March 24, 2022 archive

Utility customers needed help with gas bills

  A report shows more Oklahomans ended up needing assistance in paying their gas bills in the past year following increased natural gas prices following the 2021 Winter Storm Uri and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Click here for Tahlequah Daily Press  

Navistar opens EV truck factory in Texas

  Truck manufacturer Navistar opened its San Antonio,Texas factory to make heavy-duty trucks powered by diesel or electric engines, and may eventually build hydrogen trucks as well. Ceremonies were held Wednesday at the 1 million-square-foot plant. Click here for San Antonio Report

Shannon picks up endorsement of two transportation leaders

  Two former Oklahoma Secretaries of Transportation have come out with their endorsement of former Oklahoma House Speaker T.W. Shannon in his announced bid to replace Jim Inhofe in the U.S. Senate. Click here for McCarville Report

Public corruption alleged in OGE’s 2021 winter storm bond case

  Former Oklahoma legislator Mike Reynolds used his constitutional challenge of OGE’s $1 billion storm bond request with the Supreme Court to allege corruption on the part of Corporation Commissioners Dana Murphy and Todd Hiett who approved the utility’s securitization request. In another protest filed over OGE’s request, Reynolds accused the two of illegally receiving …

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More energy headlines

** The Biden administration has asked U.S. oil and gas producers to drill more as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed gasoline prices higher. But, at the same time, it has taken a somewhat hostile tone, blaming the industry for not bringing prices down quickly enough. ** Should oil prices explode to $200 a barrel as some …

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