“Oklahoma’s economy was hitting on all cylinders in April, especially compared to where we were a year ago,” proclaimed Oklahoma Treasurer McDaniel as he announced a 38% jump in gross receipts to the Treasury during the month of April. What drove it? In part, record oil and gas production tax collections along with increases in …
East of Temple, Texas and northeast of Austin, farmers have become outspoken against the growth of solar farm development. One such farm near the town of Burlington in Milam County will take up 7,000 acres of land. KWTX reported that not everyone supports the growth. Click here for KWTX report.
After announcing the sale of its Oklahoma and Arkansas gas operations, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. said its first quarter income available to common shareholders was $334 million or 56 cents a diluted share, a big improvement over a year earlier when the company suffered a loss of $1.2 billion. On a non-GAAP basis, first quarter …
The severe winter weather that hit Oklahoma in February ended up affecting financial operations of wind-farm operator ALLETE Clean Energy. The Duluth, Minnesota-based company with wind farm operations near Ardmore and Anadarko reported first quarter 2021 earnings of 99 cents per share on net income of $51.8 million. Last year’s results were $1.28 per share …
Kansas utility Evergy, Inc. announced its first quarter 2021 earnings were $192 million or 84 cents a share. The total was nearly three times the $69 million and 31 cents a share for the first quarter a year earlier. The harsh February winter storm was credited for the large jump in earnings. The company …
Intel Corp. announced this week a $3.5 billion plan to modernize its Rio Rancho plant near Albuquerque, New Mexico where the California-based firm carries out next-generation advanced semiconductor technology research and manufacturing. Three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham were on hand as Intel announced 700 jobs should be added …
