Campaign to ban gas stoves is growing in U.S.

  Like 18 other Republican-led states, Oklahoma has banned cities and local governments from banning the use of natural gas in homes. Yet the campaign appears to be growing including the most recent move when New York City’s outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a ban on gas hookups in new buildings. 360 …

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Eminent domain to be used in Nebraska’s water fight with Colorado

  In a recent story, we told you how Nebraska has launched a legal move to take land in Colorado in order to get water from the South Plate River. Now it appears Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will use the power of eminent domain to seize the land in order to build a canal off …

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4Q results to be released by Alliance Resource Partners

  Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the large coal mining company based in Tulsa will issue its fourth quarter 2021 financial results this month. The company will report the results before the market opens on Monday, January 31. Management will discuss the results during a conference call beginning at 9 a.m. central time the same day. …

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Tax credits in doubt for geothermal projects

  While the University of Oklahoma recently received a federal grant to develop geothermal heat from oil and gas wells near schools in Tuttle, there remains a big question of continued funding by Congress. Some $84 million in funding for  geothermal demonstration projects was included in the bipartisan infrastructure package passed last fall. But continued …

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Panhandle wind farm gets all clear

  More than six months after an Oklahoma Panhandle wind farm was discovered to be in shambles, presenting a dangerous situation for nearby residents, an all clear has been given and the farm is considered safe once again. The farm OK Energy Today first told you about last year is no longer a threat to …

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Major solar power projects planned in Arkansas and Louisiana

  Funding for two major solar power projects in Arkansas and Louisiana has been secured by Lightsource bp. The company, headquartered in London closed on a $533 million financing package to build the Conway Solar project near Happy, Arkansas and another $533 million multi-project financing package for the Ventress Solar project near Baton Rouge, Louisiana …

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Kansas City Southern merger opposed by Canadian rail operation

  The planned merger of Kansas City Southern with Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is being challenged by Canadian National Railway Co. Canadian Nation has filed an official notice with the Surface Transportation Board seeking to condition any approval of the merger with Canadian Pacific on divesting a stretch of KC Southern rail from Kansas City to …

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Former legislator files challenge to bond securitization used by utilities

  Former Oklahoma City State Rep. Mike Reynolds has gone to the Oklahoma Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the securitization process used by utilities in spreading their February winter storm costs over decades. He filed a formal protest against the recent request by the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority for the Supreme Court’s approval of …

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AARP to offer public explanation about its fight with utility rate cases

  AARP Oklahoma will hold a Facebook Live Q&A on Jan. 19 at 10 a.m.to offer more details of the organization’s stand against some recent utility rate cases. AARP Oklahoma State Director Sean Voskuhl and attorney and utility expert Deborah Thompson will discuss AARP Oklahoma’s continued work to intervene in utility rate cases and fight …

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Congressman praises DOE geothermal funding in Oklahoma

  The Department of Energy’s recent awarding of funding to the University of Oklahoma for a geothermal project drew the praise of Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas. He is the ranking Republican on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and took note of the $1.7 million grant to OU to establish new geothermal energy and …

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