Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice is hoping her bill to modernize the National Weather Radio system is approved and signed into law this year. Along with Representatives Max Miller (R-OH), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), she reintroduced her National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio Modernization Act. It would direct …
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Oklahoma regulators to meet Tuesday
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will meet Tuesday to take up various energy matters before the agency. They will begin the 1:30 p.m. meeting with consideration of the 24-hour signing agenda docket. Other items will include permanent rulemaking of the Gas & Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety regulations and the Motor Carriers, Private Carriers and Transportation Network …
Lawsuit accuses majors of price manipulation during 2021 winter storm
Another claim has been leveled against some of the country’s largest energy firms that they manipulated natural gas supplies and prices ahead of the 2021 winter storm that not only hit Oklahoma with devastating effects at the time, but left 200 dead in the state of Texas. Who’s making the accusation? Former Enron trader …
Oklahoma House approves bill targeting pesky red cedar trees
Okeene Rep. Mike Dobrinski’s bill targeting Red Cedar trees was passed unanimously in a recent vote in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. His House Bill 2239 was passed on an 89-0 vote to establish a pilot program to address the red cedar infestation throughout the state, beginning with a concentration on the North Canadian Watershed. …
Colorado legislators explore rising utility profits and soaring consumer bills
A special legislative committee exploring increased utility bills in Colorado recently held its first meeting in an attempt to learn more about the issue. “We have all heard from our constituents that their utility bills have gotten out of control,” said Senate President Steve Fenberg during a recent hearing for the Joint Select Committee …
Grain Belt Express line wins approval in Illinois
The Grain Bell Express high-voltage line, one designed to carry wind-powered electricity from Southwest Kansas to East Coast states recently won approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission. The ICC issued a final ruling granting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Invenergy of Chicago to build the line to carry the electricity across …
Gas companies targeted for lack of transparency
Oklahoma isn’t alone in the controversy over the lack of transparency by some utilities over the high-cost of their natural gas. While the topic has brewed since the 2021 winter storm and the resulting increased energy bills for consumers, similar circumstances exist in other states. Illinois is one of them where Gov. J.B. …
Quick energy reads
** The Biden administration announced Sunday evening that it is indefinitely blocking 16 million acres of federal land and water in Alaska from future fossil fuel drilling. The Department of Interior (DOI) said it had initiated a rulemaking process to “establish maximum protection” for 13 million acres of land across the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR), an area …
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