Senate Business & Commerce Committee — Interim Charges (June 29, 2022)

Summary

Announcement that the Senate Business & Commerce Committee will meet Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 9:00am to hear invited and public testimony on interim charges. The Broadband and Telecommunications charge covers monitoring implementation of House Bill 5 and House Bill 1505 (87th Legislature), a review of the Texas Universal Service Fund, and monitoring implementation of House Bill 2911 on next generation 9-1-1 service. The Electricity charge covers issues impacting the Texas electric grid, including weather preparedness and the natural gas supply chain, and the potential benefits of real-time transparency of the intrastate gas market. Public testimony is limited to 2 minutes.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Full text

The Senate Business & Commerce Committee will meet
 Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 9:00am to hear invited and public testimony on
 the following interim charges:

Broadband and Telecommunications : Study broadband and other telecommunications related
 issues impacting Texans, including:

· Monitoring the implementation of
 House Bill 5 and House Bill 1505, 87th Legislature; discuss anticipated
 federal infrastructure funding dedicated to broadband initiatives;

· Reviewing the Texas Universal Service
 Fund and reporting what, if any, changes should be made through a review of
 both the fund's contributions and disbursements, as well as the impact of
 technology on the long-term stability of the Texas Universal Service Fund;
 and

· Monitoring the implementation of
 House Bill 2911, 87th Legislature, relating to next generation 9-1-1 service
 and the establishment of a next generation 9-1-1 service fund.

Electricity :
 Study issues impacting the Texas electric grid, including weather
 preparedness and the natural gas supply chain. Evaluate potential benefits
 of real-time transparency of the intrastate gas market with respect to the
 functions of ERCOT and the Texas Energy Reliability Council.

Public testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If submitting
 written testimony, please provide 20 copies to the clerk with your name on
 each copy.

File and source

File

87R_schedules_C5102022062909001.htm

Size

8,121 bytes

SHA-256

72e63ea824062b3fc9b4bce33605ef96d1b8b70989936740cb927a715c3742f6

Our copy

87R_schedules_C5102022062909001.htm

Original

No public link identified.