The following bills are on the General State Calendar today for second reading. Each of the bills addresses an ACT 2009 legislative recommendation. Energy Efficiency: HB 280 Anchia Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office. HB 2210 Anchia [...]
Continue Reading →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 280 Anchia Relating to electric utility efficiency goals. [...]
Continue Reading →This week, it felt as though the work of the 81st Session truly got underway. Committees began hearing testimony, including the House Committees on Environmental Regulation and on Energy Resources. On Wednesday, the House Committee on Environmental Regulation heard testimony on three electronic waste recycling bills (HB 284, HB 433, and HB 821) and one [...]
Continue Reading →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.
