TITLE: Recognizing April 10, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 10, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Hundreds of employees, advocates, and allies of the nuclear energy industry are gathering in Austin on April 10, 2025, for Texas Nuclear Legislative Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, Nuclear electric power generation is an important source of energy for Texas, ranking among the state's top four sources, just behind natural gas, wind, and coal; currently, the state has two nuclear power plants, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant and the South Texas Project, with a combined installed capacity of more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity; together, they power nearly three million homes and employ some 2,200 Texans; and WHEREAS, In 2023, Governor Greg Abbott instructed the Public Utility Commission of Texas to form a working group to study and plan for the use of advanced nuclear reactors in Texas in order to meet the growing need for electric power generation; the 100 experts and stakeholders of the Texas Nuclear Reactor Working Group dedicated approximately 50,000 hours to researching and preparing recommendations on strategies to position the state as the national leader in the industry; and WHEREAS, The November 2024 report of the working group notes that the state's existing nuclear power plants produce 10 percent of the energy on the ERCOT grid and that during extreme weather, they have proven resilient as well as safe; and WHEREAS, Texas benefits from existing facilities and educational programs related to nuclear power; the state is home to the Pantex Plant, near Amarillo, the nation's primary site for maintaining the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile; two world-renowned nuclear degree and research programs are based in Texas, and many other colleges and universities in the state have top-tier programs focused on specific attributes of nuclear plant operations; moreover, the mining of uranium for the nuclear fuel supply chain is expanding in Texas; and WHEREAS, Over the past decade, Texas has been one of the nation's fastest-growing states, both in population and gross domestic product, and the nuclear power industry represents an important resource for meeting the state's energy needs; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 10, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those participating sincere best wishes for an informative and enjoyable visit to Austin. Harris Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw Alders Guillen Morgan Allen Harless Mu oz Anch a Harris Noble Ashby Harris Davila Olcott Barry Harrison Oliverson Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr Bernal Hernandez Patterson Bhojani Hickland Paul Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso Bowers Holt Perez of Harris Bryant Hopper Phelan Buckley Howard Pierson Bucy Hull Plesa Bumgarner Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Cain Johnson Richardson Campos Jones of Dallas Rodr guez Ramos Canales Jones of Harris Romero Capriglione Kerwin Rose Cole King Rosenthal Collier Kitzman Schatzline Cook LaHood Schofield Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft Craddick Lambert Shaheen Cunningham Landgraf Shofner Curry Leach Simmons Darby Leo Wilson Slawson A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico Dorazio Louderback Tepper Dutton Lowe Thompson Dyson Lozano Tinderholt Fairly Lujan Toth Flores Luther Troxclair Frank Manuel Turner G mez Martinez VanDeaver Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell Gates Metcalf Vo Gerdes Meyer Walle Geren Meza Ward Johnson Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton Gonz lez of Dallas Moody Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 788 was adopted by the House on April 10, 2025, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House