As Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report notes, more farmers in the U.S. are taking advantage of solar power for their electricity needs. Federal tax credits and lower costs are spurring more solar growth in rural areas. While Oklahoma does not have much commercial solar development, it is growing. OGE has created three solar …
PSO’s $4.5 billion Wind Catcher project faces opposition not only from residents in the city of Bixby, but city leaders too. At a recent Bixby city council meeting, citizens stepped forward with their fight against PSO’s plans to construct a high capacity power transmission line carrying electricity from a massive wind farm in the Panhandle …
After waiting for a recommendation from an Administrative Law Judge, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will meet Tuesday to formally adopt a $64 million rate reduction agreement with Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company. The ALJ recommended last Friday that the state move ahead with the agreement reached by Attorney General Mike Hunter. Commissioners had hoped to …
Tulsa’s Midstates Petroleum Company says SandRidge Energy got it wrong in making some statements about the efforts of Midstates to merge with the Oklahoma City company earlier this year. In response to a Friday statement by SandRidge, Midstates said it was “inaccurate.” “While SandRidge has offered a non-disclosure agreement to Midstates, it would require Midstates …
For a second time, Wind Coalition leader Jeff Clark and Texas political consultant George C. Shipley have avoided testifying before an Oklahoma multicounty grand jury. A Texas judge has again ruled the two did not have to comply to an Oklahoma subpoena to go before the grand jury which met for three days last week. …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy has released her television ad in her campaign for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. The ads started airing on Thursday while supporters were given a first look via email on Wednesday. “For part of the commercial, it’s me, sitting in my home, talking to the voters. I wanted to …
The nation’s oil and gas rig count dropped by 3 in the past week to reach 1,059 while Oklahoma’s count remained at 140. The U.S. included the addition of one oil rig to reach 863 while the number of gas rigs fell by 4 to 194. In the past year, the nation’s count grew by …
A setback was handed a handful of Indian tribes when the South Dakota Supreme Court dismissed their appeal of the state regulators’ approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The high court said the lower court that had affirmed the state’s approval lacked jurisdiction to hear their cases. The ruling went against the Cheyenne River Sioux …
The largest well of those filed in the latest completion reports for Oklahoma produced more than 1,300 barrels a day for Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy. It was a continuation of the Sonoyta wells in Blaine County, one of the active counties that make up the STACK. The Sonoyta 23_26-17N-10W 3HX was spudded in October of …
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Patrick Wyrick might have narrowly won a recommendation from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to be confirmed as an Oklahoma City federal judge, but the Sierra Club thinks his ties to an energy company should disqualify him. The committee voted 11-10 on Thursday to send his nomination to the full …
