Public Comments to the Railroad Commission, February 2026Testimonies | Feb 05, 2026

At the February 5th Open Meeting of the Railroad Commission of Texas, Commission Shift Executive Director Virginia Palacios delivered public comments about the five-year anniversary of 2021’s Winter Storm Uri and how the state of weatherization of oil and gas must improve to prevent another disaster.

View a written copy of Virginia’s comments here.

In the original, unedited broadcast of the open meeting by the Railroad Commission, due to the positioning of the camera during the meeting, some angles appear cut off. Instead of including the video from the broadcast recording, we have created an audiogram with a clip from Virginia’s public comments.

View a full, unedited transcript of the meeting here.

 

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