Thousands of Verizon Wireless customers scrambled Wednesday morning when the company suffered an outage of service. Those who still had the old-fashioned land line resorted to them to make calls. Others were left wondering—what was so and so’s phone number? Both cellular and internet service were interrupted over many areas of the state ranging …
Tulsa-based WPX Energy is already planning to release its second-quarter 2018 financial and operations results. The company will hold a webcast discussion on Thursday, Aug. 2 beginning at 9 a.m. central time. Chief Executive Officer Rick Muncrief along with Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Vann will discuss the company’s performance. …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission meets Thursday morning for a signing order session. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Jim Thorpe building. One item is Cause No. PUD 201800021, an application of Iochem Corporation for an order of the Commission declaring compliance and applicability of the Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act. …
Attorney General Mike Hunter announced Wednesday parties involved in the OG&E rate case have reached a historic $64 million rate reduction settlement agreement, resulting in lower utility bills for OG&E customers beginning in July. Customers will also receive a one-time refund as a result of the $18.5 million federal corporate income tax cut, after …
A six-year legal fight with the Interior Department over a 20-year old well that’s never produced has resulted in another loss for Cibola Energy Corporation, a firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Oklahoma energy companies don’t normally have to deal with the federal government in drilling new wells, but if you’re in New Mexico, it’s …
The Denver federal appeals court has upheld a $1.5 million judgment awarded a construction company that sued the city of Colorado Springs for revoking the installation license of one of its workers in 2013. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court was right in the way it handled the lawsuit brought …
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with Kansas corn and ethanol leaders on Tuesday who bent his ears about what the agency’s doing to the Renewable Fuel Standard. They complained he’s only undermining the RFS, hurting rural America and helping Big Oil. Their complaints were made as Pruitt left Washington, D.C. to visit the East Kansas …
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline think they can block construction by building and installing solar panels in the path of the controversial line in Nebraska and South Dakota. The group called BOLD Nebraska has launched the second phase of “Solar XL”, a plan to raise $60,000 to build solar energy installations in the path …
Unneeded federal property. It’s the focus of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and three other Senators as they have introduced legislation to force the government to more frequently assess unneeded federal holdings. Joining with Lankford were Sens. Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan, Rand Paul, the Republican from Kentucky and Alabama Democrat Doug Jones. The …
After only a year on the job, Tim Wigley has resigned as President of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association. His resignation was submitted over the weekend after the Association held its annual meeting in Las Colinas, Texas. Cody Bannister, a spokesman for the OIPA indicated the staff was informed Monday and a search committee will …
