October 22, 2024 archive

More water for OKC’s Lake Hefner

  The Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust (OCWUT) is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to draw water from Lake Canton in northwest Oklahoma. The water is needed to help increase water levels at Lake Hefner, which serves as a primary water source for the City of Oklahoma City. The Canton release …

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Evergy to build two natural gas plants in Kansas by 2030

    Evergy, the largest electric utility in the state of Kansas announced this week plans to build two more natural gas plants in the next six years. The company said it will build combined-cycle natural gas plants — each with a 705-megawatt capacity — in Sumner and Reno counties in 2029 and 2030, respectively. …

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Southwest Power grid aware of warmer weather

    The heat of the next few days across Oklahoma and the rest of the Midwest caught the attention of the Southwest Power Pool electric grid. The SPP issued a Conservative Operations Advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday and it covers the grid’s balancing authority footprint made up of 14 states. The advisory is to …

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