Where politics, government and energy intersect.
As expected, both Republicans running for the state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling and pipelines won their races.
The races are largely a forgone conclusion, but thanks to our friends at the Texas Tribune, we’ll be carrying live election results for the two races for the Railroad Commission of Texas (which oversees oil and gas drilling in the state) tonight. Update: The results are in. Running for re-election is chairman Barry Smitherman, who […]
Looking for ways to pay to rebuild roads damaged by thousands of trucks servicing oil and gas drilling, the Texas legislature will likely consider raising fees for overweight trucks when it convenes in January. “The fees we are collecting today just are not sufficient to compensate for the increased consumption of pavement and bridges,” John […]
After revised forecasts that this winter will not be as wet as anticipated in Texas, planners are calling for reduced water for agriculture on the Lower Colorado.
The media is still talking about Ryan Adams and his blog post about illegally eating a dove that flew into the side of his house. In homage to the close of dove season, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite user comments on this quirky Texas wildlife story.
Even if the plan gets funding, some say it will not be enough.
With fracking and improved technology, oil and gas drilling is surging in parts of Texas. But the  Railroad Commission  of Texas (RRC) that regulates the industry has computers that can’t keep up. “We have a lot of technology in our industry and the agency that oversees us needs to be up to par with us,” […]
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been receiving hate mail from around the country thanks to the gastronomic adventures of an Austin-area food blogger. It all started when the man’s unlikely dinner literally went bump in the night.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas, which oversees electricity in the state, voted today to raise the limit on how much power providers can charge. That price – known as the offer cap – happens when the grid gets stretched to capacity. It’s essentially the maximum amount companies can charge for wholesale power. Today the […]
The face of the rural Texas water provider is changing. Jim Boyle, a lawyer with the group Texas Rate Payers United, says years ago most water companies were mom and pop operations, owned by families within the communities they served. Then the great roll-up began. “We have three or four companies that have come into […]
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