Rep. Trey Caldwell’s utility bill, the one that some have called a Right of First Refusal bill but he says isn’t, won overwhelming support Wednesday in an Oklahoma House Committee. The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-2 to send HB2747 to the full House for consideration. Under Caldwell’s bill, the Corporation Commission …
The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation to eliminate the “doctrine of Chevron deference,” a legal test that limited courts’ ability to interpret ambiguous administrative rules. In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference, which directed courts to defer to an agency’s interpretation of administrative rules rather than independently determining …
In another move that likely will impact crude oil prices in the U.S., data shows gains in crude stocks across the nation including at the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma. The Cushing Hub saw a gain of 1.1 million barrels of crude oil as of the week of Feb. 28, 2025 when it …
Eminent domain, the subject of anti-renewal energy projects and transmission lines in Oklahoma is also the focus of similar movements in upper MidWestern states. Summit Carbon Solutions, the Ames, Iowa-based firm that wants to build a nearly $9 billion carbon capture pipeline across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota just ran into …
A roadblock to construction of a more than $1 billion solar farm proposed for southern Wyoming has been removed. County officials in Cheyenne have reached a deal with Enbridge, a Canadian energy firm for a payment plan of the $14.5 million need to rebuild a key road to build the $1.2 billion farm …
A bill seeking to protect utility customers from paying higher rates because of 2021’s Winter Storm Uri unanimously passed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday. Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, authored House Bill 1220, which would prohibit municipalities that have franchise agreements with utility companies from assessing those fees and taxes on the securitization amount …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners plan not one but two special meetings on Thursday including an administrative hearing on a PSO request that might mean higher bills for ratepayers. The first will begin at 9:30 a.m. and one item will pertain to bills in the legislature that might affect the regulatory agency. One such measure …
** Atlanta overtakes northern Virginia as a hotspot for data center construction, with 2,160 MW worth of development underway in the Georgia metro area. ** As GOP Congress members push to revoke the Biden administration’s ban on offshore drilling, Florida Republicans say they still don’t want drilling off their coast. ** The Trump administration announces …
Less than a year after Attorney General Gentner Drummond fired an attorney hired by the State Treasurer to defend a lawsuit against Oklahoma’s anti-ESG Act, a State Senate committee approved a measure to give the Treasurer the authority to hire an in-house lawyer. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-0 in support of Sen. …
In a split decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in support of an Oklahoma Corporation Commission ruling against OG&E’s attempt in 2018 to provide electrical services outside its certified territory in southeast Oklahoma. It was 5-3 decision by the supreme court with one justice “disqualified” from the appeal brought by Oklahoma Gas and Electric …
