by OCSC | Jul 28, 2021 | News Roundup
Reuters: Texas power grid passes first of many tests to meet demand as heatwave lingers July 27 — The Texas power grid passed the first of what could be many tests over the next week by meeting the highest demand this year on Monday without problems as homes and...
by OCSC | Jul 21, 2021 | News Roundup
KBTX: New solar farm in Grimes County set to power over 45,000 homes and businesses July 16 — Construction continues on Blue Jay Solar Farm off Highway 164 in Iola. The green energy provider will house more than 650,000 solar panels across more than 3,000 acres....
by OCSC | Jul 16, 2021 | News Roundup
Austonia: Tesla will build ‘the nation’s most sustainable’ solar neighborhood in Southeast Austin July 9 — The first Tesla Solar neighborhood—dubbed the nation’s most sustainable residential community—will be built in Easton Park, a...
by OCSC | Jul 11, 2021 | News Roundup
S&P Global: Growing problems with orphaned, abandoned wells challenges oil industry July 9 — In Texas, the Railroad Commission is charged with plugging orphaned wells, which in part entails shutting them down and filling the wellbores with cement. Even then,...
by OCSC | Jul 1, 2021 | News Roundup
Texas Standard: Corporations Can Turn Off Electricity For Past-Due Bills Starting Tuesday In Texas June 29 — The decision is expected to disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous and Latinx people, as well as seniors living on fixed incomes. — READ MORE...
by OCSC | Jun 19, 2021 | News Roundup
Houston Chronicle (Commentary): If Texas will not regulate methane emissions, then the feds must June 16 — The oil and natural gas deposits in the Permian Basin are millennia older than the states of Texas and New Mexico, which today sit on top of them. The...
