April 10, 2025 archive

Missouri now allows utilities to charge ratepayers before projects are completed

  Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe made it official.. Under a bill he signed this week, a new law will allow utilities to charge ratepayers for power plants before they’re completed. One consumer group called it “nothing more than a profit-driven package that benefits utilities at the expense of hard-working Missouri families.” Gov. Keyhoe offered a …

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Sen. Mullin targets California’s EV waivers that target gas powered vehicles

Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin has long been a critic of the green energy efforts of California. His latest effort is the introduction of joint resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the state’s EV waivers that prohibit the sale of new gas-powered light-duty vehicles by 2035. He and Sens. Shelley Moore …

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Energy briefs

** The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to five U.S. nuclear developers to meet their near-term fuel needs. This first round of HALEU allocations brings innovative American nuclear technologies one step closer to commercialization. ** The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) …

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Keystone pipeline leak cleanup underway in North Dakota

  Cleanup started almost immediately following this week’s Keystone pipeline oil leak in a rural part of North Dakota. The Keystone oil pipeline spill occurred Tuesday morning when the pipeline ruptured at a site in the southeastern part of the state. Reports indicated that a worker shut down the line within two minutes. Click here …

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