A new government report indicates the U.S. will enter the 2024-2025 winter with the most natural gas in storage since 2016. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report released in November showed the working natural gas in storage in the Lower 48 states ended the natural gas injection season with 3,922 billion …
December 2024 archive
Corporation Commissioner Anthony set to call out attorneys in sexual abuse claims against Hiett
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony has joined state Rep. Tom Gann’s fight to be heard in an ONG Fuel Adjustment Clause hearing and he intends to be present when an Administrative Law Judge resumes the hearing on Thursday. In a filing this week, Anthony not only said he agreed with the judge’s Nov. 21 …
Attorney General takes up fight for anti-ESG law and against Judge’s ruling
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is appealing to the Oklahoma Supreme Court the ruling of a lower court that has blocked enforcement of the state’s anti-ESG (environmental, social and governance) law. Drummond took over the case in May after private counsel hired by state Treasurer Todd Russ failed to successfully defend the Oklahoma Energy Discrimination Act …
Energy briefs
** President-elect Trump’s promise to eliminate federal tax credits for electric vehicles is being championed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently told investors such a move would be “devastating” for the company’s competitors. ** An analysis finds that Texas edges out California for the most clean energy jobs in the U.S., a disproportionate number of which …
ONE Gas executives to be part of two upcoming national conferences
ONE Gas, Inc. with 2.3 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, plans to take part in next week’s Jeffferies Gas utilities Mini-Conference in New York City. The participation will be virtual on Monday, Dec. 9 and the ONE Gas executive management team will follow it by attending the Wednesday, Dec 11 Wells …
Oklahoma gets high ranking for expanded rural broadband service
The Federal Communications Commission released recent information ranking Oklahoma as the 4th highest ranked state in the country for reducing the number of homes and businesses with no access to high-speed internet service. The FCC’s National Broadband Map indicated more than than 58,000 locations in the state were removed from the unserved list. It …
November was an “historic” weather month in Oklahoma
What do you remember about the weather in the month of November in Oklahoma? State Climatologist Gary McManus reported this week that November 2024 will enter Oklahoma’s vast and storied weather lore as one of the most extreme months in state history, shattering records for both the highest statewide average rainfall and the most tornadoes ever …
Crude oil prices held steady on Monday
Crude oil prices held mostly steady in Monday’s trading, thanks largely to stronger hopes there wll be higher demand because of increased factory activity in China. But those high hopes were also offset after word was made known that the U.S. Federal Reserve does not plan to cut interest rates again at its meeting …
Tesla’s loss is EVgo’s gain to build EV charging network on OKC’s I-44
The Oklahoma Transportation Commissioners made quick work Monday of approving a new firm to build part of Oklahoma’s EV charging network mandated by the federal government. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure or NEVI charging infrastructure contract was awarded to EVgo to locate part of the network along Interstate 44. Commissioners voted unanimously to approve …
States sue BlackRock and others for financial discrimination of coal
BlackRock and two other financial firms have been taken to court by Texas and 10 other states accusing them of violating antitrust law by using their climate activism to reduce coal production and at the same time boosting energy prices. It’s a lawsuit very similar to the anti-ESG laws created by Oklahoma, Texas and …