Members of the Texas Railroad Commission were quick to blame renewable energy for power outages across the state. All sources of energy struggled to produce power during the storm.
Christi Craddick
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Winter Storm 2021
Texas’ chief energy regulator fiercely defended fossil fuels after historic blackouts. She also profits from oil and gas.
Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick and her father have financial ties to oil and gas. Other state officials who have oversight over the industry also had significant financial interests in it.
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Winter Storm 2021
Analysis: Dan Patrick’s interrogation about a freeze warms speculation about 2022
An unusual appearance by the lieutenant governor at a Senate hearing looked like a tough session for one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s appointees — and raised speculation about political tension between the state’s top two elected officials.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick says recovering from oil and gas downturn “is going to be painful”
Craddick told The Texas Tribune in a live interview that a global price war and the coronavirus pandemic will continue hampering the state’s economy and budget.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas agency won’t cut oil production despite cratering prices
Two global crises have brought unusual attention to Texas oil regulators, who decided against taking action some producers wanted. One regulator said, “Politics win, Texans lose.”
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Texas Legislature 2019
Analysis: A rumor of a game of succession in the Texas Senate
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has done his best to knock down rumors he might take a job with the Trump administration. That hasn’t stopped talk about what might happen if he leaves his current job.
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Energy
Railroad commissioners voice doubts that Permian Basin flaring is more prevalent than reported
The Environmental Defense Fund concluded that oil producers burned off more natural gas than they reported to the state. But Texas officials expressed skepticism of those findings during a state Senate hearing Wednesday.
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Energy
Report: Permian Basin oil producers flaring more natural gas than they told the state
An analysis of government satellite data by the Environmental Defense Fund shows that the amount of natural gas that energy companies burned off in 2017 is twice as high as what they reported to state regulators.
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State Government
Did Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick break the law by pushing out the agency director? The attorney general can’t say.
Whether Christi Craddick violated the law last year in pushing the Texas Railroad Commission’s executive director out of her post is “not a question we can resolve,” Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in an opinion released Thursday.
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Guides
Hey, Texplainer: Did the Railroad Commission chairwoman fire its executive director?
After two members of the Railroad Commission’s board sparred over the fate of the agency’s executive director, questions arose about decision-making and transparency within the state agency.
