April 25, 2024 archive

Electricity prices dropped last year in Oklahoma

  While utilities in Oklahoma are seeking rate hike approval from the Corporation Commission, a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce notes that the average price per kilowatt hour in Oklahoma actually dropped from 2022 to 2023. The decline in Oklahoma put the state among only 17 states that experienced lower electricity rates last …

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Energy briefs

** The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a highly anticipated suite of rules to cut hazardous, planet-warming pollution generated by power plants in one of its most significant environment and climate actions to-date. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules will compel coal and new natural gas power plants to either cut or capture 90% of their climate pollution by 2032. ** The …

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