Four years after Next Era started piling old wind turbine blades in a lot in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, the pile is finally being removed. But it took the action of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to issue an order forcing Next Era to do something about the unsightly pile. In recent days, workers …
Invenergy and supporters of its Grain Belt Express transmission line have gone to the Illinois State Supreme Court asking for a lower court ruling against the $7 billion project be overturned. Grain Belt is meant to carry wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas and across Missouri and Illinois to Indiana. Supporters, including the Illinois Commerce …
** With a death toll still at 230 or more, the effects of Hurricane Helene are still being discovered. Local, state and federal officials determine Hurricane Helene damaged or destroyed 519 homes and 83 businesses in Virginia. ** October 8—National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day—is like a birthday party for hydrogen. It’s being observed by the U.S. Energy Department. ** …
While there was only a slight drop in the number of active oil and gas rigs across Oklahoma and the U.S., what about activity in the country’s shale plays? Of course, the Permian Basin was the oil play with the biggest drilling activity—304 rigs but it was down two in the past week, …
The outspoken Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, has joined the list of those who think the top man at CenterPoint Energy should resign. As Fuel Fix reports, Patrick told a weekend meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas it’s time for CenterPoint CEO Jason Wells to leave over the company’s failed response …
It wasn’t a major drop, but the nation’s number of oil and gas rigs active in the pursuit of new energy declined in the past week, according to the latest report from the Baker Hughes Co. The number declned by 2 to 585 active oil and gas rigs while Oklahoma’s count slipped by one, …
Nearly 100 Oklahoma Gas & Electric company line crew members are entering their second week in restoration of electrical power in Georgia following the deadly arrival of Hurricane Helene. As of Sunday, the death toll in the states devastated by the hurricane stood at 232 but some towns were destroyed and an estimated 2 …
A new report from the government shows the fall harvests in Oklahoma and other agricultural states will result in increased demand for what are known as distillate fuel oil…in other words, a demand for more diesel fuel to run the tractors and harvesters. Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook Note: Total distillate fuel oil includes petroleum-based …
The major electrical transmission line we reported last week that is eligible for more than $300 million in federal funding and will stretch 400 miles West to East across Oklahoma is something of a resurrection of a failed line proposed 6 years ago. The Cimarron Link, one of four major lines to get $1.5 …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has yet to comment publicly, but he experienced a legal setback at the U.S. Supreme Court where he led a challenge of the EPAs stringent rules of methane emissions from oil and gas operations. The Court turned down the request he and other attorneys general filed in …
