The Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program, or GRIP, allows monopoly gas utilities to hike rates even if the company’s overall expenditures are on the decline, or even if its revenues are increasing. Under the rules of GRIP, a utility need only claim extra investment...
Several key reforms for the Texas Railroad Commission that would have helped gas utility ratepayers were removed Thursday from a 2017 legislative package. The rejected reforms included a proposal to change the agency’s name to one that better reflect its...
The Texas Railroad Commission would surrender its authority over gas utility rate cases to the Public Utility Commission under new recommendations to state lawmakers. The Railroad Commission also would undergo a name change and end its controversial use of internal...
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