by R.A. Dyer | Aug 21, 2026 | Texas Legislature
As with previous legislative hearings, dozens of rural landowners arrived to complain about trampled property rights. Speakers directed much of their ire at data center companies and utility officials, but some they also directed at the lawmakers themselves....
by R.A. Dyer | Dec 2, 2025 | Safety
Through System Safety and Integrity riders, or SSI riders, Atmos recovers from customers certain system safety costs that it incurs each year to maintain its pipeline system. ________________________________________________ The pipelines division of Atmos Energy, the...
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 21, 2025 | Regulatory Action
Newly adopted House Bill 4384 allows gas utilities to classify certain capital and tax expenditures as “regulatory assets” in rate proceedings. Under the law, utilities can then quickly begin charging their customers for these assets....
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 4, 2025 | News Round-Up
Texas Energy & Power Newsletter: Texas Lags Severely on Residential Demand Response Capability Nov. 4 — PUC staff recommends lower profits than Oncor requested but higher than they currently receive; another 1.3 gigawatts of solar + storage online in October; DR...
by R.A. Dyer | Sep 18, 2025 | News Round-Up
Fierce Network: What we know about NTIA’s (alleged) new BEAD memo Sept. 18 — A leaked memo, initially posted on Broadband.io, said NTIA is using “tailored, state-by-state data to identify outlier, unreasonably expensive projects,” looking at factors such as geography,...
