A bill filed in the Oklahoma legislature by Shawnee Sen. Shane Jett would in effect have utilities spy on commercial medical marijuana growers and report high electrical usage to state regulators who in turn could notify law agencies. Senate Bill 1775 would require an electric utility to monitor and report suspicious usage data from a …
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Headlines of other energy stories
** Duke Energy plans to work with BMW of North America, Ford Motor Co., General Motors and American Honda Motor Co. Inc. to recruit 200 electric vehicle owners for the pilot. ** US natural gas producer EQT says prices are surging due to lack of adequate pipeline structure. CEO Toby Rice suggested the fix to high natural gas …
Biofuel industry still contends ethanol is good for the climate
Backers of the biofuel industry aren’t saying much about a scientific study that claims ethanol is a bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline. Instead, the industry is hoping to persuade Congress that the nation’s renewable fuel mandates being reviewed by the Biden administration are good for farmers, national security and the environment …
Inhofe’s nuclear waste point made by ongoing fight in New Mexico
High lighting Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe’s recent lament that the U.S. should do more to find a permanent solution to storage of nuclear waste is what’s happening in New Mexico and Texas. Inhofe outlined his complaint at a recent Senate Committee hearing, as OK Energy Today reported earlier this week. But such a …
Roughneck shortage in Permian could affect production
A report by industry consultants Evercore ISI says producers in the Permian Basin, the nation’s most prolific source of crude oil could be faced with a shortage of labor—specifically “roughnecks.” Evercore called them “significant challenges” that producers could face reported Bloomberg. Click here for Bloomberg
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