WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce Committee
April 5, 2005 - 9:00A
SB 14
FOR: Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Floyd, Beaman (USAA, Allstate, State Farm,
Nationwide, American Insurance Association),
Austin, TX
Krier, Cyndi Taylor (USAA), San Antonio, TX
ON: Byckovski, J'ne (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Davis, Will (USAA), Austin, TX
Green, Shelton (Texas Association of Business),
Austin, TX
SB 443
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Kuntz, William H. (Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation), Austin, TX
SB 533
FOR: Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
Sloan, Mike (The Wind Coalition), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Trucksess, Jeff (Fuel Cells of Texas), Austin, TX
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives),
Austin, TX
Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association), Austin,
TX
AGAINST: Lloyd, Brian (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity), Austin, TX
ON: Bojorquez, Bill Director of Transmission Services
(Electric Reliability Council of Texas),
Austin, TX
Carrillo, Victor Chairman (Railroad Commission of
Texas and Texas Energy Planning Council),
Austin, TX
Hudson, Paul Chariman (Public Utility Commission),
Austin, TX
Jones, Sam Chief Operating Officer (Electric
Reliability Council of Texas), Austin, TX
Rabago, Karl R. (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association), The Woodlands, TX
Smitherman, Barry Commissioner (Public Utility
Commission), Austin, TX
Stansell, Wade (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Totten, Jess (Public Utility Commission), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Oldham, Phillip (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity), Austin, TX
On: Wattles, Paul (Electric Reliability Council of
Texas), Austin, TX
SB 629
FOR: Antonio Hernandez Jr., Jose (Self), Brownsville, TX
Doggett, Robert (Texas Low Income Housing
Information Service), Austin, TX
Silva, Federico (Self), Brownsville, TX
Van Fleet, Allan (Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now), Houston, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Henneberger, John (Texas Low Income Housing
Information Service), Austin, TX
SB 781
FOR: Phillips, Shannon (Texas Committee on Insurance
Fraud), Austin, TX
ON: Pompa, Dennis (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 782
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Pompa, Dennis (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 836
FOR: Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense), Austin, TX
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
Sloan, Mike (The Wind Coalition), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Trucksess, Jeff (Fuel Cells of Texas), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Lloyd, Brian (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity), Austin, TX
Stansell, Wade (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
ON: Bojorquez, Bill Director of Transmission Services
(Electric Reliability Council of Texas),
Austin, TX
Jones, Sam Chief Operating Officer (Electric
Reliability Council of Texas), Austin, TX
Rabago, Karl R. (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association), The Woodlands, TX
Swinford, David State Representative (Texas House of
Representatives), Dumas, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Metzger, Luke (Texas Public Interest Research
Group), Austin, TX
Patterson, Jerry Texas Land Commissioner (Texas
General Land Office), Austin, TX
On: Wattles, Paul (Electric Reliability Council of
Texas), Austin, TX
SB 1075
FOR: Anderson, Scott (Environmental Defense), Austin, TX
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact), Austin, TX
Rabago, Karl R. (Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association), The Woodlands, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Trucksess, Jeff (Fuel Cells of Texas), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Lloyd, Brian (Texas Coalition for Competitive
Electricity), Austin, TX
Stansell, Wade (Association of Electric Companies of
Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
ON: Bojorquez, Bill Director of Transmission Services
(Electric Reliability Council of Texas),
Austin, TX
Jones, Sam Chief Operating Officer (Electric
Reliability Council of Texas), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Metzger, Luke (Texas Public Interest Research
Group), Austin, TX
On: Wattles, Paul (Electric Reliability Council of
Texas), Austin, TX
SB 1215
FOR: Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas), Austin, TX
ON: Barker, Conni (DePelchin Children's Center),
Houston, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Staricka, Susan (Office of the Attorney General),
Austin, TX
SB 1282
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Dick, Alexis (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 1283
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 1454
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Smith, Patrick (Texas Society of Professional
Surveyors), Austin, TX
SB 1558
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Waitt, Sara (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin,
TX
SB 1559
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 1591
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 1592
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Brady, Kevin (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
SB 1668
FOR: Fainter Jr., John W. (Association of Electric
Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
SB 1747
FOR: Fainter Jr., John W. (Association of Electric
Companies of Texas, Inc.), Austin, TX
Williams, Mike (Texas Electric Cooperatives),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Jewell, Michael (Direct Energy, CPL Retail Energy,
WTU Retail Energy), Austin, TX