If federal regulators approve it, the Southwest Power Pool’s 14-state region which includes Oklahoma, will expand to include parts of Colorado and other western states. The SPP announced that it filed on June 4 a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, amendments to its tariff to include provisions specific to its western members. …
( Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The latest Oklahoma political leader to take on the Environmental Protection Agency is U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin. This week, he led 10 of his colleagues in introducing a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s Coal Combustion Residuals final rule that imposes retroactive and what he called “costly and …
The final public meeting dates have been set to update stakeholders regarding the revision of the watershed-based management plan for the Illinois River Watershed. These meetings will be held June 25, 2024, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and June 26, 2024, in Cave Springs, Arkansas. The Illinois River is one of Oklahoma’s designated scenic rivers and a focus of management efforts for decades. The …
** Most people who received money from Norfolk Southern in the wake of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio won’t have to pay taxes on millions of dollars in aid payments after all. The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that most of the payments people who live near East Palestine, Ohio, received to help them pay for temporary …
The Oklahoma City Utilities Department has released a Private Development Design Manual that outlines current and new requirements for water and wastewater infrastructure for private development. The new requirements take effect Nov. 1, 2024. The design manual covers approved construction methods, standards for sanitary sewer, and much more. Among the pages are several crucial …
After a rough first two days of the week, crude oil prices finally rebounded on Wednesday, going back up 1% from four-month lows. Observers say the prices were buoyed by hopes of a September interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Those hopes apparently overcame any disappointment over increased U.S. crude and fuel stocks. As …
Another big win for Tulsa’s Williams Cos. in its years-long fight with Energy Transfer after the two failed in their merger attempts some years ago. Bloomberg reported a Louisiana court granted a permanent injunction to stop Energy Transfer (ET) from interfering with Williams’ Louisiana Energy Gateway natural gas project. The ruling by Louisiana’s 36th Judicial District …
President Biden’s executive order on the southern border crisis has no fans among members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation. US Representative Kevin Hern calls it an “abject failure.” Hern says Biden dismantled President Trump’s successful border policies shortly after taking office and stopped construction of the border wall. Continue reading
Reports indicate that US crude oil inventories were up by 1.2-million barrels for the week ending last Friday. The US Energy Information Administration doesn’t include the Strategic Oil Petroleum Reserve in those figures. The EIA reports inventories are about 4% below the five-year average for this time of year. Continue Reading
It’s been a hyper-active start to the Oklahoma tornado season and it’s just getting underway. The National Weather Service reports 43 tornadoes were recorded in the state during May. That follows a record-setting 55 in April. We’re already at 100 for the year when two from March are included. Continue reading
