May 20, 2019
Damage to critical private property infrastructure such as electrical power generation, oil and natural gas production, water treatment and telecommunications facilities becomes a third degree felony under a bill that has now passed the Texas Legislature….
May 20, 2019
Today the Texas Senate passed HB 3557, the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, moving this important legislation one step closer to becoming law. The bill, authored by State Representative Chris Paddie and sponsored in the Senate by Senator Brian Birdwell, strengthens protections of Texas’ critical infrastructure facilities from those who trespass with the intent to damage or impede operations, while maintaining current laws and statutes that allow for free speech and the right to protest…..
May 19, 2019
Pooled tracts of land on which there has been no oil and gas drilling will now have a minimum of two years before the tracts can be dissolved under a bill that’s been signed by Governor Abbott….
May 4, 2019
Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill to “streamline existing Railroad Commission regulations of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as liquefied petroleum gas (LP) occupational licenses” has passed through the Texas Legislature with a final vote in the Senate 31-0 on Friday….
May 19, 2019
A bill to “fix” the Railroad Commission‘s oil and gas cleanup fund and give the RRC faster access to needed cash has been signed by Governor Greg Abbott….
May 19, 2019
A bill that essentially “gets the General Land Office out of the electricity business” was signed on Friday by the Governor of Texas….
May 19, 2019
Chemical recycling of plastics into biomass and synthetic fuel will get a boost from legislation signed by Governor Greg Abbott.…
May 19, 2019
A bill passed by the Texas Legislature is intended to improve safety along the Houston Ship Channel….
May 19, 2019
The passage of a bill on Friday by the Texas Legislature could signal a more consumer-friendly Windstorm Insurance Association…..
May 19, 2019
The Texas School Land Board is continued for another 12 years but will need to make some changes in how it operates….
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2019 – API released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020, providing record funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers….
May 17, 2019
Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law Sen. Kelly Hancock‘s SB 1938 (substituted for the House version HB 3995) giving utilities the right of first refusal for the building of transmission infrastructure….
May 16, 2019
A bill redefining the term “bulk transfer” in connection with the movement of motor fuel from one location to another has passed the Texas Legislature.…
May 16, 2019
A bill calling for quick notification of local areas where a radioactive substance has been released into the environment has passed the Legislature and is ready for Governor Greg Abbott’s signature….
May 16, 2019
The Texas Legislature has passed a bill that would open up the TERP program’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Incentive Program to more vehicles in an attempt to help reduce air pollution by removing more older diesel vehicles from the road….
May 16, 2019
A committee substitute bill has passed the Texas Legislature aimed at moving state responsibility for a federal pollutant discharge program from the Railroad Commission to the TCEQ in allowing the discharge of oil and gas produced water, hydrostatic test water, and gas plant effluent water into rivers and streams….
Bill would create Allen’s Creek Reservoir Off the Brazos River West of Houston at site once considered for Houston Lighting and Power Nuclear Plant
May 16, 2019
Using Brazos River water for residential and industrial development along Allen’s Creek in Austin County is the intent of a bill that’s passed the Texas Legislature….
May 16, 2019
An amended “Omnibus Flood Bill” to direct or guide appropriations money to be received later by the state intended for flood planning and infrastructure such as the Coastal Barrier System, sometimes called the “Ike Dike” or the “Coastal Spine,” has passed the Texas Legislature….
May 16, 2019
The Texas Legislature has voted to transfer the duty of regulating gasoline and diesel fuel pumps and the quality of retail fuel from the state Department of Agriculture to the Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation, a “true regulatory entity,” as the bill’s sponsor put it….
May 16, 2019
Legislation to bring control of energy brokers in Texas under the registration requirements of the Public Utility Commission has passed the state legislature…..