It would appear the transparency that Oklahoma legislators have emphasized in recent years might be on its way to being a victim of efficiency. The Oklahoma House voted Thursday in support of Ardmore Rep. Tammy Townley’s HB2367, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Efficiency Act. The vote was 54-32 to grant the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners exemptions …
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AG leads fight against EPA rule attacking oil and gas industry
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a group of 24 state attorneys general and one state legislature in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new methane emissions rule. The coalition has filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block the rule. “The Biden Administration’s methane …
New Mexico Gas Co. fails to get regulatory approval for new LNG storage facility
A plan by New Mexico Gas Company to build a LNG storage facility outside Rio Rancho, New Mexico was recently denied by the state’s Public Regulation Commission. The project had been opposed by residents and environmentalists and the PRC decided the cost was its main objection. “It just doesn’t seem to me that …
70,000 solar panels will be completed on Tesla’s Austin factory
Tesla’s 10-million-square-foot factory in East Austin, Texas is installing an estimated 70,000 solar panels to help provide electrical power to the EV manufacturing plant. At the same time, the EV maker has shifted more of its battery cell production from a German factory to Gigfactory Texas according to Electrek. As a result, the first …