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Study finds that deregulated power markets decrease cost of generating power by $3 billion a year
Deregulated utility markets decrease the cost of generating electricity by $3 billion per year, according to a study from the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago. A majority, more than 60 percent, of...
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Tauber oil to pay $700,000 to settle EPA case
Houston-based Tauber Oil Co. reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will pay a $700,000 fine to resolve allegations it violated the Clean Air Act. The government accused the privately-held company of...
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The pipeline fight: Protesters rally against protesters
First came the Trans-Pecos pipeline. Then the pipeline protesters arrived. Now the protest protesters are mobilizing. North Texans for Natural Gas launched an online petition this week in support of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ Trans-Pecos...
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Report: Global oil demand up, supply down; Analysts: ‘Bullish, really bullish’
U.S. oil prices rose on Thursday morning following release of a key report estimating that global demand for crude has risen while supplies fell. Cold weather in northern Europe and a rapidly industrializing Asia pushed...
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NextDecade takes aim at Texas City for LNG
The Woodlands-based NextDecade is honing in on a Texas City location near Galveston for its latest effort to build a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export facility. NextDecade, which has focused on an LNG export project...
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