A report indicates a new Oklahoma power plant might be in the future, all because of the efforts of California scientists who recently announced they repeated successful attempts at nuclear fusion. It could mean a commercial fusion power plant in Oklahoma. Click here for Norman Transcript
August 2023 archive
Oklahoma regulators hit with “mess” over PSO rate hike request
“A complicated issue,” is how Oklahoma Corporation Commission Chairman Todd Hiett described Tuesday’s handling of the $155 million rate hike request made by Public Service Company. Thomas Schroedter, Executive Director and General Counsel to the Oklahoma Industrial Energy Consumers had another description. “This is somewhat of a mess,” he told commissioners as they pondered …
Kansas to meet EV charging demand
Transportation leaders in Kansas say one way or another, they plan to prepare for an expanded EV population in the state. Right now, the state doesn’t have enough electric vehicle charging stations to meet the emerging demand. “One way or another, this is coming, so we need to be prepared,” said Tami Alexander, the …
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** In remarks on Tuesday, President Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden would visit devastated Maui “as soon as we can,” before he pivoted to prepared remarks about the Inflation Reduction Act on a preplanned trip to Wisconsin to tout his economic accomplishments. ** A Hawaiian couple sued the state’s electric utility this …
Completion reports for August 15, 2023
completions: none were processed today
Permits to drill for August 15, 2023
Logan County GREGORY #1, August 15 2023 02 17N 4W CW2NENW API: 08323895 Lat: 35.98376256820369, Long: -97.59861127674056 SOUTHWESTERN EXPLORATION SH, RC, 6573 ft, LAYTON(4720)
China’s sluggish economy sends oil prices and OK energy stocks downward
Crude oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks dropped in Tuesday’s trading. Oil fell on word of new data reflecting the sluggish Chinese economy. West Texas Intermediate crude,the U.S. benchmark, fell $1.52 or 1.8% to finish at $80.99 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the global benchmark, dropped $1.32 or 1.5% to …
Corporation Commissioner says Arkansas Oklahoma Gas did the right thing…other utilities did no
When Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners voted Tuesday to dismiss a 2021 application by Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation to finance its historic fuel cost debt from the winter storm using securitization and ratepaer-backed bonds, it prompted Commissioner Bob Anthony, in an opinion filing, to state AOG did the right thing in trying to reduce debt before …
Hot weather’s returning with a vengeance
It was as though Summer just teased us with an early taste of fall. Because the hot 100s are coming back….and soon. Brace yourself! As State Climatologist Gary McManus wrote this week, it also means rain chances are probably out of the window for now. “But as promised, summer roars back later this week …
Cole—Bidenomics is bad for the country
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole doesn’t think much of Bidenomics—the political term created by President Biden and Vice President Harris as they hit the campaign trail to pitch what they label as “success” of their economic plan. Rep. Cole, a Republican, blames Bidenomics for this month’s decision by Fitch Ratings to downgrade the U.S. government’s …