Tag Archives: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro responds to Texas freeze with bill to bar natural gas price gouging

AUSTIN — U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro will file a bill Wednesday designed to prevent skyrocketing natural gas prices during natural disasters, creating a circuit breaker against what Texas’ energy market saw during February’s deadly winter storm. The bill also would create a federal inquiry to identify which companies reaped billions from the February freeze. A Bloomberg analysis estimated natural gas producers saw …

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