AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the passage of Senate Bill 5, Statewide Broadband Access, by Senators Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, Charles Perry, R-Lubbock and Royce West, D-Dallas: “Expanding broadband across Texas has long been my goal and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic made… Read more »

“Texas is a pro-life state and these bills reflect our commitment to protecting innocent life”   AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the passage of Senate Bill 8, the Heartbeat Bill, and Senate Bill 9, the Abortion Ban Trigger: “When I served in the Texas Senate, protecting life was one… Read more »

“This bill includes substantive reforms of the electric grid that will revolutionize Texas’ prevention and preparation strategies for any energy emergencies we encounter going forward” AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 3, by Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown: “Following the winter storm in February, I… Read more »

AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal opinion on correcting the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) pricing errors during last month’s winter storm: “I had no doubt that asking the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to direct ERCOT to correct their pricing errors was not in… Read more »

Findings of Senate Jurisprudence Committee Investigation are Clear AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued the following statement today in response to the Senate Jurisprudence Committee hearing on Thursday: “Gov. Abbott made correcting the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) pricing errors an emergency item and asked us to move quickly. We did. “Senate Jurisprudence… Read more »

AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement tonight following Gov. Abbott naming the correction of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) errors in pricing an emergency item: “I am glad Gov. Abbott has made correcting ERCOT’s two pricing errors an emergency item for this session. Yesterday I called on the Texas Public… Read more »

“This is the right thing to do and it is one step we can take now to begin to fix what went wrong”   AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on the Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to correct the emergency pricing error that continued after… Read more »

AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement reopening Texas: “The Texas economy is coming back stronger than ever and Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement today will help us restore the livelihoods of millions of Texans even faster. Texas has proved what I have said throughout this long year… Read more »

“They hoped for the best instead of planning for the worst.”   HOUSTON – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick today called for the resignations of Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman DeAnn Walker and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) President and CEO Bill Magness. “Immediately following the storm, I pledged to the people of Texas that… Read more »

“These priorities address issues that are critical to Texans”   AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his top priorities for the 2021 Legislative Session today. The list reflects his own priorities as well as priorities from senators and Texans around the state. The Lt. Governor’s priorities are designed to protect taxpayers and the Texas… Read more »