Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen take a look at how the Oklahoma State Fair coliseum-naming rights controversy focused media attention on the struggle between consumer groups and local utilities over the deployment of tens of millions of dollars in federal funds destined for the modernization of Oklahoma’s transmission grid. Link to this article: https://www.news9.com/story/661585ac1b4a5c7f56a8d163/mitchelltalks-energy:-colossal-coliseum–chaos
Crude oil prices suffered a dollar a barrel loss in Tuesday’s trading as Middle East countries encountered resistance to their proposed peace in Gaza where Israel is still attempting to eliminate Hamas. There are existing concerns that without an end to the fighting, Iran, OPEC’s third-largest producer, might be drawn into the war. US benchmark …
If a controversial bill that started as a ROFR or Right of First Refusal Bill and morphed into what critics labeled a NOFR bill, is to survive in the Oklahoma legislature, it faces a Thursday deadline. If the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee doesn’t take a vote by Thursday, April 11, then HB4097 by …
EV travelers who drove to Arkansas to get a view of totality of the solar eclipse found out the hard way—-there weren’t enough EV fast chargers to go around. Channel 5, KFSM in Arkansas reported some of the electric vehicle owners had a long wait in order to get a recharge for the long …
A report by a Tulsa TV station shows that history is catching up with the state in terms of pollution of the Arkansas River. KTUL TV revealed this week how former oil wells, drilled in the middle of the river and now abandoned, are also leaking and polluting the river. One petroleum engineer …
Yes, the solar eclipse affected renewable energy production in Texas. The committed capacity of ERCOT, the power grid operator in Texas, definitey dropped in solar energy. Click here for Fox 4 KDFW news
Two student entrepreneur teams from the University of Oklahoma are set to compete in a ‘Shark Tank’ style competition in Minneapolis, with a shot at the $50,000 first prize to help get their invention into the marketplace. Side Coach Sports is a platform that connects college athletes to youth athletes for private lessons. ThinkPot pioneers indoor gardening …
Rep. Eric Roberts, R-Oklahoma City, was recently appointed to the Energy & Environment Committee for the Council of State Governments (CSG) Southern Office by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka. Roberts was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2020 after nearly three decades as a business owner and developer. He served on the MAPS …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners Todd Hiett and Kim David did not immediately respond to the latest filing by Commissioner Bob Anthony critical of a one-page audit of the bond costs by Public Service Company of Oklahoma regarding its bond costs to cover 2021 storm costs. But a day later, both Hiett and David let Brandy …
Ask Russell Ray why he’s running for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and he chuckles, but turns serious quickly. It becomes apparent, he is a candidate who believes in more openness on the commission, more accountability of utilities and more protection for the ratepayers and no more career politicans on the commission. He is also …
