Senate committee opens hearing on securing Texas electric grid supply chain
Summary
The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce opened a public hearing on April 1, 2026, to evaluate vulnerabilities in the electric grid supply chain and to request updates from ERCOT, the Office of Public Utility Counsel and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
On April 1, 2026, the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce convened a public hearing in Austin to consider an interim charge titled “Securing Critical Infrastructure and Supply Chain Integrity.” Senator Charles Schwertner, the committee chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM and stated the charge directs the committee to “evaluate the integrity of the supply chain for the Texas electric grid and other critical infrastructure” and to “identify any vulnerabilities or potential risks posed by hostile foreign entities of concern including, but not limited to, China, Russia, and Iran.”
The committee recorded a quorum and a roll call of members present. Senator Phil King briefly assumed the chair before Schwertner resumed the role. The Chair opened invited testimony and asked for updates from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the Office of Public Utility Counsel and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). The record shows invited testimony was opened but the transcript provided with these minutes does not include the content of witnesses’ statements. At 3:14 PM Senator Schwertner moved that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair; the motion was adopted without objection.
The hearing establishes the committee’s scope for subsequent sessions and requests agency updates to identify supply-chain vulnerabilities and recommend ongoing evaluation processes to maintain grid reliability. The committee’s next steps, including the schedule for the invited agency presentations and any requested staff reports, were not specified in the minutes provided.
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