SocraticGadfly: Glenn Hegar and the Chapter 313 mess

January 12, 2023

Glenn Hegar and the Chapter 313 mess

Pulled from last week's Roundup for more thoughts.

The state Supremes said recently that Comptroller Glenn Hegar can officially say fuck-you to a late rush of Chapter 313 filings. I said a week ago that I thought it was a cheap-ass punt by the justices saying this is for the Lege to decide. That said, the lobbying's going to be hot and heavy!

But, who says it's going to stop there?

Lots of big national and multinational wind farm companies are incorporated outside of Texas. They're looking right now for any possible way to jump this issue to federal court, aren't they? And, if any of those wind farms are in the portion of West Texas that's connected to the western power grid, then you've got interstate commerce in the mix, too.

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