April 1, 2021 — The president of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas has been named to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Governor Greg Abbott said in making the appointment on …
March 31, 2021 — The Texas House on Wednesday gave final approval of CSHB 11 (analysis) requiring the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) to create rules forcing the weatherization of electric generation …
Even now, other states such as Florida are assessing the possibilities that they might be hit by a similar devastating power outage https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2021/0415.aspx https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas/cost-of-weatherizing-texas-power-grid/500-2426bcea-37d1-4fa2-b0ea-0dd2a5cc75dd https://www.power-technology.com/features/the-great-state-of-texas-explaining-the-power-crisis-and-what-happens-next/ https://www.power-technology.com/features/the-great-state-of-texas-explaining-the-power-crisis-and-what-happens-next/ https://seekingalpha.com/article/4433115-diamondback-energy-the-freeze-helped-natural-gas-prices https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/marketwatch/the-definitive-account-of-februarys-texas-power-outage/ Some Colorado …
March 31, 2021 — Rep. Trent Ashby‘s bill aimed at protecting O&G site groundwater has passed from Rep. Craig Goldman’s House Energy Resources committee on a 10-0 vote. The bill in now in …
March 31, 2021 — Plano-based Vine Energy Inc. confirms it’s pricing a new offering of unsecured notes at nearly a billion dollars. Vine’s subsidiary, Vine Energy Holdings LLC, priced its previously announced offering …
March 30, 2021 — Davida Dwyer is the new deputy director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas‘ Legal Division and will head the agency’s enforcement efforts. The PUC said Tuesday that Ms. …
March 30, 2021 — A bill that would keep cities from banning natural gas in housing or commercial buildings passed the Texas House on Tuesday, bringing with praise from some in the O&G …
March 28, 2021 — CenterPoint Energy is offering a kind of “insurance” for its customers that covers home electrical systems and a new add-on plan covering electric vehicle (EV) chargers. The Houston-based provider …
March 21, 2021 — Texas lost 18,900 jobs in February, according to seasonally adjusted and benchmarked payroll employment numbers released Friday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The state added a revised 45,700 jobs …
By Mary Huber, UT News March 26, 2021 — As temperatures plummeted below freezing for 10 straight days and snow and ice blanketed Texas, all eyes turned to the state’s power grid to …
March 25, 2021 — There’s a LEGO toy connection to a new 13 MW DC solar project that’s now online, located about halfway between San Antonio and Victoria. Adapture Renewables Inc. said this …
Denver, CO-based electricity and natural gas “integrated infrastructure services” company Peak Utility Services Group is buying natural gas utility services contractor Superior Pipeline Services. Ft. Worth-based Superior Pipeline’s construction, gas maintenance and …
March 25, 2021 — Houston’s Superior Energy Services says Michael McGovern is the company’s new leader. The oilfield services company’s CEO David Dunlap (who also served on the board) and CFO and Treasurer …
March 25, 2021 — The Texas Senate voted Thursday to expand the state Public Utility Commission from three to five members, voting 30-0 for Sen. Charles Schwertner‘s SB 2154. The bill is now …
March 25, 2021 — As the Texas Legislature debates two bills that could remove wind and solar projects from the Chapters 312 and Chapter 313 programs, two allied groups have put together an …
March 25, 2021 — Houston’s NextDecade Corp. says it’s signed a term agreement with a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum for the offtake and permanent geological storage of carbon monoxide from a planned Texas …
March 25, 2021 — Rep. Brooks Landgraf’s HB 2692, aimed at banning the storage and disposal of high-level nuclear waste in the state, has been voted out 6-2 from the Texas House Environmental Regulation committee. …
March 25, 2021 — State Sen. Charles Schwertner‘s SB 3 (see bill analysis) to require weatherization of power generators and natural gas facilities made it out of the Senate Jurisprudence committee on Thursday. …
By Alex Mills March 25, 2021 — The petroleum industry in the U.S. encountered a variety of bad news recently as a resurgence of Covid-19 came to light in Europe, demand projections were …
By Richard Axelbaum, Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science at Washington University in St. Louis March 24, 2021 — In mid-February, Texans were plunged into a period of freezing cold …