WITNESS LIST
Regulated Industries Committee
April 8, 2003-2:00P
HB 1635
Against: Canales, Herb (City of Corpus Christi)
Meraz, Gloria (Texas Library Association)
O'Neal, Sarah (Self)
Tandy, Martha (Self)
Test, Janis (Self)
Wood, Marjorie (Self)
On: Gray, Weldon (Self and Texas Statewide Telephone
Cooperative, Inc.)
Jameson, Dirk (Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
Board)
Wall, Matt (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Fox, Beth (Self)
Gaines, Robert (Self)
Hooks, Lori (Texas Association of Community Health
Centers)
Pearson, David (Texas Organization of Rural and
Community Hospitals)
Peters, Richard (Texas Association of Public and
Nonprofit Hospitals)
HB 2088
For: Akers, Monte (Texas Municipal League)
Ferenbach, Nikolas (City of Dallas)
Green, Connie (Self and City of Killeen)
Johnston, Julie (City of Plano)
On: Brown, David (SBC - Texas)
Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Stewart, Richard (Verizon Southwest)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Aghamalian, Brandon (City of Fort Worth)
Alofsin, Patricia (City of Austin)
Utter, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
HB 2335
For: Gay, Geoffrey (Cities Aggregation Power Project, Inc.
and South Texas Aggregation Project, Inc.)
Johnston, Julie (City of Plano)
Starnes, Bill (Cities Aggregation Power Project and
South Texas Aggregation Project)
Against: Gastineau, Paul (Center Point Energy and Association of
Electric Copanies of Texas)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Charles (City of Arlington)
Boyd, Phillip (City of Lewisville)
Green, Connie (Self and City of Killeen)
James, Jerry (City of Victoria)
Middleton, Gary (City of Victoria)
Morstad, Tim (Consumers Union)
Shirley, Michael (Texas Commercial Energy)
Smith, Tom (Public Citizen)
Utter, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
On: Noel, Thomas (ERCOT)
HB 2367
For: Patterson, Jerry (General Land Office)
Against: Lokey, Felecia (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
HB 2548
For: Brown, Travis (Public Citizen)
Bruce, Mark (FPL Energy)
Martinez, Willie (Upton County)
Scott, James (Cielo Wind Power, LLC)
Sloan, Mike (Texas Wind Coalition)
Turner, Bob (Coleman Development Company, Inc.; Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)
Against: St. Clair, Shawn (Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
On: Eaton, Terri (Green Mountian Energy Company)
Fainter, John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Altman, Peter (Sustainable Energy and Economic
Development Coalition)
Anderson, Dwayne (Clean Water Action)
Boyd, Robert (GE Wind Energy LLC)
Graham, Don (Trinity Industries, Inc.)
May, Doug (Fort Stockton Economic Development
Corporation)
Patterson, Jerry (General Land Office)
Phillips, Sherry (Self and City of McCamey)
Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association)
Wolfe, Chip (Self)
Against: Doyle, Kristen (Cities Aggregation Power Project and
South Texas Aggregation Project)
On: Martinez, Adan (General Land Office)
Noel, Thomas (ERCOT)
HB 2576
For: Hall, Kenneth (Self)
Price, Rayford (Self and Alternative Energy Partners,
L.L.C.)
Rodrigue, Wayne (Alternative Energy Partners, L.L.C.)
Against: Anderson, Dwayne (Clean Water Action)
Gleason, Melanie (Public Citizen)
Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association)
Wolfe, Chip (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Altman, Peter (Seed Coalition)
Morstad, Tim (Consumers Union)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
HB 2666
For: Conway, Gerry (Plug Power Inc.)
Harold, Michael (Self)
Jacobson, Malcolm (Fuel Cells Texas, Inc. and Fuel Cell
Energy, Inc.)
King, Bob (Fuel Cells Texas)
Smith, Tom (Public Citizen)
Wolfe, Chip (Self)
Against: Fainter, John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Kelly, Coyle (Center for Energy and Economic
Development)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Colaition for Competitive
Electricity)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Altman, Peter (Seed Coalition)
Maxston, Jim (Environmental Defense)
Randall, Maryann (City Public Service of San Antonio)
Smothers, Dub (Textile Maintenance Association of Texas)
Against: Eaton, Terri (Green Mountian Energy Company)
Moore, Julie (Occidential Petroleum Corporation)
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
HB 2767
For: Isbell, David (Isbell Engineering Group, Inc.)
HB 2910
For: Altman, Peter (SEED Coalition)
May, Doug (Fort Stockton Economic Development
Corporation)
Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association)
Smith, Tom (Public Citizen)
Wolfe, Chip (Self)
Wright, Charles (Self)
Against: Kelly, Coyle (Center for Energy and Economic
Development)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity)
Solomon, Stuart (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Noel, Thomas (ERCOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Dwayne (Clean Water Action)
Boyd, Robert (GE Wind Energy LLC)
Bruce, Mark (FPL Energy)
Graham, Don (Trinity Industries, Inc.)
Kuhn, Michael (The CK Alliance)
Martinez, Willie (Upton County)
Patterson, Jerry (General Land Office)
Phillips, Sherry (Self and City of McCamey)
Rogers, Erin (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Scott, James (Cielo Wind Power, LLC)
Sloan, Mike (Texas Wind Coalition)
Wood, Marjorie (Self)
Against: Doyle, Kristen (Cities Aggregation Power Project and
South Texas Aggregation Project)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
On: Martinez, Adan (General Land Office)
HB 3053
For: Carpenter, David (American Electric Power)
Gross, Bob (East Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Hurst, James (cities Advocating Reasonable Deregulation)
Levy, Rick (Texas State Association of Electric Workers)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity)
Pous, Jacob (Cities Advocating Reasonable Deregulation)
Roberts, Earl (Cities Advocating Reasonable
Deregulation)
Shackelford, George (City of Texarkana)
Against: McCall, Mike (TXU)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ahrens, Mike (City of Atlanta, Texas)
Birmingham, Jean (City of Marshall)
Burrow, T.J. (IBEW Local 738)
Fratangelo, Ned (City of Jefferson)
Hardin, Bradley (Texarkana City Council)
Johnson, Frank (Self and City of Marshall)
Johnson, Sharon (City of Gladewater)
Knight, Ronny (Self)
Miller, Dion (City of Mineola)
Morstad, Tim (Consumers Union)
Muse, Ned (City of Pittsburg)
Schwab, Carlton (Kilgore Economic Development Council)
Smith, Ed (City of Marshall)
Smith, Tom (Public Citizen)
Stokes, James (Self)
Tiner, Gordon (City of Mineola)
Wilborn, John (City of Marshall)
Williams, Alanzo (City of Marshall)
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Woodson, Joe (City Council of Gilmer, Texas)
HB 3066
For: King, Robert (Good Company Associates)
Smith, Tom (Public Citizen)
Against: Fainter, John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Altman, Peter (Seed Coalition)
Against: Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
HB 3265
For: Denis, Roberto (FPL Energy)
Phillips, Sherry (City of McCamey)
Against: Fainter, John (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity)
St. Clair, Shawn (Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Noel, Thomas (ERCOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Boyd, Robert (GE Wind Energy LLC)
Graham, Don (Trinity Industries, Inc.)
May, Doug (Fort Stockton Economic Development
Corporation)
Wolfe, Chip (Self)
Against: Altman, Peter (Sustainable Energy and Economic
Development Coalition)
Doyle, Kristen (Cities Aggregation Power Project and
South Texas Aggregation Power Project)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Morstad, Tim (Consumers Union)
HB 3271
For: Altman, Peter (SEED Coalition)
Buehler, Amanda (Public Citizen)
Hoffner, John (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association)
May, Doug (Self)
Miller, John (Self)
Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association)
Wolfe, Chip (Self)
Wright, Charles (Self)
Against: Kelly, Coyle (Center for Energy and Economic
Development)
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity)
Solomon, Stuart (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas)
On: Klein, Becky (Texas Public Utility Commission)
Noel, Thomas (ERCOT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Anderson, Dwayne (Clean Water Action)
Kuhn, Michael (The CK Alliance)
Martinez, Willie (Upton County)
Mayberry, Warren (Texas Farm Bureau)
Patterson, Jerry (General Land Office)
Phillips, Sherry (Self and City of McCamey)
Against: Doyle, Kristen (Cities Aggregation Power Project and
South Texas Aggregation Project)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum Corporation)
Morphew, Cindy (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)
On: Martinez, Adan (General Land Office)