Last week, this committee listened to testimony on SB 2142, which was the bill that would have required the PUC to force ERCOT to correct its $16 billion overcharged. The Texas Senate bypassed its rules to quickly pass this piece of legislation, but Phelan released a statement about an hour after the committee hearing saying he felt this was government overreach, and he would instead prefer to focus on the House bills designed to reform ERCOT and protect energy consumers.