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Deregulation of the Texas electricity market - Wikipedia
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State Regulations; Texas Administrative Code; TITLE 43 - TRANSPORTATION (Sec. 1.1 to Sec. 435.16) PART 10 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Sec. 206.1 to Sec. 223.101) CHAPTER 215 - MOTOR VEHICLE DISTRIBUTION (Subchapter A to Sec. 215.504) SUBCHAPTER H - ADVERTISING (Sec. 215.241 to Sec. 215.271) Sec. 215.266 - Lowest …
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Texas Law. Welcome to the Texas Law section of FindLaw's State Law collection. This section contains user-friendly summaries of Texas laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of Texas's official online statutes. Please select a topic from the list below to get started.
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Environmental Protection Agency’s best efforts to catalogue, in one location, the variety of existing and proposed idling laws in their entirety. This document is for reference purposes only; please refer to the actual laws for requirements and compliance. This compilation may not include every state or local law, and you should enquire about your own jurisdiction’s regulations on …
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The law designated the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to be the authority to oversee grid reliability and operations so as to ensure no particular buyer or seller would gain an unfair advantage in the market.. The "price to beat" Included within SB7 was the notion of the "price to beat" or PTB, an idea of a regulated rate governing the pricing behavior of the former …
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The choice between price-based instruments (e.g. taxes or charges) and quantity-based instruments (e.g. marketable permits) also has been shown theoretically to rest on the degree of uncertainty surrounding the estimated benefits and costs of pollution control as well as on how marginal benefits and costs change with the stringency of the pollution control target. If …
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Federal Gasoline Regulations. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate fuels and fuel additives for use in motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, or nonroad engine or nonroad vehicle if such fuel, fuel additive or any emission products causes or contributes to air or water pollution that may endanger the public health or welfare.
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$7500 on-the-spot fine for individuals, if issued by the EPA ($4000 otherwise) $15,000 on-the-spot fine for corporations, if issued by the EPA ($8000 otherwise) Strict liability waste dumping offences Maximum penalty for an individual: $250,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further daily penalty of $60,000
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(1) “ Restricted-use pesticide ” means a pesticide classified as a restricted-use pesticide by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under 7 U.S.C. Section 136a, as that law existed on January 1, 1995, and containing an active ingredient listed in the federal regulations adopted under that law (40 C.F.R. Section 152.175) and in effect on that …
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Low-cost reducers would make the most cuts, free up pollution permits and sell them to high-cost reducers. Although reluctantly at first, Congress adopted this controversial idea, persuaded by President Bush that his approach would allow for both deeper pollution cuts and lower overall costs. In practice, the idea worked even better than advertised. The acid rain …
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On December 4, 2020, EPA revised the federal RVP regulations. (See 85 FR 78412.) This action updated many of EPA’s existing gasoline, diesel, and other fuel quality programs. EPA transferred the relevant 40 CFR part 80 provisions into a new set of regulations in 40 CFR part 1090. The fuel volatility regulations have been transferred from 40 CFR 80.27 …
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One Texas-Sized Loophole is Letting Lone Star Polluters Off the Hook. Texas facilities emitted 174 million pounds of pollution above permitted limits last year. by Naveena Sadasivam. October 14
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As required by the law, in 2009 EPA issued a Report to Congress on the Potential Export of Mercury Compounds from the United States for Conversion to Elemental Mercury. This report identifies sources of mercury compounds in the United States and reports quantities in imports, exports, and uses of these compounds in products and processes.
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The production decline resulted from reduced drilling activity related to low oil prices in 2020. (See, In terms of natural gas production, the U.S. also saw a decline in natural gas production in 2020. U.S. natural gas production averaged 111.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2020, a decline of 0.9 Bcf/d from 2019. This decline is also attributed to the decline in drilling activity
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Currently, the Regional Low RVP Gasoline program requires that low RVP gasoline be used in 95 central and eastern Texas counties during the summer months when ozone pollution is at its worst. The program, which began May 1, 2000, requires that all gasoline sold from retail gasoline-dispensing facilities within the affected counties have a Reid vapor pressure of no greater than …
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Between 2002 and 2014 the total cost to Texas consumers is estimated to be $24 billion, an average of $5,100 per household more than comparable markets under state regulation.
According to a 2014 report by the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP), "deregulation cost Texans about $22 billion from 2002 to 2012. And residents in the deregulated market pay prices that are considerably higher than those who live in parts of the state that are still regulated.
As a result, Texans who pay wholesale prices such as with retailer Griddy received exceptionally expensive electric bills as high as $450 for one day of use. The price to beat seemed to accomplish its goal of attracting competitors to the market during the period through January 1, 2007.
Welcome to the Texas Law section of FindLaw's State Law collection. This section contains user-friendly summaries of Texas laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of Texas's official online statutes.