RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS |
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| VICTOR G. CARRILLO Chairman |
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| Contact: Justin Furnace | 512-463-7134 |
COLLEAGUES AGAIN CHOOSE CARRILLO TO CHAIR THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Austin, Texas – Members of the Railroad Commission of Texas today elected Commissioner Victor Carrillo to serve as chairman of the state's oldest regulatory agency. Carrillo last chaired the Commission from September 2003 through September 2005.
Much of the Commission’s work is overseeing the Texas oil and gas, surface mining, and pipeline industries, including exploration, production, and product transportation. The Commission helps keep Texans safe, especially those who live and work around oil and gas facilities and pipelines, and also protects Texas land and water by plugging abandoned wells and cleaning up old oilfield sites.
“I commend Commissioner Williams on his good work as our chairman over the last two years, and I am honored to follow him in this important role,” said Carrillo. “Working as a team with Commissioners Michael Williams and Elizabeth Ames Jones, we will continue to make certain that Texans have affordable, clean, reliable, and safe Texas energy. Texas remains the premier energy producing state in the nation and a critical element of our nation’s domestic energy security.” Carrillo pledges to continue to promote a strong, yet balanced state energy policy that encourages responsible development of the state’s natural resources in a safe and environmentally protective manner for the benefit of all Texans.
Carrillo serves as chairman of the Outer Continental Shelf advisory board to the Secretary of the Interior – advising on all aspects of oil and gas leasing of the nation’s offshore areas. He is also a member of America's Energy Coast Honorary Leadership Council – a group educating the public on the national importance of the energy producing states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He formerly served as vice chairman of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), and he was recently named to the Committee on Gas of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Chairman Carrillo is also on the Board of Advisors of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas & Energy Law at the University of Texas School of Law.
“I am honored to again serve as chairman as we strive to solve complex policy and regulatory issues and as we constantly adapt to the ever changing landscape of the Texas energy sector.”
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