AUSTIN – Todd Staples, President of the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) today issued a statement following Governor Greg Abbott’s call for a special legislative session prioritizing property tax relief through property tax rate compression
AUSTIN – The Texas Oil & Gas Association’s (TXOGA) Safety Group today announced that companies who are members collectively earned $2.12 million in dividends from Texas Mutual Insurance Company for prioritizing workplace safety and keeping the group’s loss ratio low.
AUSTIN – Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Texas Workforce Commission indicates that upstream oil and natural gas employment in Texas saw continued growth in April, edging up by 700 jobs and bringing the job count to within striking distance of 200,000 for the first time in over three years.
AUSTIN – Organizations representing electricity consumers statewide are demanding a meaningful cap on the proposed Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) scheme that will impose billions of dollars in increased costs for Texas consumers if left uncapped. The PCM offers no guarantee of increased capacity or improved reliability and lacks consumer protections and spending oversight.
“Texas has long been a business leader, recently winning Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup for the 11th year in a row and being named the Best State for Business for a record 19 years in a row by Chief Executive Magazine.
“Reliability in our electric grid is essential to meet Texans’ basic needs, but so is controlling extreme costs.
