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Texas’s top oil and natural gas regulator adopted a new set of weatherization rules more than a year and a half after a deadly winter storm hit the state and left millions without power for days and left more than 200 people dead.

Paul Britton has served as councillor since 2000

Texas oil and gas regulators approved new rules Tuesday that would require natural gas companies to properly prepare their equipment for extreme weather.

Texas oil and gas regulators approved new rules Tuesday that would require natural gas companies to properly prepare their equipment for extreme weather.

A year and a half after a severe winter storm nearly collapsed the state’s power grid, Texas oil and gas regulators approved new rules requiring natural gas companies to properly prepare.

Critics are skeptical about whether the new rules by the Railroad Commission will prevent another catastrophe like the power grid disaster in February 2021.

Texas regulators on Tuesday passed new rules requiring natural gas companies to winterize their infrastructure to avoid a repeat of February 2021 when much of...

Fines for administrative violations could reach up to $1 million.

Natural gas infrastructure considered “critical” by the state will be required to weatherize operations under rules approved Tuesday by the Railroad

Critics are skeptical about whether the new rules by the Railroad Commission will prevent another catastrophe like the power grid disaster in February 2021.