With eight major issue areas covered by ACT issue teams, ACT is currently tracking over 300 bills. We’ve compiled the following list to help you learn about legislation that addresses ACT’s 2009 legislative recommendations. For the rest of the session, ACT will review and publish this list weekly.

This week, the emphasis is on clean energy, with seven out of ten bills that increase Texas’ commitment to renewable energy and energy efficiency.

1. HB 1243 (Gallego) Net metering Renewable Energy
2. SB 427 (Shapiro) 2,000mw of distributed generation Renewable Energy
3. SB 541 (Watson) 3,000mw RPS for Texas Renewable Energy
4. HB 280 (Anchia) Energy efficiency goal for Texas Energy Efficiency
5. SB 546 (Fraser) Energy efficiency goal for Texas Energy Efficiency
6. SB 601 (Van de Putte) New energy efficiency goal for Texas Energy Efficiency
7. SB 16 (Averitt) Omnibus clean air bill (includes efficiency standards) Clean Air/Energy Efficiency
8. HB 2495 (Dunnam) Cumulative impacts in TCEQ permits Clean Air
9. HB 821 (Leibowitz) TV take-back  E-Waste Recycling
10. SB 108 (Ellis)/HB 516 (Strama) Green jobs training program Green Jobs

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