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News, Texas News Nov 22, 2021
Texas grid vulnerable to blackouts during severe winter weather, even with new preparations, ERCOT estimates show
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Texas News, ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, power grid, electrical grid, blackouts, power failures, power outages, winter, snow, ice, February storm, ice storm, winter storm Uri, Texas Legislature, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUC, Texas grid

News, Texas News Oct 20, 2021
Oil industry helped handpick members of Texas advisory group for electric grid reliability, emails show
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Texas News, Texas Freeze, Winter Storm Uri, texas regulators, oil and gas, energy industry, Texas Railroad Commission, rubber stamp, regulatory agencies, Texas Legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott, Christi Craddick, Tom Craddick, Texas Republicans, Texas Energy Reliability Council, Perryman Group, Senate Bill 3, SB 3, Texas Oil and Gas Association, Jason Herrick, Pantera Energy, Grant Ruckel, Energy Transfer, Daniel Wesson, Diamondback Energy, Graham Bacon, Enterprise Products Partners, Texas Energy Reliability Council, Commission Shift, Association of Electric Companies of Texas, AECT, campaign contributions

News, San Antonio News Mar 18, 2021
Paperwork failures worsened Texas blackouts, sparking mid-storm scramble to restore critical fuel supply
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: San Antonio News, CenterPoint Energy, NRG Energy, Oncor, Rice University, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, Winter Storm, Texas, power outages, rolling blackouts, natural gas, fracking, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, PUC, Public Utility Commission, North American Electric Reliability Corp., DeAnn Walker, paperwork, form, Kinder Morgan, Targa Resources Corp., Diamondback Energy Inc.

News, San Antonio News Feb 19, 2021
Texas was 'seconds and minutes' away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Texas blackouts, texas power outages, minutes away, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, power grid, failure, electrical grid, Leslie Sopko, Bill Magness, Bernadette Johnson, Enverus, power companies, coal plants, natural gas plants, winter freeze, winter storm

News, San Antonio News Feb 5, 2021
Oil and gas cleanups are on Biden’s agenda. Will Texas embrace it?
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Environment, environmental cleanup, oil and gas, Texas, superfund sites, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, Joe Biden, Texas Railroad Commission, Columbia’s University, Center on Global Energy Policy, Dorsey & Whitney, oil wells, fracking

News, San Antonio News Jan 28, 2021
Texas prepares to test for lead in schools’ drinking water for the first time
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Lead, drinking water, Environmental Protection Agency, Fort Worth Independent School District, Luke Metzger, Environment Texas, Texas Legislature, Texas, Gregory Korshin, University of Washington, contamination, environmental issues, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, school districts, lead poisoning, students, TCEQ

News, San Antonio News Dec 29, 2020
Texas' move to control coal ash pollution could shield industry from tougher rules under Biden-led EPA
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Texas, air pollution, coal plants, power plants, EPA, environmental protection agency, environment, Trump, Joe Biden, coal ash, power generation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Obama

News, San Antonio News Nov 18, 2020
Oil companies snag Gulf of Mexico waters for offshore drilling in last bid before Biden transition
- By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
- Tags: Gulf of Mexico, auction, Trump, environmental damage, climate change, Emma Pabst, Environment Texas, offshore oil drilling, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, environmental issues, Joe Biden

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