Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Railroad Commission’s consideration of imposing production limits on Texas oil producers. TCCRI opposes the request to curtail state output by 20%—or any number, for that matter—because it violates TCCRI’s principles of limited government and free enterprise. Such an intervention would also likely harm th...

Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute

Senate Committee on Business & Commerce

February 6, 2020

Regarding the Committee’s Charge: 

Interim Charge on Electricity: Assess the electricity market in Texas. Examine changes in customer demand, such as on-site storage, distributed generation, and electric vehicles. Study the usage of "non-wires alternati...

TCCRI's written testimony to the Senate on Natural Resources & Economic Development & Senate Committee on Water & Rural Affairs, January 22, 2020

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I. Introduction

The Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute’s (TCCRI) Task Force on Free Enterprise, Energy, and Infrastructure met throughout 2018. TCCRI staff met with the Task Force’s legislative co-chairs, legislative staff, and interested private sector stakeholders to discuss pressing public...