Solar advocates won at least a temporary victory Monday when the Arkansas Public Service Commission issued an order maintaining current rate structures for existing residential and rooftop solar-power users through the end of 2022. Electric utility providers, however, can seek a grid fee on new commercial and industrial solar projects. That fee is not in …
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EPA leader strips some environmental power from states
Under a move this week by Environmental Protection Agency Chief Andrew Wheeler, the permit process used by New York and New Jersey denying Tulsa’s Williams Cos. a major natural gas line project will no longer be allowed. Wheeler signed a rule that limits state powers to block some energy infrastructure projects as the Northeast …
Major interstate projects approved by Transportation Commission
Major improvements are coming for interstates in Oklahoma City as a result of action taken Monday by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. The projects involve an estimated $110 million in repairs. The Commission approved contracts for projects including the replacement of six bridges on Interstate 40 in Del City. It also okayed the improvements and repairs …
Feds delay more sales of oil and gas leases
The federal government has delayed more scheduled oil and gas lease sales. Reuters reports the latest include two auctions that had been set for later in June following the May delay of a major sale in New Mexico. The moves mark a shift for the U.S. Department of Interior, which had proceeded with a slew …
Petroleum Alliance leader remains optimistic about industry’s future
The new leader of the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma remains optimistic about the future of the state’s oil and gas industry, despite the historic impact on exploration and production as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price crisis. It’s what Brook A. Simmons expresses a month after he became president of the Alliance, …
Purchase price revealed for former Hertz center in OKC
The building that was once the Hertz administrative offices in Oklahoma City sold for more than $25 million in last week’s deal following the layoffs of hundreds of Hertz workers. As we reported earlier this week, Costco purchased the four-story building for an operations center. A report in the Oklahoman revealed the purchase price …
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