Texas lawmakers have advanced several bills designed to avoid a recurrence of widespread power generation outages which occurred during mid-February storm, but legislators remain divided over how to ensure natural gas facilities are sufficiently weatherized. R One key piece of legislation is Senate Bill 3, an omnibus bill affecting emergency pricing, weatherization requirements and gas supply chain mapping. The state House approved an amended bill on May 24, but it excluded gas-system facilities used for non-power-generating purposes, such as liquefaction. If the Senate agrees with those changes, however, the bill could be submitted for Governor Greg Abbott’s signature. Another issue is House Bill 3648, requiring the designation of certain gas facilities as critical infrastructure during an energy emergency. The Texas House rejected the Texas Senate’s amended version of the bill on May 24 and instead appointed […]