Tom 'Smitty' Smith
Executive DirectorTexas Electric Transportation Alliance (TxETRA)
Tom “Smitty” Smith is the director of Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance, working to develop the policy needed to electrify transportation in Texas. Before he ‘retired” he was the director of the Texas office of Public Citizen, for 32 years. During his career as a lobbyist on environmental, consumer and ethics issues, he worked to organize citizens to lobby for the Texas renewable energy standards, the Texas diesel emissions reductions program, and to block a dozen unneeded proposed Texas coal plants and four new nuclear plants. He has testified before the Texas
legislature more than 1,000 times. Smitty has also worked as a legislative aide, and at legal aid offices in Texas and Illinois and helped to develop the food banks in Austin and Houston.
Smitty graduated from Valparaiso University in 1974 where he studied air pollution and community organizing. He is originally from Champaign, Illinois.
Tom 'Smitty' Smith’s Session(s):
11:15 am–11:45 am | Thu, March 30, 2023
Fast Tracking Progress: Streamlining Consistent Regulatory Standards
Creating an aligned regulatory strategy at the state and local levels and aiming for standardization will help fast-track the development of EV charging at the state and local levels and, in turn, increase consumer confidence and satisfaction. In this session, learn more about the types of policies needed for stakeholders in the EV charging community to truly expedite and expand charging, while also learning the policy and non-policy actions that AHJs can take now to help EV charging stakeholders more efficiently and effectively expand charging.
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