** Correction: The David Holt who is head of the Consumer Energy Alliance who wrote about banning efforts of cities and and towns from prohibiting natural gas use is not the mayor of Oklahoma City as we reported earlier this week. Our apologies.
** Ohio regulators prohibit competitive gas and electricity supply companies from selling services door-to-door during the COVID-19 outbreak.
** U.S. House Democrats want clean energy tax credits reinstated as part of $1 trillion in federal coronavirus stimulus funding.
** FERC has approved the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal in Oregon along with a 230-mile feeder pipeline, but state permit denials still stand.
** ConocoPhillips’ deployment of a massive rig known as “The Beast” on Alaska’s North Slope was delayed after a module slid partly off a main gravel road west of Prudhoe Bay on Wednesday.
** Wyoming’s largest natural gas producer has agreed to additional one-time bonuses to six executives amidst a downturn for the company.
** Tesla finally agrees to cooperate with a local shutdown order to prevent spread of COVID-19 and will suspend operations at its Bay Area plant at the end of the day Monday.
** Hawaiian Electric’s new CEO says the state cannot get to 100% renewable energy by 2045 with only rooftop solar.
** Wyoming’s Buckskin Coal Mine announces 60 employees have been laid off due to deteriorating market conditions for coal.
** A California consumer organization meets with Gov. Gavin Newsom, hoping to convince him to completely ban oil and gas drilling in the state.