Amid rising natural gas prices, Texans see spike in summer energy costs
The price hikes come as Texans grapple with high costs at the fuel pump and in grocery stores.
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The price hikes come as Texans grapple with high costs at the fuel pump and in grocery stores.
The cost of electricity in Texas is tightly tied to the price of natural gas, which has more than doubled since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
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Mitchell Ferman. Mitchell Ferman is a Houston-based reporter for The Texas Tribune, covering energy and the economy. Before joining the Tribune, he was a reporter for The Monitor in McAllen, Texas, where he covered cross-border trade and politics. He also regularly freelanced from the Rio Grande Valley for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and Reuters. He wrote about such topics as the immigrant family separation crisis and unexpected consequences of the border wall. Ferman is a graduate of the University of Missouri.
His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two countries.