July 23, 2024 archive

Energy briefs

** According to a report from WalletHub published on July 1, 2024, consumers in Wyoming pay an average of $1,591 annually for electricity. That’s more than four times the cost of electricity in the lowest-cost states. ** Occidental Petroleum, a Texas-based oil company, claims it will be net zero by 2040, but its methods are …

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Solar panel installation for a Tahlequah family turns into a glaring problem

  A $20,000 investment in residential solar panels for a Tahlequah family has turned into a nightmare. The family found out the hard way—the panels cannot be used to allow the family to get credits from the city of Tahlequah. KOTV in Tulsa reported the family of Jacquelynn Osborne thought the the solar panels on the …

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Why Texas leads the nation in electric power outages

  Some experts at the Energy Department have carefully reviewed the number of electrical power outages in every state and what they found isn’t good news for the state of Texas. The analysis revealed Texas had more weather-related outages than any other state between 2000 and 2023. Furthermore, the experts blamed the record on the …

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