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AMARILLO—Xcel Energy crews are finishing up repairs on the area power grid more than a week after Winter Storm Billy pummeled the Texas plains with ice, snow, and high winds, leaving more than half of the company’s Texas customers in the dark.

AUSTIN—The upstream sector of the Texas oil and natural gas industry added 700 jobs in September, according to data from the Texas Workforce Commission.

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $2.72 billion in October, 3.5 percent less than in October 2019. The majority of October sales tax revenue is based on sales made in September and remitted to the agency in October.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds producers that the deadline to submit applications for disaster recovery assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) for 2018 and 2019 losses is Friday, Oct. 30.

AUSTIN—The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 437 original drilling permits in September 2020 compared to 796 in September 2019.

The second in a series of oil and gas short courses for land and mineral owners will be held next Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 pm.

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced this week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $751.5 million in local sales tax allocations for October, 2.8 percent less than in October 2019.

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $2.57 billion in September, 6.1 percent less than in September 2019. The majority of September sales tax revenue is based on sales made in August and remitted to the agency in September.

AMARILLO—Scott Anderson, co-owner of CRI feeders in Guymon, Oklahoma, has been elected the 2021 Texas Cattle Feeders Association chairman. Anderson has owned and managed the feedyard since 2004.

AMARILLO—After months of historic lows, costs for natural gas that fuels almost half the region’s electricity production have gone up and will increase bills for Xcel Energy’s Texas customers, but only for a short time before savings from a new wind farm are expected to bring those costs back down...