State House Committee to review retail electric supplier act

  Voters in Oklahoma will be able to watch live coverage Thursday when the House Utilities Committee handles a measure focusing on electric service companies offering service outside their own service territories. Introduced by Rep. Trey Caldwell of Lawton, it is called the Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act. His bill would require a retail …

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More than 3,000 customers still without power from snow storm

  More than 3,400 customers of Oklahoma’s Electric Cooperatives remained without power Tuesday morning as a result of the weekend snow storm. The OEC indicated the total was 3,413 customers ranging in counties from the Panhandle to the southwest. Caddo County, home to Anadarko, was hardest hit and as of Tuesday, still had 1,780 customers …

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Refinery outage sends prices higher in the upper Midwest

  An unplanned outage of a refinery in Indiana is sending gasoline prices higher in the upper Midwest. The U.S. Energy Information Administration explained the BP-owned and operated refinery in Whiting, Indiana is the largest in the Midwest and has been offline since a power outage on Feb. 1. As a result, the EIA said …

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Oklahoma regulators donate 32 cars to 16 law agencies around the state

          The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) Transportation Division has downsized its motor vehicle fleet to the benefit of 16 other law enforcement agencies, departments and offices. The decision to downsize was made before the Governor’s executive order to reduce the state’s fleet inventory issued in May 2023. Changes related to vehicle …

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Industry leader says Biden’s LNG freeze was “purely political”

  A growing list of critics of the Biden freeze of LNG ports and shipments includes Tm Tarpley, president of the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. Writing in the Washington Examiner, Tarpley made it clear what he thinks of the President’s move. “It has become increasingly clear this decision was a purely political calculation. The …

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Chesapeake enters long term LNG contract

    Chesapeake Energy Corporation just assured its growing stake in the world’s natural gas industry by signing an agreement that put the Oklahoma City energy company into the LNG export industry. Chesapeake announced Tuesday its subsidiairies, Delfin LNG LLC and Gunvor Group Ltd reached a deal that includes executed Sales and Purchase Agreements for …

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Cole to Biden—LNG freeze doesn’t follow science

  In opposing President Biden’s freeze on LNG shipments and projects, Congressman Tom Cole tells the President we all want an energy future that makes us safer and stronger, but “ceding American leadership to our adversaries won’t get us there.” Writing in a column to his constituents, the Republican Representative said Biden’s “Green New Deal” …

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Energy quick reads

** At least two members of Congress are vying to become the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Bob Latta (R-Ohio) are interested in replacing outgoing chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), who will retire from the House next year. ** The American Petroleum Institute filed a legal challenge …

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Mammoth to release 4Q earnings on first day of March

    Following a net loss in the third quarter, Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. plans to release its fourth quarter earnings report on the first day of March and investors will be anxious to see whether financial improvements were made. Mammoth will ldisclose the 2023 fourth quarter and full-year financial results before the …

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Democratic Senators accuse gas companies of overcharging consumers

  Five U.S. Senators, described as “progressive” accused energy companies of deceiving the public with “green” gas and overcharging customers for projects that won’t help the climate. One of them is Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and a former Oklahoman. She and four others wrote a letter to federal regulators asking the Federal …

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