At least 15 Mesonet sites in Oklahoma recorded freezing temperatures early Monday morning. Fall is definitely here and winter isn’t far off. ” This has been quite a cold snap,” wrote Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus in his Monday newsletter. “Yes, COLD. Yesterday was the first day we failed to reach a high in at least …
October 2023 archive
PSO gets high marks from Sierra Club’s latest climate change report
Public Service Company of Oklahoma was one of only two American utilities to get an “A” in the Sierra Club’s latest report tracking how “many utilities are unprepared” to comply with the Biden administration’s pledge to cut U.S. electricity-sector emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline. The other was Northern Indiana Public Service Co. The report concluded very few U.S. …
Energy headlines
** The Justice Department has sued eBay for the sale of “rolling coal” devices. “Rolling coal” is the act of revving a truck engine to blow and obnoxious cloud of gas. The DOJ alleged in court documents that eBay could face a fine of $5,580 for each of the 343,000 devices it sold. ** Gareth …
Train derailment kills truck driver near Pueblo, Colorado
A semi-truck driver was killed Sunday when a coal train derailed off a bridge and onto the roadway near Pueblo, Colorado. The derailment left part of Colorado’s Interstate 25 shut down in both directions. Crews for BNSF Railway helped with the cleanup of the ten rail cars that slid off the tracks and over …
Kansas and Missouri electric utilities accused of lagging behind on climate action plans
Three large electric utilities in Kansas and Missouri are being criticized because they haven’t followed through on their climate action plans. The criticism is largely from the Sierra Club. The group contends that after three years, two of the largest electric utilities in Kansas and Missouri – Ameren Missouri and Evergy – have regressed …
Westwin Elements
Westwin Elements representatives answered questions Wednesday ranging from plant safety to whether the full-scale version of its cobalt-nickel refinery is guaranteed for Lawton. There wasn’t a lot of details about the refinery — details still are under discussion, Westwin officials said — but the company’s technical team was able to answer many resident-posed questions about the process …
Colorado County votes to restrict oil and gas drilling near reservoirs
A county at the edge of Denver, Colorado is banning all oil and gas exploration within one mile of existing water reservoirs. Arapahoe County, where Littleton is the County Seat and Aurora is the largest city made the move in the past week after Civitas Resources announced plans for drilling in the region of …
Missouri approves Grain Belt Express transmission line
After years of working to win approval in Missouri, developers of the 800-mile Grain Belt Express,the power line that will carry wind energy from southwest Kansas across Missouri and Illinois and eventually to Indiana, have received it. The Missouri Public Service Commission, on a 4-1 vote, approved the plan in which the Grain Belt …
Will Williams Cos. have another strong quarter?
Williams is the latest Oklahoma energy company to announce a release date for its third quarter earnings and no doubt, its shareholders will be anixous to see if the strong second quarter carried into the third quarter. The Tulsa-based company, with 33,000 miles of pipelines across the country, plans to make the release after …
LSB to be part of new ammonia production plant in Houston’s Ship Channel
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc., a producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals, is part of a group of firms planning construction of an ammonia production plant in the Houston Ship Channel. LSB, led by President Mark Behrman, will build the 1.1 million tons per year low-carbon production and export plant along with Air Liquide Group, …
