In a new final order created and redrafted by one Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, the state regulators on Monday gave approval with restrictions to the proposed PSO $118 million energy center at the Fort Sill Army Post. The question now is—will PSO and the Army move ahead with what turned out to be something of …
Congresswoman hopes ‘Oceanshot’ will help Oklahoma’s weather forecasting
Oklahoma congresswoman Stephanie Bice told a House subcommittee hearing Monday she fully supported the “Oceanshot” plan for research of oceans and the Great Lakes but also encouraged greater government cooperation with private industry in doing so. Rep. Bice, the Ranking Republican on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Environment spoke …
Writer says wind “myths” hurt Kansas wind industry
One writer who describes herself as a renewable energy expert contends “myths” are hurting the wind energy economy in Kansas. Writing in the Kansas Reflector, Dorothy Barnett says the benefits of the wind industry to local economies are “often overshadowed by fear about wind energy. “These misleading campaigns are costing rural communities millions of …
New Mexico regulators urged to formally accept climate change science
Environmentalists were joined recently by New Mexico’s Attorney General in formally asking state regulators to accept climate change as “scientific fact.” The request of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission came as part of a filing in the proposed merger of energy giant Avangrid with Public Service Company of New Mexico. The Attorney General’s …
Colorado a step closer to a front-range passenger railway
Colorado moved a step closer to creation of a passenger rail line for the state’s Front Range when its state House last week approved a bill and sent it to Gov. Jared Polis. The measure would create a new state government entity that could eventually fund and support the rail line. Colorado Public Radio …
Congressman wants more local control of infrastructure efforts
While Congressional Republicans take issue with President Biden’s extensive infrastructure plan, Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern is fighting for more local control over local infrastructure projects. He used a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Green Lake Bridge near Vera in Washington County to highlight such local control. Rep. Hern, writing in a letter to constituents said …
Rep. Mullin goes after Biden’s latest hit on oil and gas
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin isn’t easing up on his attacks of President Biden’s decisions against oil and gas operations. His latest volley came after Biden stopped oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Rep. Mullin was interviewed on Fox Business News. Mullin followed up in his newsletter to constituents stating the fallout of …
Environs critical of North Dakota and Oklahoma oil and gas firms
Environmentalists are unhappy after learning how the state of North Dakota used pandemic CARES Act funds to help oil companies to not only take care of some abandoned wells but to buy water to hydraulically frac some of their well drilling operations. One such company was Oklahoma City’s Continental Resources Inc. according to a …
Oil prices spur more oil and gas land deals
Recently announced land deals involving Oklahoma oil and gas operators Ovintiv Inc. and Laredo Petroleum are among the growing national movement of companies and private equity firms to unload some of their assets in the U.S. oil patch. The recovery in the price of oil is behind much of the movement. It was …
Energy news in brief
** Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm unveiled new efforts aimed at massively cutting the cost of producing hydrogen with climate-friendly processes. The “Hydrogen Shot” program will breathe life into the DOE’s goal, first announced in April, to drive the costs of clean hydrogen down from about $5 per kilogram today to $1 per kilogram by 2030. ** President …
