3 days agoPower companies required to better prepare plants for winter in first phase of rule approved by Texas regulatorsThe state Public Utility Commission adopted a rule — which experts first recommended a decade ago following a winter storm — requiring power companies to use “best effort...
Oil industry helped handpick members of Texas advisory group for electric grid reliability, emails showOil and gas industry groups provided a list of names to the Railroad Commission for appointment to a council formed in response to the February power crisis. All four of ...
Analysis: Texas legislators set the table for the 2022 electionsThe controversial issues you’ve heard Texas lawmakers debate for most of the year aren’t going away; many of them will be argued all over again during the 2022 elections.
The Karankawa were said to be extinct. Now they’re reviving their culture — and fighting to protect their ancestors’ land.
Shell’s decision to leave Permian Basin unlikely to impact Texas workforce or climate issues, experts say
Shell sells off its oil and gas business in Texas’ Permian Basin, seeking to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels
Texas bans storage of highly radioactive waste, but a West Texas facility may get a license from the feds anyway
State lawmakers again try to ban most dangerous nuclear waste as feds consider allowing it at West Texas site
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn, Ted Cruz vote against infrastructure bill that could give Texas more than $30 billion
Energy industry showers Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas politicians with campaign cash after they passed power grid bills
Gov. Greg Abbott tells electricity regulators to encourage building more power plants, penalize renewable energy
ERCOT will have to release information about power plant outages quicker — but it may not detail what causes them
Some Texas power plants unexpectedly went offline last week. The grid operator says it still doesn’t know why
Is Texas headed toward another blackout? Did the Legislature fix the power grid? Here are answers to your questions about the grid.
Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation as many power generators are unexpectedly offline and temperatures rise
Texas power generation companies will have to better prepare for extreme weather under bills Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law
Texas could give landowners more say in eminent domain negotiations under bill sent to Greg Abbott’s desk
Texas House wants to go further than Senate to protect state’s main power grid as time to agree on bills winds down
Texas Legislature approves bill to ban residential wholesale electricity plans — the first major winter storm bill sent to the governor
