HB 10 - Reforming Energy Reliability Council of Texas Leadership (Paddie, C.)
HB 10 restructures the ERCOT board, replacing the unaffiliated members with members appointed by the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker of the House. HB 10 also requires all board members to reside in the state of Texas and creates an additional ERCOT board member slot to represent consumer interests. Read more on this bill at capitol.texas.gov.
HB 11 - Protecting Consumers and Hardening Facilities for Extreme Weather (Paddie, C.)
HB 11 requires electric transmission and generation facilities in this state to be weatherized against the spectrum of extreme weather Texas may face. Utilities will be required to reconnect service as soon as possible and prevent slower reconnections for low-income areas, rural Texas, and small communities. Read more on this bill at capitol.texas.gov.
is in and today we saw one of the best performances he s ever done. i don t believe the president is at all remorseful for participating in this. he enabled it. he knows exactly what he does at his rallies by empowering white supremacy to go out and perpetuate this type of violence. we need to make sure we call on all of our rettives, texas leadership, governor greg abbott, nothing stopping you from starting a special session and calling action and we stop putting lives above guns. antonio, ashley, jane, stay with me for a second. i want to bring in author and new york times op-ed writer richard parker into this conversation. he is from el paso, texas. you recently wrote this in your op-ed. the el paso is massacre, that s what it is, it s not a mass shooting, a premeditated massacre, was the inevitable byproduct of the trump era s anti-immigrant and anti-latino invective with its pervasive vile racism has poisoned our nation.