Texas Gas Market Gets New Calls for Transparency Two Years After Winter Storm Uri March 10, 2023 By Rachel Adams-Heard Texas’s notoriously opaque natural gas market is getting fresh calls for transparency and oversight, two years after the 2021 winter...
Texas Utility Regulators Propose Changes to Electricity Market March 1, 2023 By Emily Foxhall and Alex Ford The winter storm that hit Texas in February 2021 strained the state’s electricity grid so much that power had to...
Texas’ ERCOT Given Federal Permission to Exceed Air Quality Limits December 27, 2022 By Emily Foxhall The U.S. Department of Energy has cleared the way for Texas power plants to pollute more than is usually allowed,...
Texas Officials Confident in Power Grid as Temperatures Plummet December 22, 2022 By Emily Foxhall State officials warned residents Wednesday to prepare their homes and vehicles for the coming freeze while trying to reassure on-edge...
Texas Leaders Diverge on How to Fix Power Grid December 6, 2022 By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune The legislative session is more than a month away, but fault lines are already emerging between Texas’ top two Republican...
Texas Lt. Gov. Prioritizes Electric Grid Fixes for 2023 Legislative Session December 1, 2022 By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday unveiled a list of 21 legislative priorities including property tax relief, improving the reliability...
More Than 1,000 Flights Canceled as Winter Storm Threatens Heavy Snow, Ice February 2, 2022 By Paul J. Weber Airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses as a huge swath...