Texas has the most heavily regulated title insurance market in the country. The Texas Department of Insurance sets the price and coverage of residential and commercial title insurance. The TDI also promulgates the division of premiums between title companies and agents. As a result, competition is eliminated from the title insurance market and costs are increased for both consumers and businesses.
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An Economic Assessment of the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan
An Economic Assessment of the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan And Alternative Approaches to Enable Cost-Effective Growth WRITTEN BY Brent Bennett, Ph.D. Download the full research paper here. KEY POINTS • The need for the 765-kV STEP is driven by an overbuilding of wind and solar across Texas, particularly in West Texas and South Texas,...
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