The head of the Oklahoma Electric Cooperatives Association, Chris Meyers says no doubt, Oklahoma electric co-ops will take a serious look at the newly-announced USDA program offering $11 billions to boost clean energy systems in rural areas. Responding to an inquiry by OK Energy Today, the general manager and CEO of the state association …
May 18, 2023 archive
Brief energy stories
** Remember SamBrinton, the former senior Energy Department non-binary? He’s been arrested again, this time as a “fugitive from justice” by police in Maryland. ** The United States should develop its own clean energy supply “soup to nuts” — but that doesn’t mean banning Chinese products, a top Biden administration official said Thursday. At POLITICO’s first-ever energy …
Biden’s Energy Department announces $251 million funding for carbon capture projects
Carbon capture and storage projects in seven states, including Texas and Wyoming, received a $251 million shot in the arm this week from the Biden administration. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the funding of the grants that are aimed at reduction of planet-warming pollution from power plants and industrial operations. A major oil …
NextEra plans to sell oil and gas operations in Texas and Pennsylvania
NextEra Energy Partners LP, the company known in Oklahoma for its wind farm developments, says it’s planning to sell its STX Texas midstream assets in the Eagle Ford Shale and Pennsylvania’s Meade natural gas pipeline. The company wants to streamline finances and become more of a fully renewables-based company according to John Ketchum, NextEra’s …
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