We’re not sure if any more Pilot Travel Centers will be built in Oklahoma, but the company is planning to add nearly three dozen more such centers in the US and hundreds of more parking spaces for big rigs. Freight Waves reported the Tennessee-based company, the nation’s largest travel center network, will add 35 …
July 2024 archive
Home delivery fee next to offset switch to EVs?
Sounds like another state is intent on making up lost revenue from gasoline sales as the government pushes more electric vehicle development. Washington state is reported to be considering implementaton of a fee on doorstep deliveries. That’s right. If you live in Washington state and Amazon delivers a package, there will be a “retail …
Grain Belt seeks approval of more transmission lines in western Kansas
The company behind the proposed Grain Belt transmission line to carry wind-powered electricity from western Kansas through Missouri and to Illinois and Indiana wants approval for the first 62 miles in Kansas. Grain Belt LLC is seeking approval of two 345-kilovolt transmission lines—one from Meade to Dodge City and another from Bucklin to Dodge …
Attorney General makes it easier to file complaints against airlines
Complaints about airline carriers and ticket agents can now be submitted to the office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond through an online form. Amid elevated levels of consumer complaints about flight disruptions, a lack of refunds and lost or delayed luggage, Drummond recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) …
Rules and laws on fast track against oil and gas and coal
Since President Biden took office about three and one-half years ago, his administration has created 225 laws, regulations and decisions targeting oil and gas and coal…actions making it more expensive and more difficult for production. Just the News reported this week the list was confirmed by the free-market energy research group, The Institute for …
Growing gasoline inventories send gasoline prices lower
While the government sold a million gallons of gasoline before the start of the July 4th holiday in a move to lower gasoline prices, a government report indicated average gasoline prices were also down 19 cents a gallon since the 2024 high on April 22. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported prices fell to …
Wyoming joins Oklahoma and others in suing over Biden’s EV mandates
Days after Oklahoma and 24 other states sued the Biden administration over its EV mandates, another state joined the cause. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced this week that Wyoming joined the lawsuit against the Biden administration over a new rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration imposing new standards requiring auto manufacturers …
ONE Gas schedules 2Q release in a month
ONE Gas is planning a release of its second quarter 2024 financial results on Monday, August 5. The material will be made available after the close of markets. The next day, Tuesday, Aug. 6, the company executive management team will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. central time. The call also will …
Interstate reconstruction project to finish in August in OKC
At Monday’s Oklahoma Transportation Commission meeting, commisisoners were briefed on the final phase of the I-235/I-44 interchange reconstruction project currently underway. Encouraging drivers to stay “Off-Broadway,” while under construction, this particular project began in May 2023, will connect the westbound I-44 on-ramp from Lincoln Blvd. and northbound Lincoln Blvd. to US-77/Broadway Extension and is …
Energy briefs
** The Biden administration on Tuesday announced the sale of 1 million barrels of gasoline in its latest effort to push down the price of gas which largely will impact the northeast United States ahead of Fourth of July travel. ** As the nation sizzles, the Biden administration is proposing the nation’s first-ever standards aimed …