June 21, 2019
The solar power developer called 174 Global Corp. says building in underway on a $200 million facility in Ector County….
June 21, 2019
Midland resident J. Michael Party is the new president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists as of July 1st….
June 21, 2019
An early morning explosion and fire at a Philadelphia refinery, reputed to be one of the oldest and largest in the Eastern US, lit the night sky and was reported to have been felt as far away as New Jersey….
June 20, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $939,780 in fines involving 288 enforcement dockets against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ conference this week. The Commission has primary oversight and enforcement of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety….
June 17, 2019
New legislation aimed at ensuring that wind power facility operators properly handle the disposal of turbines when they’re no longer useful will go into effect on September 1st…..
Bill signed by governor will protect power transmission infrastructure and telecommunications as well as pipelines…punishment is not equivalent with punishment for murder…law will depend on violators trespassing…”if you’re protesting on adjacent land, that would not bring you under this law”…clarifying the terms “destruction” versus “defaced” and “damaged”
June 17, 2019
A controversial bill to protect critical infrastructure such as pipelines, electrical lines and telecommunications in now law, effective later this year……..
June 17, 2019
There’ll be increased public transparency for tax abatement zones under new Texas legislation to go into effect later this year, but after some concern the zones wouldn’t be allowed to continue, a bill signed by the governor gives them new life….
June 17, 2019
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) will be getting about a-quarter of a billion dollars to help counties where roads have been damaged by large trucks in connection with oil and gas drilling, production and transportation…..
June 17, 2019
A bill to increase the number of inspections at sand pits, quarries, gravel pits and other aggregate production operations never made it out of the Texas House of Representatives….
June 17, 2019
Some power lines will see Increased safety inspections under legislation signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and filed in response to the deaths of three Boy Scouts….
June 17, 2019
New deepening and widening efforts for Texas ports to accommodate the latest generations of oil and gas transportation will begin gearing up later this year under just-signed legislation authorizing the Texas Transportation Commission to issue new revenue bonds……
June 17, 2019
Money for the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) will go from the state General Fund account to a new trust fund outside the state treasury to be administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
TERP is intended to provide financial incentives to “eligible individuals, businesses, or local governments” to reduce emissions from polluting vehicles and equipment by providing monetary grants under nine programs for the purchase of newer equipment, cars along rail relocation and seaport revamping in order to reduce air pollution (see TERP Diesel Program to Expand, The Texas Energy Report)….
June 17, 2019
New legislation aimed at ensuring that wind power facility operators properly handle the disposal of turbines when they’re no longer useful will go into effect on September 1st…..
June 17, 2019
Bills calling for adjusted safety standards for pilots and vessels along the Port of Houston, as well as separating the pilot board from the port commission, were signed on Saturday by Governor Greg Abbott….
June 17, 2019
Electricity energy brokers in Texas will now be under the registration requirements of the Public Utility Commission has passed the state legislature….
June 17, 2019
A bill aimed at lessening the number of lawsuits over how people are paid at natural gas utilities was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday….
June 17, 2019
The Public Utility Commission of Texas can use outside consultants not only in appearances before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as is already allowed, but a new law extends that to include appearances before regional transmission organizations if Texas interests are involved….
June 17, 2019
While allowing the discharge of oil and gas produced water, hydrostatic test water, and gas plant effluent water into rivers and streams, new powers are given to the TCEQ to regulate such produced water runoff under new legislation signed by the governor….
June 16, 2019
Modular home builders are free to build in energy efficiencies under new legislation signed by Governor Greg Abbott…
June 17, 2019
There will be new agreements between the Texas Comptroller‘s office and taxpayers such as oil and gas companies over how to calculate the natural gas severance taxes paid on wells….