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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Public Utility Counsel, Office of ]
| Committee: | House State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Border security | Broadband infrastructure | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | Electric utilities | Electricity transmission and distribution | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Insurance industry | Operation Lone Star (Border security) | Property insurance | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Semiconductor industry | Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas | Texas Panhandle | Texas Windstorm Insurance Association | Wildfires | Windstorm insurance | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 ST29H | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [93 pages File size: 2,200 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Monitoring: Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 88th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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| 2. | Securing the Border: Conduct a review of functions and operations of state agencies involved with carrying out Operation Lone Star as they relate to securing the border and preventing transnational criminal activity. Evaluate whether agencies have sufficient resources and authority to carry out their prescribed duties. Make recommendations to increase the safety and wellbeing of personnel and efficiency of agency operations as needed. | |
| 3. | Economic Challenges Impacting Insurance Premiums: Examine the impact of current economic challenges on the escalating costs of insurance premiums, including factors contributing to the withdrawal of insurance providers from certain markets. Investigate solutions to help Texans more easily and affordably obtain property and casualty insurance coverage. Evaluate long-term strategies for shifting from state-funded insurance programs to sustainable private market alternatives. | |
| 4. | Review TWIA Funding: Review current state policy as it relates to the operation and funding of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), including state agency capacity to effectively oversee TWIA. Evaluate the ability of state agencies and instrumentalities to secure the seacoast region’s ability to produce energy and advance science and technology, including the role of reinsurance in maintaining economic security and ways to reduce the burden of reinsurance purchases on energy production and scientific and technological advances, while maintaining adequate coverage for policyholders. | |
| 5. | Panhandle Wildfires: Evaluate the findings and recommendations of the Investigative Committee on the Panhandle Wildfires that are within the committee’s jurisdiction and develop related legislative solutions and other actions for preventing future wildfires and improving wildfire disaster preparedness, response, and mitigation. | |
| Committee: | Senate Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Austin Water | Centennial Parks Conservation Fund | Electricity transmission and distribution | Electronic security | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | Groundwater | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Ransomware | Rio Grande Compact | Rio Grande River | State parks | State Water Implementation Fund for Texas | Terrorism | Texas Water Fund | Veterinarians | Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of | Wastewater management | Water and sewer utilities | Water conservation | Water desalination | Water Development Board, Texas | Water service | Workforce | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 W291A | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [319 pages File size: 45,972 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Water System Reliability: Evaluate water systems in Texas and identify opportunities to better equip those systems to serve the public. Review the coordination of relevant state agencies dealing with Texas water issues and identify opportunities for improved coordination and effectiveness. | |
| 2. | Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs passed by the 88th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of the following:
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| Committee: | House State Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report to the Texas House of Representatives, 77th Legislature / Committee on State Affairs. | |
| Subjects: | Aircraft Pooling Board | Broadband infrastructure | e-commerce | Ethics Commission, Texas | General Services Commission, Texas | Human Rights, Texas Commission on | Incentive and Productivity Commission, Texas | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Internet | Lobbyists | Privacy | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Revolving door policies | Social Security numbers | Telephone deregulation | Telephone service | Television stations | Veterans Commission, Texas | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.76 st29h | |
| Session: | 76th R.S. (1999) | |
| Online version: | View report [250 pages File size: 1,105 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study the authority of state and local governments to require cable television companies to provide access to competitors and to affect the rates, terms and conditions under which access is provided. Consider the speed of change in the telecommunications industry and the implications of the state assuming new regulatory responsibilities in this industry, including the question of whether any or all providers of broadband service should be required to provide access to competitors. | |
| 2. | Review the current state of privacy laws in Texas as they relate to businesses' or government's ability to disseminate personal information without prior written permission. | |
| 3. | Study the nature and extent of lobby influence on the legislative process. | |
| 4. | Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including monitoring the implementation of SB 560, 76th R.S., and changes in telecommunications markets resulting from the legislation. | |
| Committee: | Joint Public Utility Commission, Interim | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Texas alternatives: Competitive and regulatory options in telecommunications and electric power : a roadmap for meeting new challenges : a report to the 74th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Electric utilities | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | State taxes | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.73 t235 | |
| Session: | 73rd R.S. (1993) | |
| Online version: | View report [100 pages File size: 8,945 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study and make recommendation regarding tax issues, including tax credits, consolidated returns, affiliates, and disallowances for all utilities except for gas utilities. | |
| 2. | Study and make recommendations regarding the structure and organization of the Public Utility Commission and the Office of Public Utility Counsel. | |
| 3. | Study and make recommendations regarding proceedings before the Public Utility Commission. | |
| 4. | Study and make recommendations regarding any other changes to the PUC Act that the committee determines are needed. | |
| Committee: | Joint Telecommunications, Interim | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Texas alternatives : competitive and regulatory options in telecommunications and electric power : a roadmap for meeting new challenges : a report to the 74th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Electric utility deregulation | Energy policy | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Public Utility Counsel, Office of | Public Utility Regulatory Act | Telephone deregulation | Telephone service | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.73 t235 | |
| Session: | 73rd R.S. (1993) | |
| Online version: | View report [100 pages File size: 8,945 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study and develop a long term telecommunications policy that promotes technological innovation, economic competitiveness, customer service and universal service while protecting consumers of monopoly services. | |
| 2. | Study and make recommendations for the appropriate regulatory framework to promote the state's telecommunications policy, including any necessary statutory changes to achieve that framework. | |
| 3. | Study and make recommendations for changes to the Public Utility Regulatory Act to implement the state's telecommunications policy. | |
| 4. | Study and make recommendations for any other legislative changes needed to achieve the state's telecommunications goals. | |
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