Author: Shiloh

June 9, 2019

The Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System will continue public hearings and identify details for the “Ike Dike.”….
 

June 9, 2019

There have been paperwork changes to the Texas Water Code as it relates to state loans for pollution control….
 

June 8, 2019

The U.S. commercial rig count dropped eleven oil rigs for the week ending June 7th, and added two gas rigs for a loss of nine rigs, according to data from Baker Hughes GE….
 

June 4, 2019

By Christopher Gardner, US Army Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed the safe removal of more than 1.5 million pounds of radioactive material from STURGIS — a WWII Liberty Ship turned into the first floating nuclear power plant in the 1960s.

The Corps’ Baltimore District was tasked with the unique mission to decommission and dismantle the STURGIS, and its nuclear reactor, known as MH-1A, which was used to generate electricity for military and civilian use in the Panama Canal for several years before being shut down in 1976….
 

June 4, 2019

Production tax income from Texas oil and natural gas continued an impressive rise during May, according to Comptroller Glenn Hegar….
 

June 3, 2019

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed legislation allowing more personnel to be used for expedited permits at the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality ….
 

June 3, 2019

A bill redefining the term “bulk transfer” in connection with the movement of motor fuel from one location to another in Texas has been signed by Governor Greg Abbott.…
 

June 3, 2019

June 3, 2019

Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill aimed at reducing the number of bridge and overpass hits from too-tall trucks….
 

June 3, 2019

Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill calling for quick notification of local areas where a radioactive substance has been released into the environment….
 

Broadband Development Council bill already signed but electric co-op and state-affiliated broadband bills still on Governor’s desk

May 29, 2019

A bill establishing a council to oversee the development of broadband services in rural areas of Texas has been signed by the governor and is effective immediately, but more are on the way….
 

May 27, 2019

The 86th Texas Legislature has ajourned “with no appointed date of resumption,” no special session planned.

The House gaveled out at about 1 pm, the Senate at about 4.

Forget partisanship, now the real parties begin.

May 27, 2019

Bill never makes it out of conference committee, TXOGA says it remains committed to move forward on the issue

A Texas Senate bill aimed at increasing protections for landowners in the eminent domain process is dead…..
 

May 23, 2019

A controversial bill to protect critical infrastructure such as pipelines, electrical lines and telecommunications is now ready for Governor Greg Abbott to sign….
 

May 26, 2019

A bill to update rules for the extraction, treatment and use of brackish groundwater has passed from conference committee and is headed for the governor’s desk….
 

May 25, 2019

A bill has been sent to the Governor allowing the Public Utility Commission of Texas to use outside consultants not only in appearances before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as is already allowed, but extends it to include appearances before regional transmission organizations if Texas interests are involved….
 

May 25, 2019

An amended bill calling for increased safety inspections of power lines has been sent to the governor for his signature.
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May 10, 2019

El Paso Electric (EPE) and Xcel Energy’s Southwestern Public Service Company would be able to charge customers to recover the costs of advanced metering under HB 853 and HB 986, which were signed by Governor Abbott on Friday…..
 

May 25, 2019

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality must “obtain or develop updated Water Availability Models” (known as WAMs) for specified river basins.under a bill signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on Friday….
 

May 25, 2019

A Texas House bill to extend the ways to give notice to property owners in eminent domain cases is being worked out by a conference committee, after the Senate added amendments that set details of how eminent domain procedures should be handled, including details on easements and handling of landowner compensation….