Four utilities in Colorado are before their state’s Public Utilities Commission asking for authority to raise rates because of the February winter storm, the same one that pounded Oklahoma and Texas. The PUC is set to hear requests from Black Hills Energy, Atmos Energy, Colorado Natural Gas, Inc., and Public Service Company of Colorado …
September 17, 2021 archive
Energy news in brief
** A United Nations report compiles the latest scientific findings on climate change and shows a gathering disaster unless nations take swift, dramatic action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The report’s key message is that global warming is occurring more rapidly, and with more quickly worsening effects, than most past models had predicted. ** The U.S. Energy Information …
Canada takes Keystone XL pipeline arguments to Texas federal court
Canada is in U.S. federal courts arguing the now-canceled Keystone XL pipeline can still move ahead despite the opposition of President Biden and his administration. The Canadian province of Alberta made its arguments this week before a federal judge in Galveston, Texas claiming that Biden illegally revoked a key permit for the pipeline, reported …
Arkansas wind fans excited about latest Oklahoma project to go online
The buzz is still being generated in Arkansas about the addition of an Oklahoma wind farm as part of the Southwestern Electric Power Company’s North Central Wind Project. As we reported last week, SWEPCO implemented the second commercial phase of the project in northern Oklahoma and eventually it will mean more than half of …
Governor proclaims Texas won’t become nuclear waste dumping ground
While the federal government has permitted a private firm to develop a nuclear waste site in West Texas, the governor has another view—his state won’t allow it. “”Texas will not become America’s nuclear waste dumping ground,” tweeted Gov. Greg Abbott who railed in light of the action this past week by the Nuclear Regulatory …