Damaged highway bridges had the attention of Oklahoma Transportation Commissioners at their recent meeting. They were updated by Transportation Department Executive Director Tim Gatz on a recent bridge hit to the Randall Ave. bridge over I-40 in Elk City. An over-height vehicle carrying an excavator hit the bridge on August 17 resulting in several damaged …
September 2024 archive
Fight underway to strip FERC of condemnation power for national transmission corridors
A plan in Congress to prevent the federal government from taking control of private property to develop a national electric transmission corridor has the support of four Republicans in the Kansas congressional delegation. U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall and U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Ron Estes voiced their support of a …
ONEOK to put final touches on $1.25 billion in sale of notes
ONEOK signs off on the sale of $1.25 billion in notes and plans to use the proceeds to pay for its recent acquisitions. The Tulsa-based company announced Monday that on September 10, 2024, ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Partners, L.P. , ONEOK Partners Intermediate Limited Partnership and Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. entered into an underwriting …
Arkansas trucking firm first to test new renewable gas engine
The Arkansas-based J-B Hunt trucking firm has become the first big transportation company to take part in tests involving a new renewable natural gas engine produced by Clean Energy Fuels Corp of California. Clean Energy announced the launching of a program to allow heavy-duty fleets to operate a truck equipped with the new Cummins …
Corporation Commissioner supports move of legislators against Todd Hiett
The effort of three Republican state Representatives to have the Oklahoma Supreme Court disqualify Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett from cases involving ONG, OG&E and PSO echoed a similar move weeks ago by another Commissioner. Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony called on Commissioner Hiett to either resign or disqualify himself from some of the cases involved, but …
Three legislators ask State Supreme Court to disqualify Corporation Commissioner Hiett in PSO, ONG and OGE cases
Embattled Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, the regulator accused of public drunkenness and attempting to grope a man at a public bar, was hit with an attempt by three legislators before the Supreme Court to stop him from participating in cases involving some major utilities. State Reps. Tom Gann of Inola, Kevin West …
Energy briefs
** Arkansas has no wind farms, but at least three are in the construction or planning stages. They include two in the Delta — Crossover Wind near Wynne in Cross County and Long Grain Wind near Marion in Crittenden County — and one in the Ozarks, the Nimbus project near Green Forest… ** Energy companies …
Bad math by the government leads to ruling against oil and gas development
Because of a misplaced decimal by a federal government agency, a firm’s 5,000-well oil and gas drilling project in Wyoming has been put on hold by a federal judge. The Bureau of Land Management’s mistake led to a miscalculation of the project’s groundwater impacts, leading to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan 17-page decision filed …
Cybertruck owners complain tires are wearing out quickly
A report in The Drive says some Tesla Cybertruck owners are only getting about 6,000 miles on their tires. EVs are known for causing excessive wear on rubber tires but the new EV Cybertruck apparently is even more stressful on the tires. Click here for The Drive
OGE crews remain in Louisiana assisting with hurricane damage recovery
The 150 Oklahoma Gas and Electric line workers and support personnel sent to Louisiana last week prior to the arrival of Hurricane Francine remain there helping bring back power on for thousands of residents. The Category 2 hurricane made landfall on Wednesday just as the Oklahoma OGE personnel arrived. They went to work …
