News Round-Up: June 2024

News Round-Up: June 2024

Austin American-Statesman: Bee Cave City Council votes to delay raise in gas rates July 27 — Texas Gas Service filed an application on June 3 with the Texas Railroad Commission, which handles the state’s oil and gas municipalities, to raise its rates. The application...
News Round-Up: June 2024

News Round-Up: January 2024

ABC 13 News (Houston) — Texas’ power grid holds up during cold snap, but experts say there is still room for improvement Jan. 17 — Texas’ power grid appears to have held up through this week’s cold snap. Power outages were local, caused by things...
News Round-Up: June 2024

News Round-Up: October 2023

KRIS 6 NEWS: ERCOT CEO discusses reliability and challenges for the power grid Oct. 23 — If they didn’t before, many learned about the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or better known as ERCOT, in February 2021. When ERCOT’s power grid failed during a...
News Round-Up: March 26-April 1

News Round-Up: March 26-April 1

KUT: Texas power grid, energy sectors facing elevated Russian cyber threats during war in Ukraine March 31  — Russian hackers have been probing Texas’ energy infrastructure for weak points in digital systems that would allow them to steal sensitive information or...
News Round-Up: March 26-April 1

News Round-Up: June 12-June 19

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...