HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    State Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Ken King 

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Public Testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.

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HB 1951        Hefner | et al.                           
Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.

HB 2715        Curry                                     
Relating to the suspension and removal from office of certain elected officials of this state or a political subdivision of this state.

HB 3092        Gerdes | et al.                           
Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line.

HB 3237        Turner                                    
Relating to certain energy consumption goals for institutions of higher education and certain governmental entities.

HB 3278        McLaughlin                                
Relating to the study of and incentives for the use of solar and wind energy.

HB 3511        Anchía                                    
Relating to the interconnection of electric vehicles to the ERCOT power grid.

HB 3592        Phelan                                    
Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3675        Cook                                      
Relating to consideration of criminal history of applicants for public employment.

HB 3778        Louderback                                
Relating to the use of geothermal energy as a dispatchable generation resource.

HB 3782        Smithee                                   
Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.

HB 3826        Hernandez                                 
Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council.

HB 3970        Darby                                     
Relating to electricity planning for large loads.

HB 4016        Anchía                                    
Relating to prohibiting the use of electric resistance as a primary heat source in certain residential buildings.

HB 4049        Lopez, Janie                              
Relating to the tracking of greenhouse gas emissions; creating a civil penalty.

HB 4341        McLaughlin                                
Relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program.

HB 4344        Hernandez                                 
Relating to access to and use of criminal history record information by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

HB 4406        Phelan                                    
Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees.

HB 4427        Darby                                     
Relating to the recovery of certain expenses by an electric utility or a water and sewer utility in a rate proceeding.

The committee will hear invited testimony only on the following topic:

Long-Term Load Forecast from ERCOT

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c450

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

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