The founders of the Dallas-based Texas Business for Clean Air, an unlikely coalition of free-market well-to-dos formed to oppose Texas’ 17 proposed pulverized coal power plants, paid a visit to Austin last week. Co-founder David Litman, the father of Hotels.com, argues that utilities’ coal proposals, especially those of TXU (proposing 11 plants), don’t reflect the [...]

AUSTIN — The permitting process for six coal-fired plants was pushed back four months today, as an administrative panel of judges granted a request from environmental groups who wanted more time to prepare their cases in opposition.
A day after a state court blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s order fast-tracking the permits, a panel of administrative judges [...]

Sonoran Energy, Inc. announced that it has approved the appointment of Hein & Associates LLP as its new independently registered public accounting firm. Hein & Associates is a Dallas-based leading public accounting and advisory firm with over 25 years of consulting and business advisory experience.
Sonoran Energy’s President and CFO, Frank T. Smith, commented, “I have [...]

Several Texas energy companies offered Thursday to build a string of wind, gas and coal-fired power plants and transmission lines across the Panhandle that could lessen the state’s future dependence on coal while supplying enough electricity for more than a million Texas homes.
More than 15 proposals were filed with the Public Utilities Commission to [...]

Carrying signs with slogans of “Stop the Coal Rush” and “Shame on Texas,” about 1,000 people rallied at the state Capitol to persuade lawmakers to abandon a plan to build up to 18 new coal-fired power plants.
Environmentalists fear the new plants will pump millions of tons of pollutants into the air every year.
“Coal plants seem [...]

Texas’ largest Baptist group is taking a rare step into environmental advocacy, working to block Gov. Rick Perry’s plan to speed the approval process for 18 new coal-fired power plants.
The Christian Life Commission, the public policy arm of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, is mobilizing Baptists against the coal-fired plants and urging the convention’s [...]

Abraxas Petroleum Corp.’s fields produced 7.7 billion cubic feet equivalent of oil and natural gas in 2006.
This is a 26 percent increase over the 6.1 billion cubic feet equivalent produced in 2005.
The company’s year-end oil and natural gas reserves stood at 99 billion cubic feet equivalent as of Dec. 31, 2006, a 6 percent decrease [...]

Masquerading as activists battling coal plants, Big Gas is squaring off against Big Coal in a polished campaign run by a Hollywood ad agency.
Natural gas companies, calling themselves the Texas Clean Sky Coalition, have been fighting coal plant proposals with full-page advertisements in the state’s major daily newspapers.
Utilities have proposed at least 17 new coal-fired [...]

Locomotive trains hauling coal to a slew of proposed new power plants in North Texas would emit enough pollution that local leaders may have to consider more drastic measures than already planned to meet federal ozone regulations, a state analysis concludes.
TXU Corp. and energy industry advocates insist that the coal-fired power plants planned to be [...]

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. plans to announce results for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 on February 5, 2007, before the opening of trading on the NYSE. The partnership has scheduled a conference call on February 5, 2007 at 10:00AM EST to discuss financial results. Listeners may access this call by dialing (888) 548-4639. The [...]