Minutes — Senate Committee on Business & Commerce (87R, September 28, 2021)

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Minutes of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce for a public hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 9:00 AM in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas. The chair, Senator Charles Schwertner, called the meeting to order at 9:03 AM, and the minutes list Senator Brandon Creighton, Senator Lois Kolkhorst and Senator José Menéndez as arriving after the roll was called. The chair opened invited testimony to discuss the implementation of SB 2, SB 3, SB 2154 and related legislation from the 87th Legislative Session, including rulemaking, weatherization and ERCOT board oversight. At 1:20 PM Senator Nichols moved that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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                                          MINUTES

                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE
                           Tuesday, September 28, 2021
                                      9:00 AM
                          Capitol Extension, Room E1.012

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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 Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in
the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.

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

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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:03 AM. There being a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:

The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senator Brandon Creighton
Senator Lois Kolkhorst
Senator José Menéndez

The Chair opened up invited testimony (see attached witness list) for the following purpose:

Discuss the implementation of SB 2, SB 3, SB 2154, and related legislation from the 87th
Legislative Session, including ongoing rulemaking efforts and market design; critical
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infrastructure designation; weatherization; ERCOT board oversight; implementation of the Texas
Energy Reliability Council; and options for incentivizing investment in new dispatchable
generation in order to meet the long term electric reliability needs of Texas.

There being no further business, at 1:20 PM Senator Nichols moved that the Committee stand
recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.




__________________________________________
Senator Charles Schwertner, Chair


__________________________________________
Lucy Tiblier, Clerk


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