The newly formed Subcommittee on Renewables and Energy Efficiency meets bright and early tomorrow morning (April 2). This hearing represents a tremendous opportunity for advocates of clean energy. ACT is tracking all of the fourteen bills that will be heard.
Here’s the bill list for tomorrow:
| HB 278 | Anchia | Relating to energy demand and incentives for distributed renewable generation. |
| HB 280 | Anchia | Relating to electric utility efficiency goals. |
| HB 695 | Anchia | Relating to the establishment of a loan incentive program to promote energy efficiency in apartment buildings. |
| HB 1391 | Strama | Relating to the creation and authority of certain special districts to promote the use of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. |
| HB 1646 | Burnam | Relating to electric utility energy goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency development in the state energy conservation office. |
| HB 1697 | Martinez | Relating to a solar energy technology generation incentive program to be administered by electric utilities. |
| HB 1762 | Chavez | Relating to improving state energy conservation, including through the use of thermostat settings. |
| HB 1993 | Anchia | Relating to certain energy technologies for critical governmental facilities. |
| HB 2194 | Christian | Relating to the goal of installing additional capacity for generating renewable energy. |
| HB 2783 | Anchia | Relating to the adoption of energy efficient building standards. |
| HB 2850 | Farabee | Relating to goals for renewable energy capacity derived from renewable energy sources other than sources using wind energy. |
| HB 3375 | Deshotel | Relating to energy efficiency measures and technologies. |
| HB 3567 | Madden | Relating to energy savings performance contracts. |
| HB 3706 | Coleman | Relating to the creation of a Tex Sun solar energy system rebate program. |
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2011 ACT Legislative Agenda
ACT's 2011 Legislative Agenda is now available online. In 2011, ACT calls on the Texas Legislature to safeguard our health and our environment by adopting key recommendations in air, clean energy, land, waste & recycling, water and reform of our state government.
