Old man winter hit Texas hard this week with sub-zero temperatures and two snow and ice storms creating record-high demand for electricity while some energy sources were frozen in place. The storms are two of the coldest on record. Most of the state had temperatures below freezing for about two…
Alex Mills is the former President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. The Alliance is the largest state oil and gas associations in the nation with more than 3,000 members in 305 cities and 28 states.
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