While President Trump has been critical of wind and solar projects, his administration is set to approve what would be the largest solar farm in the U.S. It will be a 690 MW operation with 380 MW of 4-hour battery storage. NV Energy’s Gemini solar-plus-storage project will cost around $38.44 per megawatt-hour under a 25-year contract …
NextEra Energy Resources, the company that has wind farm operations in Oklahoma and encountered problems with plans for two more has to wait for a decision from South Dakota regulators regarding a wind farm project there. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission deferred making a decision on whether to temporarily waive an energy company’s requirement …
Months after American Electric Power’s Public Service Company of Oklahoma canceled a controversial wind farm project across northern Oklahoma, AEP has done the same thing after encountering tough restrictions in Michigan. Melissa McHenry, director of external communications with American Electric Power, told the Muskegon Chronicle that the project was no longer viable because of several …
Scattered throughout Oklahoma’s energy fields of oil wells, wind and solar farms and transmission lines are dozens and dozens of Indian tribal casinos. And they are the source of the fight between the tribes and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt—a fight that now has gone to federal court. Hours before the start of 2020, the Cherokee, …
Tulsa’s Williams has filed a settlement agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over a pending rate case of its Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC. Under the Stipulation and Agreement with FERC, Williams agreed to a rate moratorium good through August of 2021. In filing the settlement, Williams indicated it expects FERC approval …
The feds are now getting involved in the hunt to see who’s behind the mysterious and unidentified drones flying in formation over rural parts of northeastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska. The Federal Aviation Administration stated it has started an investigation into the nightime sightings of the drones in the past two weeks. The unmanned aircraft …
Completion reports filed for January 1, 2020. None were filed.
Permits to drill for January 1, 2020. None were issued.
Kansas defense contractor, LaForge and Budd Construction Company, Inc. agreed this week to pay $3 million to settle civil claims over allegations of submitting false claims to the Army at Fort Sill. U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing in Oklahoma City made the announcement, explaining the company had entered into a 2010 contract to do work …
Tulsa’s Williams announced it has puts its natural gas line serving New Jersey tri-state area consumers nearly 11 months ahead of schedule. The company said it’s Gateway Expansion Project is finished and in time for the 2019-20 winter heating season. The Gateway Expansion Project is an expansion of the existing Transco pipeline system, providing 65,000 …
