Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Electric Deregulation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Resident urges Guadalupe County to put electric deregulation on public ballot
Summary
At the county's Aug. 6 commissioners court meeting, Noah Webster urged the court to reconsider its 1999 decision to forgo electric deregulation and to put the question to a public vote, citing county growth and state legislation that enabled deregulation.
Noah Webster, who identified himself as a county resident, spoke during the citizens-to-be-heard period and urged commissioners to put the question of electric deregulation to a public vote. "My recommendation to the county is to put this to a public vote as soon as practical and let the public decide should you have the ability to choose your electric provider," Webster said, citing population growth since 1999.
Webster referenced state policy changes in the 1990s and early 2000s and said Guadalupe County's population growth requires reconsideration of the county's previous decision not to opt into deregulation. The court did not take action on the request during the meeting; Webster told the court he had asked four weeks earlier to place the item on the agenda and said he received no follow-up information.
