These are comments to the Railroad Commission of Texas regarding its new energy conservation rules for natural gas utilities.

I am a Residential ratepayer served by a gas utility in Texas.  I am also an environmental writer with decades of background in energy and resource management issues, and am well acquainted with policy surrounding utility efficiency programs.  In the early 1980s, I helped start the City of Austin’s nationally renowned energy-efficiency programs.

I offer these comments with the hope that the Railroad Commission of Texas will ensure that conservation programs meant to lower utility costs and save natural resources are cost-effective and pragmatic.

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These are spreadsheet and PDF Exhibits that accompany Paul Robbins testimony to the Railroad Commission of Texas regarding its new energy conservation rules.

Exhibit 1A

Exhibit 1B

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3