The city of Denver handed out millions of dollars in federal subsidies for E-bike users so quickly that it has had to pause the program. The city’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency announced this week it had to pause the $9 million in subsidies in just six months according to the Colorado …
Tulsa Power Station’s 100th anniversary observed
Public Service Company of Oklahoma marked the centennial of one of Tulsa’s most recognizable landmarks, Tulsa Power Station this week. PSO President and Chief Operating Officer Leigh Anne Strahler, Mayor G.T. Bynum and County Commissioner Karen Keith joined TPS employees to celebrate a century of service. No one is certain exactly when Tulsa Power Station began producing …
New board leadership at Southwest Power Pool
New leadership of the Southwest Power Pool independent board of directors was chosen this week and two new directors were also added to the board. The power pool controls electricity production in a 17-state region that includes Oklahoma. Susan Certoma will serve as chair, and Elizabeth Moore will serve as vice chair. Steve Wright …
Plan to truck Missouri River water to southwest Kansas draws criticism
A political stunt. It’s what one politician says of the plans of a southwestern Kansas Groundwater Management District to truck thousands of gallons of water from the Missouri River nearly 400 miles to nearly the Colorado border. While the state of Kansas signed off on the project designed to bring more water to Wichita …
GMC Hummer EVs going for record prices
So you think you would like to own one of the Hummer EVs? If so, then get prepared to shell out some serious money—perhaps $200,000 or more. And prepare to stand in the bidding line where last week, a GMC Hummer electric vehicle sold for $225,000, ore than twice the list price of $112,595 …
Headlines of other energy stories
** The Biden administration signals support for a controversial LNG export terminal and pipeline proposed for Alaska. ** The White House on Tuesday welcomed moves taken by Saudi Arabia to help Ukraine in its war with Russia as President Joe Biden ponders how tough to be against the Saudis for joining an oil output cut. ** U.S. climate envoy …
West Texas natural gas prices hit negative on Tuesday
For the first time in two years, natural gas prices at the Waha hub of west Texas fell below zero in Tuesday’s trading. The increase in oil production the Permian Basin is behind what’s happened to the excess natural gas that comes with the crude oil. It’s a growing challenge for Oklahoma oil and …
Sen. Lankford—So much for American energy independence
In a bluntly-directed piece he wrote for the Washington Examiner, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford asserted we have only Joe Biden to thank for the end of the phrase “energy dominance” in this country. He called the President’s energy efforts a schizophrenic energy policy. “So much for American energy independence or energy dominance,” he wrote, recalling …
Crude prices and OK energy stocks responded to Saudi Arabia’s political warning
A warning from Saudi Arabia’s energy chief that nations shouldn’t use emergency oil reserves to manipulate prices sent crude oil prices higher in Tuesday’s trading. Gains were also recorded by most Oklahoma energy stocks. “Losing emergency stocks may be painful in the months to come said the energy minister As a result, West Texas …
Union Pacific to build hybrid-electric locomotives in Arkansas
Union Pacific Railroad announced it is partnering with ZTR to build hybrid-electric locomotives for yard operations at its North Little Rock plant in Arkansas. The first prototype is expected to be delivered in 2023 and five more units are planned for arrival in 2024 reported Railway-News. Click here for Railway-News
