March 3, 2021 archive

Utilities form coalition to boost EV charging network

  A coalition of six major utilities, including PSO’s parent company American Electric Power announced plans this week to add electric vehicle fast chargers connecting major highways across the country. AEP was joined by Entergy Corp., Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Southern Co. and Tennessee Valley Authority. All plan to provide electric car charging stations in …

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EDF Renewables makes another wind farm deal

  While Texas is trying to figure out what went disastrously wrong in last month’s winter storm, leaving millions in the dark, another wind farm is going up near Houston. EDF Renewables North America, a firm with numerous wind farm operations in Oklahoma announced a power purchase agreement for the second phase of its Space …

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GOP Senator to vote for Haaland as Interior Secretary

  While Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford opposes the nomination of New Mexico Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary, Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins announced she supports her. She is the first Republican senator to come out publicly in support of President Biden’s nominee. “After examining Representative Deb Haaland’s qualifications, reviewing her hearing before …

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Houston might abandon ERCOT

  In the wake of the disastrous and deadly winter storm in Texas, Harris County, Texas—home to Houston–is exploring the possibility of leaving the state’s power grid. County commissioners voted earlier this week to study ways to possibly quit the Electric Reliability Council of Texas which ordered rolling blackouts in the middle of February when …

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Increase in crude storage reported at Cushing

  Crude oil supplies in the U.S. rose in the past week including the stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma storage hub. The American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that the amount of crude stored in Cushing increased by 732,000 barrels in the week that ended Feb. 26. U.S. crude supplies increased by nearly 7.4 million …

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Energy news in brief

** Duke Energy Renewables spent an estimated $75 million to $100 million to replace power that its renewable energy projects — largely wind power — could not generate for customers during the February freeze in Texas. ** Engineering companies Baker Hughes and Akastor plan to merge their offshore oil drilling equipment units to form a …

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