by ACSC | Jul 30, 2023 | News Round-Up, Utility News
Environmental Defense Fund: New Analysis Quantifies Natural Gas Waste and Pollution in Texas July 26, 2023 — Operators wasted over $1.7 billion of gas in 2019, underscoring opportunity for action to cut waste, protect communities and increase climate security. — Keep...
by ACSC | Jul 26, 2023 | Blog, Gas Consumers
Atmos Energy sent out bills with incorrect past due amounts, but is fixing the problem. ________________________________________________ Some Atmos customers received unwelcome surprises in their natural gas bills this month — unexpected past due amounts. The charges,...
by ACSC | Jul 21, 2023 | Texas Legislature
This year’s legislative appropriations will allow the Texas Railroad Commission to hire 50 new pipeline safety professionals. ________________________________________________ The Texas Railroad Commission will receive approximately $481 million over the next two...
by ACSC | Jul 18, 2023 | Utility News
Atmos described one recent scam as “an ongoing Search Engine Phishing operation” under which con artists use search-engine optimization techniques to promote bogus websites. ________________________________________________ Cybercriminals have created fake company...
by ACSC | Jun 21, 2023 | Utility News
The utility seeks to increase rates annually by $119.4 million on a systemwide basis. The proposed change would increase APT’s total aggregate revenues by more than 2.5 percent, ________________________________________________ Atmos Pipeline Texas (“APT”) has filed a...
by ACSC | Jun 21, 2023 | Texas Legislature
HB 2264 adds a new subsection of the Gas Utility Regulatory Act that will allow retail gas distribution systems to create energy conservation programs. ________________________________________________ Below we describe the final outcomes of some of the major bills...
