The unexplained costs of how Oklahoma’s major utilities used a new law to extend 2021 Winter Storm Uri costs are still bothering Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony. Yes, that winter storm. Uri. The one that keeps on giving and giving. He raised questions in 2022 when PSO, OGE, and ONG used securitization and wondered …
AAA just came out with a new report that will likely be fuel for critics of Bidenomics and the Biden administration’s claims of how the country’s economy is doing so well. AAA’s Your Driving Costs has been a reliable data source for the expenses associated with owning and operating a brand-new vehicle for more …
The areas of Oklahoma where a severe drought is recorded are growing, according to the latest Drought Monitor released this week. The conditions could improve next week because of rain in the forecast. A large part of southern Oklahoma is covered with areas that fit under the “severe drought’ category and a few are …
Dry conditions throughout Oklahoma led to another major wildfire this week. The Limestone Gap Fire in Atoka County burned more than 1,000 acres and according to the Oklahoma Forestry Services division is only about 5% contained. The fire was named because it is in Limestone Gap, an unincorporated community in Atoka County. The town …
Smoke from Canadian wildfires spread deeper into Oklahoma on Thursday, resulting in an expanded listing of counties put under health advisories. The initial advisory from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, issued Thursday morning included 17 counties near the state line with Kansas. However, by mid-afternoon, the advisory was widened to 32 counties and …
An Attorney General’s cautionary observation might have led to the Oklahoma Broadband Office to start all over in its proposed distribution of nearly $400 million to private companies for an expand of high-speed internet to rural Oklahoma. Fox 25 News reported the Attorney General’s office had informed the Broadband Office that its tiered system …
One western Oklahoma school district appears to be ahead of the game when it comes to technology in the classroom. Merritt Public School district near Elk City has taken advantage of grants and other help to put an iPad in every students hands and fill the school buildings with 3D printers, full tech labs …
As coal-fired power plants are being put out of operation in northwest Colorado, the railway that carried coal to the plants might be turned into passenger rail service. At least, it’s the idea around Steamboat Springs. Two legislators recently asked the Colorado Department of Transportation to approve a regional passenger rail service. They propose …
Now it is being admitted—the electric grid in Texas came oh so close to emergency action because of solar and wind power issues in the month of August. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas confirmed this week it encountered multiple tight supply periods during the month because solar output dropped at night when the …
Regulators in South Dakota, another state where Oklahoma oil and gas operators have extensive operations, rejected a construction permit this week for a carbon dioxide pipeline project. It came a month after North Dakota regulators did the same thing on a project offered by the same company. Navigator CO2 Ventures proposed a 1,300-mile pipeline …
