Author: Texas
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
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Utilities Code
Author: Texas
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
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The Texas Railroad Commission
Author: William R. Childs
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585444526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries central to the modern American economy: petroleum production, natural gas utilities, and motor carriers (buses and trucks). William R. Childs's unprecedented study of the TRC from its founding until the mid-twentieth century extends our knowledge of commission-style regulation. It focuses on the interplay between business and regulators, between state and national regulatory commissions, and among the three branches of government through a process of "pragmatic federalism." Drawing on extensive primary research, Childs demonstrates that the alleged power of regulatory commissions has been more constrained than most observers have recognized. As he shows, the myth of power was devised by the agency itself as part of building a civil religion of Texas oil. Together, the myth and the civil religion enabled the TRC to convince Texas oil operators to follow production controls and thus stabilized the American oil industry by the 1940s. The result of this fascinating study is a more nuanced understanding of federalism and of regulation, the forces shaping it, and its outcomes.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585444526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries central to the modern American economy: petroleum production, natural gas utilities, and motor carriers (buses and trucks). William R. Childs's unprecedented study of the TRC from its founding until the mid-twentieth century extends our knowledge of commission-style regulation. It focuses on the interplay between business and regulators, between state and national regulatory commissions, and among the three branches of government through a process of "pragmatic federalism." Drawing on extensive primary research, Childs demonstrates that the alleged power of regulatory commissions has been more constrained than most observers have recognized. As he shows, the myth of power was devised by the agency itself as part of building a civil religion of Texas oil. Together, the myth and the civil religion enabled the TRC to convince Texas oil operators to follow production controls and thus stabilized the American oil industry by the 1940s. The result of this fascinating study is a more nuanced understanding of federalism and of regulation, the forces shaping it, and its outcomes.
Natural Resources Code
Author: Texas
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Report of the Railroad Commissioner
Author: Rhode Island. Railroad Commissioners
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Biennial Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin
Author: Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Vermont to the General Assembly
Author: Vermont. Railroad Commissioner
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, and of the Reports of the Railroad Corporations, Made to the Board, for the Year Ending ...
Author: New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385474000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385474000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of California Covering the Period from ...
Author: Railroad Commission of the State of California
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Maine, for the Year
Author: Maine. Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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