Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s Shine A Light program is helping families in need by distributing more than 118,000 free LED bulbs. Since 2014, Shine A Light has distributed more than 750,000 energy-efficient bulbs to food pantries in PSO-served areas. This year, Shine A Light expanded to 22 pantries serving 100 communities. “These are difficult …
December 8, 2022 archive
Court ruling stops $5 billion turnpike expansion in Oklahoma
As of noon Thursday, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority brought a halt to its work on developing the $5 billion ACCESS Oklahoma toll road expansion plan. Vendors were notified by email that the Authority had not anticipated a Cleveland County District Judge’s ruling that turnpike officials had “willfully” violated Oklahoma’s Open Meeting Act. Turnpike Authority …
Rep. Lucas demands answers about US grant to firm with Chinese ties
Why did the US government approve a $200 million grant to a company with direct ties to communist Chinese leadership? It’s the question Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas wants answered by the Biden administration. As the Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Rep. Lucas fired off a letter to Department of Energy Secretary …
Christmas light bills cost more this year in Oklahoma
Thanks to increased utility costs in Oklahoma, the cost of Christmas lights at your home went up $3 this year compared to last year. Now if you’re Clark Griswold in the movie “Christmas Vacation,” that’s another matter, right? A study by House Method showed the national average cost is $16.48 this year. In Oklahoma, the 2022 …
More energy headlines
** In 15 U.S. states last year, coal was used to generate electricity more than any other energy source. Twenty years earlier, in 2001, coal was the largest source of electricity generation in 32 states. The United States has shifted away from coal-fired generation since it peaked in 2007 and toward natural gas and renewables. …
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