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Resolution on Eliminating Subsidies and Requiring Uniform Grid Reliability Standards:

1. Stopping Frivolous Climate-Driven Nuisance Lawsuits

SB 779 (Middleton) / HB 3964 (Vasut) – Prevents frivolous climate lawsuits to protect legally permitted Texas energy operations and ensure legal certainty for jobs and grid reliability.

2. Pushing Back Against ESG Mandates

SB 495 (Sparks) / HB 3899 (Paul) – Prevents the Texas Department of Insurance from enforcing ESG-based rules without direct legislative approval, blocking regulatory overreach through insurance policy.
SB 946 (Hughes) – Prohibits lenders from using ESG or DEI criteria to deny or limit credit, ensuring decisions are based solely on financial merit.
SB 945 (Hughes) – Prohibits insurers and their parent companies from adopting ESG/political shareholder proposals, ensuring financial decisions remain focused on policyholders—not activist agendas.
SB 312 (Hughes) – Reinforces fiduciary duty by requiring public pension boards and their advisors to prioritize financial returns over ESG or political goals.
SB 2138 (Creighton) – Prohibits Texas university funds from investing in firms that boycott fossil fuels, which provide the royalties that largely fund these endowments.
HB 4049 (Lopez) – Blocks state-mandated greenhouse gas tracking unless required by federal law, shielding Texas businesses from ESG-driven compliance and intrusive mandates from states like California.
SB 1006 (Middleton) - As amended by Senator Hughes, the report must disclose any decision to decline, cancel, or refuse to renew a policy based on ESG or DEI factors.

3. Strengthening Grid Reliability

SB 715 (Sparks) / HB 3356 (Patterson) – Ensures all generators are subject to the same reliability standards, leveling the playing field for grid reliability.
HB 4817 (Virdell) – Requires ERCOT generators to meet a minimum reliability standard or face price caps, a reform that rewards affordable and reliable power generators. This reform will strengthen grid stability and drive down costs by aligning compensation with performance.
SB 388 (King) – Sets a legislative target for 50% of new generation installed to be dispatchable.

4. Ending Subsidies and Special Treatment for Intermittent Energy Sources and Transmission

Protecting Taxpayers and Ratepayers: Ends unfair tax breaks for large-scale wind and solar developers and ensures renewable operators—not Texas families—cover the cost of grid impacts. (HB 4004 & HB 3017 – Money, SB 1381 – Middleton, SB 1979 – Hall, HB 4057 - Troxclair, SB 878 - Birdwell)
Recycling & Land Restoration Accountability: Requires wind/solar operators to include recycling/removal plans in leases, maintain financial assurance, and meet decommissioning standards to prevent long-term land damage. (SB 819 - Kolkhorst, SB 2659 – Perry, SB 2657 – Perry, HB 3228 – Lambert, SB 1478 – Hall)
Restoring Local Control & Community Protections: Gives counties and voters more power to approve or restrict renewable projects, strengthens permitting and setback rules, and limits construction without local consent. (HB 4353 – Patterson, HB 3056 – Virdell, SB 1754 – Birdwell, HB 553 – Patterson)
Limiting Grid & National Security Risks: Caps renewable market share, blocks offshore wind interconnection, and bans equipment from foreign-controlled entities that could threaten Texas grid security. (SB 1692 – Hall, SB 383 – Middleton, HB 3568 – Harris Davila, SB 714 - Sparks)

5. Other Priorities

HJR 138 (Alders) / SJR 71 (Hughes) – Constitutional Amendment prohibiting a carbon tax in Texas.
HB 5589 (Leo-Wilson) – Directs the State Board of Education to review and revise the science curriculum to ensure it remains current, relevant, and aligned with Texas educational standards.