Thunderstorms, hail and rain are on course in Oklahoma for the next few days, but the Oklahoma Mesonet says Sunday will be the day to watch for severe weather. Climatologist Gary McManus says until Sunday, “Maybe some hail, some high winds, and the best part…heavy rainfall. But then things get interesting Sunday through Wednesday with …
Town to get high-speed internet with state help
Project launch set to connect entire Oklahoma town with high-speed internet The Oklahoma Broadband Office and Atlas Broadband will officially launch a rural broadband expansion project to connect the entire Nowata County community of Wann with fiber optic broadband service. Event Details: What: Launch event for Oklahoma Broadband Office/Atlas Broadband high-seed internet expansion project When: 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 10 Where: 105 Main St., Wann, OK …
Senate to consider creation of Nuclear Energy Office
After the Oklahoma Corporation Commission recently presented a nearly year-long study of adopting nuclear power in the state, a bill advancing the cause will be considered Thursday by the State Senate Energy Committee. HB3175 would create the Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office that would be under the administration of the Governor’s office and also assigned …
Energy Secretary in race to be Attorney General
After nearly a year and a half on the job as Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, Jeff Starling wants to move on and become the state’s next Attorney General. Appointed in December of 2024, Starling officially filed his candidacy papers with the Oklahoma State Election Board, formally entering the Republican primary for Attorney General. …
Drummond wants court approval of poultry pollution settlement
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has called on a federal court to quickly accept the hard-fought settlements totaling more than $31 million to clean up poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River Watershed. Every day without a ruling, he warned, risks unraveling agreements that took months of good-faith negotiations to reach. The proposed settlements with Cargill, …
Oklahoma oil company accused of fraud in New Mexico
A whistle-blower lawsuit filed in Santa Fe accuses ExxonMobil, Empire Petroleum of Tulsa and their subsidiaries of nearly $200 million in fraud over the 2021 sale or several hundred old wells. The sale involved nearly 700 oil, gas and injector wells covering 40,000 net acres of Permian Basin leasehold. In announcing the acquisition at the …
OGE joins challenge of transmission line competitive bidding
Nine utilities in the Midwest and Great Plains, including two that serve Oklahoma customers want federal regulators to suspend their policy of requiring competitive bidding for billions of dollars in new High-voltage power lines. Oklahoma Gas and Electric is one of the utilities while another is Empire District Electric Company based in Joplin, Missouri but …
Energy Briefs: Oil Falls After Iran Ceasefire
Oil Prices Drop After Iran Ceasefire Oil futures Brent WTI ceasefire Iran: Oil futures cratered on Wednesday morning after President Trump suspended a wide-ranging bombing campaign on Iran and announced a two-week ceasefire in the US-Iran war. Brent crude fell 14% and West Texas Intermediate dropped more than 16% in early trading. Tanker Traffic Hinges …
Oil tumbles more as ceasefire holds with Iran
The fragile cease fire agreement reached between the U.S. and Iran sent crude oil prices tumbling below $100 a barrel on Wednesday, giving traders and investors increased hopes that oil and gas will soon again be flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. Part of the deal included a reopening of the Strait by Iran but …
FERC to review environmental impact of Williams NY pipeline
April 8, 2026
Environmental Impact of Constitution Pipeline to get a federal review The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says it will take a look into the potential environmental effects of the Williams Cos.’ Constitution pipeline planned in New York. FERC Issues Notice on Pipeline Requests FERC also issued a notice regarding the requests of Williams Cos. and …
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