The Railroad Commission of Texas will take up Oct. 6 whether the rate Energy Transfer charges to move gas on its new Permian-to-Dallas pipeline is reasonable. Anyone who wants to address the three commissioners on that item has to register by noon Oct. 5, the day before the meeting.
The company asked for the review itself, and it sits first on the docket. Its Hugh Brinson Pipeline runs roughly 400 miles from Waha, in the Permian Basin, to Maypearl, south of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Energy Transfer said when it announced the project in December 2024 that the 42-inch line would carry 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas a day at first and about 2.2 billion after a second phase, at a combined cost near $2.7 billion.
What the commissioners have in front of them is narrower than the pipeline. A Texas line that stays inside the state escapes federal rate regulation, but federal law still lets it haul gas for shippers headed out of state — and what it charges for that service can be reviewed. The filing asks the commission to look at one transportation rate and say whether it holds up. The posted notice does not print the rate and does not attach the application, and nothing was found in the commission’s own news releases describing the case, so what the review turns on is not public from the notice alone.
The rest of the docket is long. Atmos Pipeline-Texas has two rate adjustments up for decision. Twenty-four operators face denial of their annual permit renewals for failing to bring inactive wells into compliance. Two lignite mines — San Miguel in Atascosa County and Jewett in Limestone, Leon and Freestone counties — want release from the last stage of their cleanup obligations, on 100 acres and 307 acres. A Coleman County landowner has filed a complaint disputing who holds the right to operate wells on his lease. Behind all of it sit 407 agreed enforcement orders, settled penalties that move as a single block.
Watch the first item. The other 473 are mostly routine or already settled; this one asks the commissioners to put a number on what it costs to move Permian gas east.
Meeting at a glance
- When
- 9:30 AM, Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Registration to speak closes at noon Oct. 5. TRD 2026005782 was filed September 28.
- Where
- Room 12-126, twelfth floor, William B. Travis Building, 1701 N. Congress Ave., Austin.
- Governing body & chair
- Railroad Commission of Texas — three commissioners elected statewide to six-year staggered terms, who choose the chairman among themselves. Chairman Christi Craddick.
- Format
- Open meeting with 474 numbered items, including a Public Input item limited to three minutes a speaker.
- Live video
- Webcast from rrc.texas.gov under Open Meetings, or at adminmonitor.com. Register at rrcconference@rrc.texas.gov or (512) 463-7865.
- Full agenda
- Secretary of State Open Meeting Viewer · rrc.texas.gov
Commissioners
- Christi Craddick — chairman; Midland; lawyer; on the commission since 2012.
- Wayne Christian — Center; former state representative; elected 2016.
- Jim Wright — Orange Grove; rancher and oilfield services owner; term ends January 2027.
Roster from the commission’s commissioners page, checked September 29, which lists Craddick as chairman and Christian and Wright as commissioners. The chairmanship change was announced by the agency on August 18, 2026. All three seats are elected statewide rather than appointed, so the governor’s appointment releases do not apply except to fill a vacancy. Switchboard: (512) 463-7158. Meeting contact: Office of General Counsel, (512) 463-7149.