** A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to block the 2021 sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases auctioned off by the federal government was rejected Friday by a federal appeals court in Washington. Energy companies including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the …
Category: Wind Energy
Agreement announced on PSO renewable energy projects
Attorney General Gentner Drummond and several parties representing customer interests have entered into a joint stipulation and settlement agreement with Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) regarding its pending application for approval of six capacity projects. The settlement paves the way for a decrease in PSO customer rates beginning in 2026. The project …
NextEra Energy beats 1Q estimates with more than $1 billion in net income
NextEra Energy, the company with a major investment in wind farms in Oklahoma, had another profitable quarter as it reported net income of $1.1 billion. The Florida-based company has 15 operational wind centers in the state with a $5 billion investment. In the first quarter of 2023, the company’s revenue rose to $6.72 billion …
Right of First Refusal debate grows in other states
The debate over an effort in the Oklahoma legislature to expand the state’s Right of First Refusal law grew to a whimper last month when one of two remaining bills was amended and stronger ROFR rights were removed. Still, Oklahoma has a ROFR law and is one of 11 states with such an act. …
Oklahoma Senate supports bill preparing for disposal of wind farm blades
A bill designed to put strict requirements on wind turbine blade disposal operators won nearly a unanimous support in the Oklahoma Senate. House Bill 2359 was approved Wednesday on a vote of 46-1 with the lone opposing vote coming from Sen. Nathan Dahm. The bill already received unanimous support in the House on a …
Quick review of other energy stories
** The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations. ** A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley, California’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing …
Enel plans to build 10,000 EV chargers in US in addition to its wind farms
Enel is already a well-known name in Oklahoma where it has 13 wind farms. Now the Italian-based company plans to add an estimated 10,000 DC electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. and more than 2 million across North America by 2030. It was a year ago when the company began construction of its 13th …
Kansas creates law targeting wind farm blinking lights at night
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill into law to do something about those annoying nighttime blinking red lights on the top of wind farms throughout the state. Developers of new wind projects will be required to apply to the Federal Aviation Administration for light mitigation technology, which will turn on the lights only …
Bill targeting wind turbine blade junk yards passed out of Senate committee
An Oklahoma state Senate committee on Thursday approved an amended bill targeting wind turbine blade disposal operators. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gave a “do pass” to House Bill 2359 which would require disposal operators to not only show financial security to ensure the blades are properly disposed of but file annual …
Junked wind farm blades to be considered by Oklahoma Senate committee
A bill designed to require operators of disposal facilities of wind farm turbine blades to file annual reports with the Corporation Commission could be considered Thursday at a meeting of a State Senate Committee. House Bill 2359 by Boles of the House and Paxton of the Senate would force such operators of a renewable …
