While courting North Texas voters, GOP candidates in the runoff election for the Railroad Commission discuss rules for how oil and gas companies should prepare for extreme weather and how strictly the state should regulate the oil and gas industry.
Incumbent Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian, left, and challenger Sarah Stogner speak during a forum in Paris, Texas, on April 26. Voters will decide the GOP nominee for a commission seat in a May 24 runoff election., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Joe Gaines, an oil and gas businessman, attended the event and said he wanted to see if it could help him make up his mind about who to support in the May 24 election.The winner will face Democrat Luke Warford in the November general election. Christian said the state Legislature, not the Railroad Commission itself, has the authority to change the agency’s name. Lawmakers haven’t seemed interested, so Christian said he instead helped spur the agency to change its logo, which now has “Leading Texas energy” and listing oil and gas, coal and pipelines beneath larger “RRC” letters.
Stogner told the audience she wants to focus on reducing groundwater contamination and air pollution in Texas and tried to reassure them that she’s sufficiently conservative by saying that she opposes abortion, favors gun rights and does not want to defund police departments. She hammered Christian and his fellow commissioners for failing to ensure that the state’s natural gas pipelines didn’t fail during the extended subfreezing weather.
After Rice-Tims asked about flaring, Stogner said she wanted to ensure that oil production companies are not releasing excessive carbon emissions and polluting the air.
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