Senate Committee on Business & Commerce Minutes, March 4, 2021

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Minutes of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce for Thursday, March 4, 2021, 9:00 AM, in the Senate Chamber, with Senator Kelly Hancock as Chair and Senator Robert Nichols as Vice Chair. The Chair opened invited testimony on the purpose of the hearing: to examine the financial impacts to the electric grid and market participants resulting from the extreme cold weather outages over February 14, 2021 to February 19, 2021. Testimony was limited to 3 minutes. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair at 1:11 PM.

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                                          MINUTES

                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE
                            Thursday, March 4, 2021
                                   9:00 AM
                                Senate Chamber

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of
the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce was held on Thursday, March 4, 2021, in the
Senate Chamber.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:                                     MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Kelly Hancock, Chair                         None
Senator Robert Nichols, Vice Chair
Senator Donna Campbell
Senator Brandon Creighton
Senator Nathan Johnson
Senator José Menéndez
Senator Angela Paxton
Senator Charles Schwertner
Senator John Whitmire

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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM. Other members in attendance: Senator Carol
Alvarado, Senator Drew Springer, and Senator Sarah Eckhardt. There being a quorum present,
the following business was transacted:

Senator Hancock made opening remarks.

Senator Nichols moved that all testimony be limited to 3 minutes. Without objection, it was so
ordered.

The Chair opened invited testimony on the following purpose:
                                                   Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
                                                                                     Minutes
                                                                      Thursday, March 4, 2021
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The purpose of this hearing is to examine the financial impacts to the electric grid and market
participants resulting from the extreme cold weather outages over February 14, 2021 to February
19, 2021

Witnesses testifying an registering are shown on the attached list.

There being no further business, at 1:11 PM Senator Hancock moves that the Committee stand in
recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.




__________________________________________
Senator Kelly Hancock, Chair


__________________________________________
Kennedy Calvo, Clerk

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