The more than 80 wind turbines in Osage County ordered demolished by a federal judge will remain for a while after a federal court granted a stay in the order. Osage Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America sought the stay following a judge’s ruling last year. The company is appealing …
A Federal Judge in Kansas has dismissed five lawsuits that challenged hundreds of millions of dollars in excess natural gas costs stemming from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri, the same storm that resulted in billions of dollars to be footed by ratepayers in Oklahoma. One of those named in the lawsuits was Kansas Gas …
Plans by OPEC+ to move ahead with output increases in April along with tit-for-tat tariffs between the U.S., Canada and Mexico sent crude oil prices falling again on Tuesday. Both Brent and WTI settled close to multi-month lows. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 11 cents or 0.2% to close at $68.26 after previously dropping …
(Courtesy KFOR TV News) By Tuesday afternoon, some 7,800 customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric remained without electric power following severe weather Monday night and Tuesday morning in southern Oklahoma. Several hours later, OGE said 57% of those who lost power had it restored. The utility said as of Tuesday night, about …
A bill targeting solar farm operations that go out of business and at the same time protecting the landowners not only won support Monday in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. It was unanimous support as the House voted 94-0 in support of House Bill 1373, by Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow. His bill, formally called …
As a New Hampshire company moves forward with possible construction of a bioprocessing plant near Miami in northeastern Oklahoma using poultry litter, it’s similar to other efforts by firms in other states. Here’s what happened when a company announced plans to build a manure digester to create Renewal Natural Gas at a site in …
A House Committee approved a bill this week calling for the installation of meters on water wells in the state of Oklahoma. Rep. Carl Newton (R-Cherokee) proposed HB1807 “to encourage groundwater conservation,” as worries grow about the falling levels of the Ogallala Aquifer due to irrigation wells on farms. But he also emphasized during …
ONEOK, Inc. has set its annual meeting date for May 21 of this year. The Tulsa-based company announced it will be “a virtual meeting only” and will begin at 9 a.m. Central Time. The meeting wil be accessible through a live webcast. The record day for determining shareholder entitled to receive notice of the …
When crude oil prices fell nearly 2% on Monday, the price of natural gas jumped close to 8% and observers suggest it’s a sign of things to come. If anything, don’t expect them to fall. At the close of stocks Monday natural gas prices gained 7.51% on a 29 cent increase to $4.12 per …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says it’s time to remove new energy taxes on Oklahoma energy companies that were put in place by former President Joe Biden. Writing in a letter to constituents, the Republican Senator said it’s time the tax laws were “eliminated.” The 2017 Trump tax cuts will expire in December if …
