of sunshine you also don't have a lot of water right so solar is is a good energy source
  • that does doesn't rely on it doesn't require as much water as other energy sources to deploy correct
Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • policymakers are informed with proper data and recommendations on whether expanding cross-border energy
  • These big power companies, energy companies, are such a good investment.
  • ご視聴ありがとうございました Thank you. representing Xcel Energy and you are testifying for House Bill 144.
  • My name is Stephanie Houle and I'm Assistant General Counsel for Xcel Energy.
  • My name is Stephanie Houle, and I am Assistant General Counsel. for Xcel Energy.
Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145
Committee: House State Affairs
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:03 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • appreciates all our hard work that we've been putting in, and she wants to give us a final boost of energy
  • She wants to give us a final boost of energy for these last seven days. All right. Thank you.
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB166 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , HJR5 , SB104 , SB193 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • and site restoration plan for a solar energy power plant.
  • a solar energy power plant owner or operator, if part of the solar energy power plant is damaged or
  • and renewable energy.
  • And we need energy.
  • Here's a state energy security innovation.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, Russell Colstrom, program manager with The Nature Conservancy.
  • The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi and Palmyra supports House Bill 1929, which requires and appropriates
  • Oahu Agriculture and Conservation Association and Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council
  • and Conservation Association um and Oahu Resource<00:50:19.359><c> Conservation</c><00:50:19.839><c>
  • Development</c> Resource Conservation Development Resource Conservation Development Council<00:50:20.880
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026 at 01:49 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is not conservative or liberal; it is foundational.
  • Speaker, every year investor-owned utilities present their energy efficiency filings to the Public Regulation
  • Investor-owned utilities present their energy efficiency filings to the Public Regulation Commission.
  • the PRC to consider avoided greenhouse gas emissions in how they evaluate the cost-effectiveness of energy
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , SB104 , SB193 , HB38 , HB254 , HB256 , SB58 , SB64 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM59 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB253
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SCR 684 by Senator Seabaugh to urge the Department of Conservation and Energy to create an earthquake
  • SCR 84 by Senator Seabaugh to urge the Department of Conservation and Energy to create an earthquake
  • This is simply a request that the Department of Conservation and Energy, when talking about Louisiana
  • This is simply a request that the Department of Conservation and Energy, when talking about Louisiana
  • To urge and request the Department of Conservation and Energy to review policies and practices related
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And when you think about all the things that we want to do as a state, in terms of advancing AI, energy
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee met without a quorum, so no votes or formal actions were taken. The chair laid out several bills and resolutions for explanation and public testimony, with each item left pending subject to the call of the chair. Early items included House Bill 1240, a cleanup measure to create a single uniform definition of the Texas-Mexico border region across state law, and House Bill 2768, which would establish an IT apprenticeship credential through junior colleges and technical institutions to help fill state government technology jobs. The committee also heard House Concurrent Resolution 90, which would encourage establishing a Texas trade and investment office in Jerusalem. Testimony on the resolution was sharply divided: one witness opposed it on foreign policy and values grounds, while a Texas Association of Business representative strongly supported it, citing Israel’s innovation and trade potential. Another major item was House Bill 4187, a committee substitute for legislation affecting the Texas Historical Commission; the sponsor described changes expanding use of trust fund money for historic sites, allowing more affiliated nonprofits, clarifying retail operations, and creating a framework for training and consistent interpretation at historic sites. A Texas Historical Commission witness explained that the bill would shift responsibility for maintaining many state-owned historical markers and monuments, including markers on private land, to the commission. Additional measures included House Bill 2788, which would shield Texas Workforce Commission fraud-prevention methods from public information requests; House Bill 5032, directing state agencies to plan for public display of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Constitution, and the Victory or Death letter at the Capitol Complex; House Bill 3146, which would eliminate outdated memoranda-of-understanding requirements for certain State Office of Administrative Hearings arrangements; and House Bill 4815, a cleanup bill modernizing economic development statutes, revising the Made in Texas standard to 51% Texas-origin content, repealing the Governor’s Broadband Development Council, and making other conforming changes. The committee ended by recessing, with members indicating they would likely vote on pending business later when a quorum was available.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 29th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • zero line item in this current budget of a $53 million allocation for people who need the support of energy
  • Houston County, it's a county holiday, and it's a federal holiday that was voted on by all of our conservative
Bills: SB320 , HB67 , HB247 , HB161 , HB165 , HB91 , HB90 , HB471 , HB363 , HB479
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a very strong energy sector.
  • with the Department of Wildlife, with constituents, with fellow hunters, and one of the larger conservation
  • I worked with constituents, hunters, and the national Waterfowl Conservation Group Delta Waterfowl and