Expect lawmakers to file thousands of bills — including more than 100 relating to the Texas energy market. Get ready — the Texas Legislature returns to Austin on Jan. 8 for its 86th Regular Session. Expect lawmakers to file thousands of bills — including more than 100...
MID-TERM ELECTION RESULTS Statewide voter turnout was 52.5% as 8.29 million Texans voted in the General Election. As a comparison, just 4.6 million Texans voted in the 2014 General Election which was the last presidential mid-term election. Here is a quick recap of...
Natural gas line explosions have killed nine people in north and central Texas since 2006 and destroyed more than two dozen homes. The latest major accident, a Feb. 23 explosion in North Dallas, killed a 12-year-old girl. These tragedies have renewed the...
The Dallas Morning News on September 23 published “Time Bomb,” an ambitious two-part investigation into the safety record of Atmos Energy. The report was authored by journalists Cary Aspinwall and Holly K. Hacker. The first part, entitled “How Atmos...
Cities and mayors have emerged as a key force in reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new nationwide survey. A joint effort of the and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, the survey of nearly 160 American cities covered a broad range...
More than 3,000 — that’s the number of leaks the Atmos Mid-Tex utility has discovered on its Dallas-area gas-line system during the first half of 2018. And nearly half the leaks are hazardous. These were among the dramatic findings included in a recent investigative...
One of the most important municipal coalitions currently active in gas ratemaking is the Atmos Cities Steering Committee, an organization of over 150 cities in north and central Texas with nearly 1.2 million residential customers.
