New legislation by state Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) would create a state board designed to plan for the waste that comes with Texas’ growing energy footprint.
Hancock’s Senate Bill (SB) 2455 would establish the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee made up of seven officials that includes the heads of the Public Utility Commission and of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the comptroller of public accounts, the executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, the agency head of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the state’s land commissioner.
