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Here's why CenterPoint natural gas bills doubled since last year.

Like other gas providers across Texas, CenterPoint passed on to customers gas prices that had skyrocketed during 2022. And the effects of those price hikes could be more noticeable as Texans with gas furnaces begin to crank up the heat during winter.

The Railroad Commission refused funding to plug old oil wells until it knows the rules.

The state's Railroad Commission is holding off on accepting $300 million from the federal government for plugging abandoned oil wells until it knows if there's a catch, Commissioner Christi Craddick said Friday.

The EPA opted not to declare Permian non attainment area for ozone.

The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying a decision on whether to declare West Texas's Permian Basin a non-attainment area for ozone, a break for oil and gas drillers that faced restrictions on the amount of pollution they release.