July 17, 2022 archive

Suspected fuel thief arrested in northern Oklahoma

  The loss of an estimated $10,000 in fuel bought with a stolen credit card led to the recent arrested of a man in northern Oklahoma. The Grant County Sheriff’s office reported the arrest after the thefts occurred at Farmer’s Grain in Lamont reported the Enid News & Eagle. Click here for Enid News & …

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Suspects charged in $2 million theft of crude oil

  How do you steal more than $2 million in crude oil? Ask the four suspects recently arrested and charged in western North Dakota. The four are accused of stealing $2.4 million in crude oil over a period of more than a year reported the Bismarck Tribune. Click here for Bismarck Tribune  

DC energy roundtable featured Rep. Bice

   Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice told a recent energy roundtable led by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy that Americans know Democrats are to blame for the country’s energy crisis. “Democrats want to blame everyone else for the [energy price] increases…they never want to take responsibility for the actions that they’ve put forward. I think the …

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Congressman says Biden’s love for EVs is built on false premise

  Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin lashed out again at the Biden administration’s energy policies, this time attacking the President’s emphasis on electric vehicle production. Writing in his latest “Mullin it Over” column to voters, the Republican Representative, who’s in a runoff for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination said Biden has overlooked a key ingredient in …

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Texas pipeline worries ranchers and landowners

  Some Texas landowners say they’ll put up a fight against a nearly 500-mile natural gas pipeline proposed to carry product from West Texas to Houston. The 490-mile line will make up the Matterhorn Express, which has yet to be built but is expected to be completed by 2024. Ranchers in Central Texas vow a …

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Dems want state’s $700 million of incentive funds redirected

  In the wake of losing a $4 billion Panasonic battery plant location to Kansas, Democrats in the Oklahoma legislature want the state’s nearly $700 million incentive funds to be spent on providing inflation relief to Oklahoma and on education. It’s what House Minority Leader Emily Virgin said after the state failed to land the …

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Canoo to provide EVs for NASA and the Army

  The future for struggling EV maker Canoo and its ability to move forward with construction of an announced EV manufacturing plant in Pryor, Oklahoma might be stronger. As OK Energy Today reported last week, Canoo gained a huge contract to supply 10,000 electric delivery vans for Walmart. But in recent days, the company was …

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Winter storm payback for consumers will be higher than expected

  Consumers will be hit with a 57% increase in their monthly payments promised for those ratepayer-backed bonds used by Oklahoma Gas and Electric to pay for its extreme 2021 Winter Storm Uri costs. The $761 million in bonds were recently sold by the Oklahoma Development Authority and instead of the 2.5% average interest as …

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