Video & Transcript Research : 'wind mitigation'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- batteries with a capacity of 1 megawatt hour or greater that are standalone resources or co-located with wind
- When we think about the energy mix, we obviously have natural gas, wind, solar, and a little bit of nuclear
- advanced nuclear compared to $64 for combined cycle. ...natural gas, $32 for solar PV, $30 for onshore wind
- Wind and solar can be up and running in less than a year with battery backup, and battery backup means
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, HB 132, Texas Government Code Chapter 418, Public Information Act, confidential records, homeland security, foreign adversary, terrorism, critical infrastructure, emergency response, law enforcement
Summary:
The meeting was a thorough exploration of multiple bills, most notably focused on innovative energy solutions and public safety enhancements. Key discussions centered around HB14, which aims to bolster the state's nuclear energy capabilities through the establishment of a Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office. Senators and expert witnesses discussed the potential of nuclear power as a clean energy source and a strategic necessity for Texas's growth. There was strong support for the bill, with various stakeholders highlighting its importance for the future energy landscape. Additionally, other bills like HB132 addressed the need for enhanced confidentiality protections regarding sensitive information, while HB1584 sought improvements in power restoration procedures during emergencies. Overall, the committee engaged with multiple viewpoints, balancing innovation with safety and ethical considerations.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Regulated Industries Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to go to tab 3 S P 5.78 by Senator leak involving wind containers.
- Current law allows beer to be distributed and recycle containers and Senate Bill 578 puts the wind industry
- Hurricane Milton last my home city with 100 plus mile an hour winds. 20 inches of rain causing significant
- contractor that they are engineered to basically swivel and absorb the energy from hurricanes high winds
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- inflated prices for excess energy when it can be procured much more affordably from utility-scale wind
- He concluded that East Central Energy supports renewable energy and is investing in wind and solar with
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Bills:
HF845
Keywords:
net metering, distributed generation, solar energy, rooftop solar, renewable energy, utility rates, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, public utilities, Public Utilities Commission, net billing, bill credits, cost of service study, standby charge, qualifying facility, energy policy, clean energy, customer generation, interconnection, Minnesota Statutes 216B.164
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Maui has maybe a higher wind load than other counties.
- Maui has maybe a higher wind load than other counties.
- Maui has maybe a higher wind load than other counties.
- Maui has maybe a higher wind load than other counties.
- Maui has maybe a higher wind load than other counties.
Summary:
The Committee on Housing held a public hearing on January 31 and heard testimony on a series of housing and building-code bills. The first major item, HB 1 relating to building codes, drew sharply divided testimony. Supporters, including BIA Hawaii, Grassroot Institute, Dr. Horton, and several builders and trade groups, argued the current code-adoption process is slow, fragmented, and costly, and that reform would help housing production. Opponents, including Sierra Club Hawaii, AIA Hawaii, ICC, and labor representative Kiko Bosi, said the bill would weaken public safety, reduce statewide consistency, and could leave tenants and first responders at greater risk. No vote was taken during the hearing, and members asked questions about the effect of a governor’s emergency proclamation suspending the Building Code Council and about county authority over code amendments.
The committee then heard HB 745 and HB 1321, both also relating to building codes. Grassroot Institute supported both measures, saying the system is broken and needs streamlining, while BIA Hawaii and others emphasized the cost burden of repeated code updates. Opponents, especially Bosi and ICC, argued that the bills would undermine the State Building Code Council’s role, create confusion, and prioritize cost over safety; Bosi also said labor should be included in any code discussions. Members questioned whether counties can remove state code provisions and whether the state code already supersedes county codes, and one member noted the need for clarity and consistent enforcement rather than a wholesale overhaul.
Later, the committee heard HB 284 on housing, HB 761 on county permitting and inspection, and HB 738 on historic preservation. HB 284 drew support from several housing and real estate groups, while DLNR opposed it. On HB 761, HHFDC supported the bill, DLNR warned that the proposed changes could jeopardize Hawaii’s participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, DAGS said it would likely need to duplicate county permitting staff, and the Department of Planning and Permitting opposed it; Grassroot Institute and NAIOP supported it. For HB 738, HHFDC, DLNR, Grassroot Institute, Hawaii YIMBY, NAIOP, and others supported the measure, with Grassroot and NAIOP suggesting clarifications so expedited review would also cover mixed-use projects and better define the scope of work. The transcript does not show any final votes or committee action on these bills during the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- wind energy except that mandated by government procurements.
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uh <05:04:08.958>from wind uh from wind uh from overwhelming<05:04:11.558 - <05:04:23.958>
uh a huge influx of offshore wind uh a huge influx of offshore wind uh renewable - My second question is on line eight, wind energy.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- JAC adopted the governor's recommendation of $600,000 in general funds one time for hazard mitigation
- They come and they get a grant to put their hazard mitigation planning together.
- funds one time for hazard mitigation funds one time for hazard mitigation planning.<02:59:08.640
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And hazard mitigation planning together. - And hazard mitigation planning together.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- With wind or solar, you have to wait for the sun to come up, the clouds to go away, the rain to stop,
- or the wind to blow.
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thankfully, the wind had subsided somewhat in Southern California, and they're getting their arms around
- But the wind can come back, and who knows what it'll hit next.
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- arms around it somewhat but the the wind arms around it somewhat but the the wind can<07:47:45.478
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- impact, bus driver Kevin McDonald immediately prioritized the safety of the students in his care, mitigating
- dollars, just like we do With the solar panels in the Obama administration, just like they did with the wind
Bills:
SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201
Keywords:
voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:25 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- solar, and frankly it's not wind anymore.
- We're not frankly it's not wind anymore.
- going to do any land-based wind anymore. going to do any land-based wind anymore.
- So all land-based wind there either.
- Um, >> Tier one which is wind and solar.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened with a quorum and first honored Nancy Crawford with a resolution recognizing her 46 years of state service, including 20 years as Senator Pam Beidle’s chief of staff. Senator Beidle then spoke at length about her own retirement plans and public service, reflecting on her career in the House and Senate, her work on the Finance Committee, and thanking her staff and colleagues. The chamber unanimously journalized the remarks.
The Senate then moved into business on House and Senate messages, including House Bill 139 and Senate Bill 311, and adopted a conference committee report on House Bill 1532, the Utility Relief/Reducing Energy Load for Inflation measure. The report was described as a broad energy and utility package that had already passed the Senate 38-4 and was said to address short-, medium-, and long-term issues, including rate relief, in-state generation, data center policy, consumer transparency, and low-income utility assistance.
During debate on the conference report, the majority leader explained several changes from prior versions: no legislative ban on forecast test years, instead deferring to the Public Service Commission; removal of gas programs from Empower to avoid inequities across service territories; modest opening of the retail supply market with guardrails; and rejection of some floor amendments, including a gas line extension provision and a study amendment. The minority leader argued the bill offered only limited relief, focused too much on talking points and short-term savings, and said many bipartisan amendments were not retained. The majority leader responded that the bill would save ratepayers real dollars through provisions on utility adders, executive bonuses, FERC-related returns, and new generation, and urged adoption of the conference report.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (09/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The subcommittee held a work session on HB 313, a bill dealing with non-public sessions and when a person discussed in such a session should be notified or allowed to request that the meeting be open. The chair opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and invited public comment before committee discussion. The main public testimony came from Phil Jaru, who described a personal dispute with local officials and said the bill should ensure people are notified when they are being discussed in closed session and can request an open meeting. He also argued for limits on non-public sessions, saying they should not be used for matters outside the board’s authority or for what he characterized as gossip, while also trying to avoid interfering with investigations.
Committee members focused on the practical and legal problems with the proposal. Several members questioned whether a person should have a right to attend, to demand an open meeting, or simply to receive notice, and whether that right should apply before the meeting or only once the discussion begins. Members raised concerns about situations involving multiple people, children, victims, or other confidentiality interests, and whether a request to open the meeting could conflict when one person wants openness and another wants privacy. One member suggested the bill may be too broad and proposed narrowing it to simple advance notification, possibly by email, rather than an automatic right to open the meeting.
The discussion also touched on existing law governing non-public sessions, including the narrow “reputation” exception and Supreme Court cases interpreting it. Members noted that the current statute already limits non-public discussion to the matters stated in the motion, and some suggested that if the concern is boards using non-public sessions for unrelated discussion, that issue may be better addressed by clarifying the existing statute rather than expanding the bill. No vote or final action was taken; the committee appeared to continue working through possible amendments and whether the bill should be narrowed to notification or a right to attend rather than a right to force the meeting open.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm for the CERCO and for the Cadamo offshore wind project.
- We talk about why we do these things and why do we spend money on offshore wind when all these things
Summary:
The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, and Energy met for a vote-only hearing on budget items that had been discussed in prior hearings. Public comment focused on support for funding the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program, rejecting special fund position cuts at CDFW and the State Water Board, preserving Proposition 1 and Prop. 68 funding for conservation and local corps, supporting offshore wind and the Safer Consumer Products Program, and rejecting the Governor’s proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel tax credit and light-duty incentive changes. Several speakers argued the SAF credit would be costly, unnecessary, and could raise fuel prices or divert funds from transportation and environmental programs.
The chair also addressed concerns about the California Air Resources Board’s cap-and-invest amendments and said the Senate budget plan would withhold Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations, including continuous appropriations, until specified conditions are met. She said the Legislature should preserve prior agreements and protect transit, affordable housing, air quality, and safe drinking water programs from being reduced or zeroed out.
The committee then took a series of roll-call votes on grouped budget items. Most staff recommendations were approved, with some items passing unanimously and others on 3-1 votes, with Senator Choi occasionally not voting or voting no. The hearing concluded after the committee approved the remaining vote-only items and adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Once, long, long, long ago, yet somehow not so very long, when all the animals and rocks and winds and
- It began softly at first, quiet as the first breeze that whispered, he is a wind who is never still,
- He is swift and free as the wind and still as solid as a great rock.
- To listen, as the winds listen, as the stars listen, as the old turtle once listened, when all the voices
- wind power energy industry in Minnesota. wind power energy industry in Minnesota.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Hennepin County currently levies $38 million per year in property taxes to mitigate these costs, and
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property <00:58:11.840>taxes <00:58:12.800>to <00:58:12.920>mitigate - per year in property taxes to mitigate per year in property taxes to mitigate these<00:58:13.720
- And is there a type of wind-down kind of happening right now? Commissioner Conley.
Bills:
HF4343
Keywords:
sales tax, use tax, advertising tax, taxable services, digital advertising, online marketing, marketing services, search engine marketing, lead generation, internet advertising, ad agency, media buying, campaign planning, Minnesota tax law, service tax, broadening tax base, web advertising, promotional services, 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Sorry if I got a little long-winded, but um, finding out that our kids are scared to go to school.
- Doe alone is not enough to mitigate the chilling effects that are keeping kids from coming to school.
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to versus dough alone is not enough to versus dough alone is not enough to mitigate chilling <01:21:44.719>effects <01:21:45.280>that <01:21:45.520>are mitigate- the chilling effects that are mitigate the chilling effects that are keeping<01:21:46.000>
kids
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- doesn't exactly do what the intention is, and it could put law enforcement in a position to be risk mitigators
- directed the statewide administration of numerous tax types, including sales and use tax, lodging tax, wind
- We are trying to mitigate it.
- I have a couple more reform ideas that might streamline and simplify everything." trying to mitigate
- A lot of the the trying to mitigate it.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (6-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Perry County received basically some wind damage that blew off some of the roof panels around the Koopa
- We were able to get SurfPro in to address the water mitigation.
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address <00:05:16.960>the <00:05:17.280>water <00:05:17.600>mitigation - in to uh address the water mitigation. in to uh address the water mitigation.
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:01
Recognition of New Members: 00:01:17
Disaster Response: 00:01:41
Pretrial Discussion: 00:31:25, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first established a quorum, approved the minutes from the November 7, 2024 meeting, and then heard an update on disaster response and courthouse recovery efforts after the April flooding. Representatives from the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Franklin County Circuit and District Court Clerk’s office, and the Franklin Circuit Court described damage in Perry, Hardin, and especially Franklin counties. Perry County had limited roof and water infiltration issues with no operational impact. Hardin County’s justice center basement took about 18 inches of water, affecting court records and mechanical/electrical equipment, and court operations were briefly suspended. Franklin County’s courthouse was far more severely damaged, with about four feet of water on the first floor, forcing relocation of court operations to temporary sites, including AOC space and the regional jail for custody proceedings.
Witnesses said damaged files from Hardin and Franklin counties were removed, sent to an out-of-state vendor for drying and remediation, and would be returned or destroyed as appropriate. They estimated combined costs for file restoration, building repair, and remediation at about $11 million, with insurance through KCOJ/KO expected to cover only part of the losses and FEMA reimbursement still pending a federal disaster declaration. They also said the Franklin County courthouse’s first floor remains gutted, electrical panels and HVAC systems need major replacement, and the second and third floors may be used temporarily once power and data are restored. Members asked about roof damage in Hardin County, the status of FEMA applications, digitization of court records, and whether Senate Bill 25 restricted funds could be used to cover the funding gap; staff said the funds cannot be spent without General Assembly authorization.
The committee also discussed broader record-retention and e-filing issues, with members noting the limits of paper filing and the need for better digitization as a backup in emergencies. AOC staff said they are working with the Supreme Court and state law librarian on what records can be digitized and how long hard copies must still be retained. After the disaster-response presentation, the committee moved on to a separate informational presentation on pre-trial services, with introductions from the executive officer of pre-trial services, the president of the Kentucky District Judges Association, a circuit judge, and the manager of pre-trial services, who began explaining how the pre-trial system works for newer committee members.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/28/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have an ill wind coming out of Washington, D.C. that says this is too much, that this is not fair,
- We in the Empire State are not going to let these ill whims, this foul-smelling wind, determine what
- We in the Empire State are not going to let these ill whims, this foul-smelling wind, determine what
- We in the Empire State are not going to let these ill whims, this foul-smelling wind, determine what
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and adopted a resolution calendar with several exceptions before taking up a series of ceremonial resolutions and bills. Members welcomed student visitors from the YWCA of White Plains’ Voices Unfiltered Policy Program, then adopted resolutions honoring Senegalese independence and the Senegalese community, MWBE Advocacy Day, John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, the Sing Sing Prison Museum, I Love My Park Day, Animal Advocacy Day, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month, and Denim Day. Speakers emphasized cultural recognition, public service, environmental stewardship, animal welfare, rare disease awareness, and support for survivors of sexual violence; each resolution was adopted.
The chamber then moved through the regular calendar, passing a number of bills on broad roll-call votes. Among the measures approved were bills amending the Penal Law, Executive Law, Public Housing Law, Retirement and Social Security Law, Social Services Law, Environmental Conservation Law, General Municipal Law, Railroad Law, Election Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills passed unanimously or nearly so, while a few drew notable opposition, including a public health measure that passed 39-19 and the labor-related bill on ghost job postings that passed 39-19 after extended debate.
The most detailed floor debate centered on the Labor Law bill addressing “ghost jobs,” requiring employers with 100 or more employees to disclose whether postings are for current vacancies, expected future openings, or general resume collection, with Department of Labor enforcement and civil penalties. Supporters argued it would protect job seekers from deceptive postings; opponents said it was unnecessary, burdensome, and could invite litigation or penalties disproportionate to the problem. The Senate also debated and passed a bill expanding election-language assistance under the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act to Haitian Creole and Middle Eastern and North African communities, with supporters citing growing language-access needs and opponents raising concerns about scope and local costs. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-24-26)
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I think we're going to wind up finding out it's a statewide issue. All right.
- I think it's we're going to wind<00:27:09.000>
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it's <00:27:09.800>a <00:27:09.960>statewide wind up finding- out it's a statewide wind up finding out it's a statewide issue. issue. issue.
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Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:54
Roll Call 00:01:17
SB 192 Discussion 00:03:31
SB 192 Vote 00:05:41
SB 312 Discussion 00:07:17
SB 312 Vote 00:09:56
SB 27 Discussion 00:11:27
SB 27 Vote 00:15:51
SB 149 Discussion 00:16:55
SB 149 Vote 00:19:35
SB 133 Discussion 00:21:17
SB 133 Vote 00:23:41
SJR 62 Discussion 00:25:04
SJR 62 Vote 00:27:28
SJR 75 Discussion 00:28:31
SJR 75 Vote 00:31:56
Adjournment 00:34:30, 958, all