Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

Written Testimony

2024 Interim Testimony

SB 3, HB 1500, HB 2555, SB 1699. May 12, 2024.

Implementation of Texas Energy Fund and SB 2627. August 27, 2024.

SB 1699. October 1, 2024.

2025 Regular Session Testimony

SB 21 Opposition

SB 6 (King): Relating to electricity planning and infrastructure costs for large loads. February 27, 2025.

SB 388 (King): Relating to the legislature's goals for electric generation capacity in this state. March 4, 2025.

SB 1252 (Schwertner): Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system. March 11, 2025.

SB 783 (Menendez)/HB 1360 (Hernandez)/HB 5109 (Darby): Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the construction or alteration of residential or commercial buildings. March 25, 2025.

SB 819 (Kolkhorst): Relating to renewable energy generation facilities; authorizing fees. March 27, 2025.

SB 2321 (King): Relating to the regulation of emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during an event affecting electric demand or grid reliability. April 1, 2025.

SB 2021 (Johnson): Relating to the interconnection and integration of distributed energy resources. April 1, 2025.

SB 715 (Sparks): Relating to the applicability of certain generation reliability requirements. April 1, 2025.

SB 1001 (Blanco): Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to certain funds and accounts, including the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, and to the permissible uses of money deposited to the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund. April 3, 2025.

SB 2717 (Menendez): Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council. April 8, 2025.

SB 2967 (Schwertner): Relating to funding mechanisms to support the siting, development, construction, and deployment of advanced nuclear and innovative energy technologies in this state. April 8, 2025.

SB 383 (Middleton): Relating to prohibiting interconnection of an offshore wind power facility. April 15, 2025.

SB 2994 (Johnson): Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs. April 15, 2025.

SB 2455 (Hancock): Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee. April 24, 2025.

HB 14 (Harris): Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry. May 8, 2025.

HB 3069 (Darby/Schwertner): Relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects. May 22, 2025.