Since hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake in the government funded effort to expand broadband communication throughout the rural areas of Oklahoma, we like to keep you updated on what the Oklahoma Broadband Commission is doing. It will meet Tuesday, June 11 at 10 a.m. at the Harvey Parkway Building, room 105. The …
While Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners consider a $332 million rate hike request by Oklahoma Gas and Electric, one supported by businesses and non-profits who were asked by the utility recently to attend a public hearing, a study shows electric bills nationwide will likely increase nearly 8% from a year ago. The National Energy Assistance …
Since rebuilding after a tornado that nearly wiped the town off the map, Greensburg, Kansas has rebuilt and expanded its dependency on green energy. As homes and businesses were rebuilt following the May 4, 2007 tornado, the town focused on clean energy and became a model for what other communities can do with renewable …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony wants Attorney General Gentner Drummond to settle once and for all some constitutional questions raised previously against Commissioner Todd Hiett and his directorship at a Tulsa bank and campaign contributions received by former Commissioner Dana Murphy. In a letter to the Attorney General and publicly filed with the …
The state of Colorado plans to attempt to finally extinguish an underground coal mine fire that has been burning for decades and is a suspected cause of the 2022 Marshall fire that destroyed a thousand homes and killed two people near Boulder. For the past few months, crews from Colorado’s Division of Reclamation, Mining …
With a heat wave already hitting parts of the U.S., a new national study warns parts of the nation could be at risk for electricity supply shortages if electricity demand peaks are higher than expected, or if less electricity is generated than expecting. The warnng comes from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) …
Just as Southwestern Energy revealed that demand letters and complaints had been made by its shareholders regarding the proposed merger with Chesapeake Energy, similar revelations have been made by Chesapeake. And like Southwestern, Chesapeake denies any wrongdoing in its proposed merger. The Oklahoma City energy company, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange …
** Tesla’s controversial CEO Elon Musk, and his massive wealth, are front and center in a shareholder vote this coming week. Five months after a Delaware judge threw out the largest pay package in history, then worth more than $50 billion, shareholders will vote Thursday on a new pay package. ** New York’s grid operator says the …
The old saying “money talks” apparently got the attention of electric vehicle makers. Responding to sluggish sales and customers who complained about the high cost of EVs, some manufacturers are launching new EVs with a reported lower cost. They include Ford and Tesla who are scrambling to do something to attract new car buyers. …
The target of the AG’s fraud suit stemming from that Winter Storm 2021 probe punches back. Plus a controversial bill that opponents say will lessen transparency at the OCC is signed into law. We discuss both topics in depth on this week’s MitchellTalks Energy w/Jerry Bohnen. Click below MitchellTalks Energy w/Jerry Bohnen | The target …
