---
title: PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION - Texas Legislation
subject: PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
total_bills: 30
unique_authors: 18
critical_bills: 11
high_cost_bills: 9
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/public-utility-commission"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 30
- **Unique Authors:** 18
- **Critical Compliance:** 11 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 9 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 19

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 18 bills
- **Senate:** 12 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 11 bills
- **Moderate:** 16 bills
- **Low:** 2 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Ken King** (R, House) - 5 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Bob Hall** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Charles Creighton** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Phil King** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Charlie Geren** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Utilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities) (28 shared bills)
- [Utilities--Electric](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-electric) (22 shared bills)
- [Energy](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/energy) (8 shared bills)
- [Utilities--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-general) (7 shared bills)
- [Disaster Preparedness & Relief](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/disaster-preparedness-relief) (6 shared bills)
- [Utilities--Water & Sewer](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/utilities-water-sewer) (5 shared bills)
- [City Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government) (5 shared bills)
- [State Finances](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances) (5 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Public Utility Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/public-utility-commission) - 27 bills
- [Texas Division of Emergency Management](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-division-of-emergency-management) - 4 bills
- [Railroad Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/railroad-commission) - 3 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 3 bills
- [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality) - 2 bills
- [Texas A&M Forest Service](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-a-m-forest-service) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb144-89th-regular) | Relating to plans for the management and i... | Critical | High |
| [HB145](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb145-89th-regular) | Relating to risk mitigation planning and a... | Critical | High |
| [SB1789](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1789-89th-regular) | Relating to electric service quality and r... | Critical | High |
| [SB1856](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1856-89th-regular) | Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider... | Critical | High |
| [SB2368](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2368-89th-regular) | Relating to critical infrastructure and ut... | Critical | High |
| [SB6](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb6-89th-regular) | Relating to the planning for, interconnect... | Critical | High |
| [HB143](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb143-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Railroad ... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB1584](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1584-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of a list of prio... | Critical | Low |
| [SB1036](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1036-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of residential ... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB1169](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1169-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of water or sewe... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB2662](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2662-89th-regular) | Relating to the enforcement of drought con... | Critical | Medium |
| [HB4668](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4668-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Public Ut... | Moderate | High |
| [HB5247](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5247-89th-regular) | Relating to an alternative capital recover... | Unanalyzed | High |
| [SB1963](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1963-89th-regular) | Relating to a financing mechanism allowing... | Moderate | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1318](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1318-89th-regular) | Relating to a certificate of public c... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB14](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb14-89th-regular) | Relating to support for the developme... | Cody Harris (R) | Moderate |
| [HB143](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb143-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Rail... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB144](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb144-89th-regular) | Relating to plans for the management ... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB145](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb145-89th-regular) | Relating to risk mitigation planning ... | Ken King (R) | Critical |
| [HB1584](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1584-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of a list of... | Lacey Hull (R) | Critical |
| [HB4344](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4344-89th-regular) | Relating to access to and use of crim... | Ana Hernandez (D) | Moderate |
| [HB4668](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4668-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Publ... | Ken King (R) | Moderate |
| [HB500](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb500-89th-regular) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [HB5247](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5247-89th-regular) | Relating to an alternative capital re... | Charlie Geren (R) | - |
| [HB5323](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5323-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the Texas... | Ken King (R) | Low |
| [HB912](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb912-89th-regular) | Relating to the compensation of a dis... | Joseph Moody (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1036](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1036-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of residen... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Critical |
| [SB1169](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1169-89th-regular) | Relating to the provision of water or... | Adam Hinojosa (R) | Critical |
| [SB1535](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1535-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment by the ... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1664](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1664-89th-regular) | Relating to public information regard... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1697](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1697-89th-regular) | Relating to a customer guide to home ... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1789](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1789-89th-regular) | Relating to electric service quality ... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Critical |
| [SB1856](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1856-89th-regular) | Relating to a capacity cost recovery ... | Charles Creighton (R) | Critical |
| [SB1963](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1963-89th-regular) | Relating to a financing mechanism all... | Charles Creighton (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2148](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2148-89th-regular) | Relating to the reliability of the el... | Bob Hall (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2268](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2268-89th-regular) | Relating to loans and grants awarded ... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB231](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb231-89th-regular) | Relating to temporary emergency elect... | Phil King (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2368](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2368-89th-regular) | Relating to critical infrastructure a... | Donna Campbell (R) | Critical |
| [SB2662](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2662-89th-regular) | Relating to the enforcement of drough... | Charles Perry (R) | Critical |
| [SB34](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb34-89th-regular) | Relating to funding for certain volun... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Moderate |
| [SB6](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb6-89th-regular) | Relating to the planning for, interco... | Phil King (R) | Critical |
| [SB740](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb740-89th-regular) | Relating to certain proceedings by th... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB75](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb75-89th-regular) | Relating to the resilience of the ele... | Bob Hall (R) | Moderate |
| [SB790](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb790-89th-regular) | Relating to the procedure for resolvi... | Carol Alvarado (D) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/public-utility-commission)
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