December 18, 2017 archive

State Regulators Reviewing Deadly Gas Rules After Complaints Near Dover

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has started reviewing its rules on deadly and poisonous gas from oil wells following complaints over incidents around one well near Dover in Kingfisher County. As E and E reporter Mike Soraghan recently found, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is also investigating. Residents in Dover have growing concerns after a …

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Arkansas Fights FERC Ruling on Entergy Payments

Arkansas has taken its fight against a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling to the D.C. Circuit court. The Arkansas Public Service Commission is still fighting a FERC decision earlier in the year that Entergy Arkansas Inc. should not have to make millions of dollars in “bandwidth payments.” Oral arguments were heard Friday in Washington D.C. …

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