Xcel Energy is reaching out to help the thousands who were left homeless last week by a wildfire in Boulder County, Colorado. The company announced this week it had distributed 20,000 portable heaters to customers without access to gas or electricity reported CPR News. Click here for CPR News.
January 4, 2022 archive
Wednesday’s other energy headlines
** Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model has already attracted nearly 200,000 reservations ahead of its arrival this spring at U.S. dealers. ** Xcel Energy says it found no evidence that downed power lines caused …
NASA awards major software contract to OKC company
NASA plans to reduce the time, cost and risk of developing reusable, secure flight and ground architectures and frameworks with a $359 million software and engineering contract awarded to Mitchell Vantage Systems. The Oklahoma City-based engineering firm won the five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support flight and ground software, science data systems, mission environments and secure coding. Goddard …
U.S. natural gas prices rise as cold freezes wells
Cold weather over the New Year’s holiday weekend froze some natural gas wells in Texas, reviving memories of February’s brutal storm and nudging prices slightly up. Click here for Reuters.
Refiner HollyFrontier warns of lower than expected throughput
Weather and turnaround setbacks at its refineries in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Washington forced oil refiner HollyFrontier Corps to warn that its fourth-quarter throughput will be lower than forecast. The company issued its warning on Monday explaining that severe weather and operating problems restricted output at processing plants in Oklahoma and New Mexico and …
Controversy Surrounds New Mexico Proposed Hydrogen Hub
A proposal to ramp up New Mexico’s hydrogen production with the hope of uniting environmentalists and the fossil fuel industry behind a supposedly cleaner energy source is instead further dividing them in the fight against climate change. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration is expected to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session …
Xcel Energy Mitigates Colorado Fire Risks Through Multi-Million Dollar Spending Program
Although Colorado authorities have now dismissed initial reports suggesting downed power lines owned by Minnesota-based Xcel Energy caused the Marshall fire, the electric services utility is currently engaged in a $597 million wildfire mitigation program across the state. Xcel reported that in 2020, its power and transmission lines sparked 647 fires in the areas of …
Iowa Loses Almost 700 Wind Blade Manufacturing Jobs Due to Plant Closure
Unemployment claims will be on the rise in Iowa soon as Jasper County’s largest employer will be down to nearly 50 employees. TPI Composites, a wind blade manufacturer based in Arizona, is in the process of winding down its turbine manufacturing operations in Newton, Iowa. In an announcement made in October, the company indicated that …
North Dakota Federal Judge Rules Against DAPL Protesters, Dismisses Lawsuit
A lawsuit stemming from allegations of excessive force used by local officers at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest has been dismissed. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor dismissed the case on December 29, 2021, after finding that the police acted reasonably during a lengthy standoff with protesters near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on November …
Texas Winter Storm 2021 Death Toll Reported as 246
The death toll from the frigid snow and ice storm of February 2021 in Texas continues to rise. The Texas Department of State Health Services added 36 more deaths to the sixth and final report, bringing the total to 246 in what was one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history. The analytical …
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