Clark Smith, one of five members of the commission, stepped down Friday as lawmakers have raised questions about the role of ...

Electricity congestion creates big problems when demand rises. This crowding costs Texans $2 billion per year in charges.

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Pipeline failures, and inability of the RRC restrictions to stop M5 earthquakes, are troubling as earthquakes up to M6 might ...

An arctic blast has enveloped Texas, plunging temperatures well below freezing in many regions of the state. Despite the extreme cold, the state’s electrical grid operator says it has met the higher ...

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Oilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack ...

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The earthquake struck an area where the Texas Railroad Commission has worked to curb wastewater injection -- a practice it ...

BKV, a subsidiary of Banpu Public Company, has announced a new carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project in ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck West Texas, felt over 150 miles away with no immediate deaths or injuries reported.

Two large earthquakes that hit the Permian basin, the top U.S. oilfield, this week have rattled the Texas oil industry and ...