May 21, 2025 archive

Corporation Commissioners lean toward approving PSO’s power plant purchase

    No formal vote was taken but by indications from Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners, it appears they are leaning toward supporting the preapproval request of Public Service Company of Oklahoma for the acquisition of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks. If approval by Commissioners Kim David, Todd Hiett and Brian Bingman is made, it …

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Oil finally closed down Wednesday—influenced by Iran and nuclear talks

  Crude oil prices finished down Wednesday after a whirlwind day of what influenced investors. First, there were reports Israel was preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities and that drove up prices earlier in the day. By closing time, prices were down because there came word that the new round of nuclear talks between Iran …

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Arkansas getting a new Google data center

  Arkansas is apparently going to be the site of yet a third large data center. According to the Arkansas Business Daily Report, Google is planning a $10 billion data center in West Memphis. Code-named Project Pyramid, it will be built on a nearly 1,200 acre site with five data center buildings, office buildings and …

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FERC suggests there could be “tight” electricity generation in some areas of US this summer

    A new 2025 Summer Assessment by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission indicated the Southwest Power Pool is one of a handful of national grids that could see some “tight generation availability” this summer. The assessment said SPP along with Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC)-New England, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the Electric Reliability …

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Southwest Wyoming could hold undiscovered oil and gas resources

  The Department of the Interior announced the release of a new U.S. Geological Survey assessment identifying significant undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System which is in southwest Wyoming as well as Colorado and Utah. The assessment estimates the presence of 473 million barrels of oil and …

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Crude oil supplies increased nationwide but dropped at Cushing Hub

  The nation’s crude oil supplies grew in the most recent reporting period, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At the same time, supplies held at the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma fell in the past week. U.S. supplies grew from 441.8 million barrels the week of May 9 to 443.2 million barrels as …

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A natural gas line to New York still the buzz after Trump spares a wind project

    The speculation OK Energy Today offered this week after President Trump changed his mind and allowed New York’s offshore wind farm development, leading some to wonder if Gov. Kathy Hochul had changed her mind about a new natural gas line, wasn’t an idle musing. The President’s decision also sparked the same kind of …

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Anschutz Corporation plans big Wyoming gas plant to attract data centers

    Colorado-based Anschutz Corporation is looking to cash in on the rapid growth of data centers around the nation with a 3,200 MW natural gas plant with carbon capture and storage in Wyoming. The company’s subsidiary is already in the process of constructing a $5 billion Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind energy project and a …

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Circle K lowers gas prices 40 cents for Memorial Day weekend

      Circle K, the global convenience store chain, is giving U.S. customers an easy way to save heading into the long Memorial Day weekend. The brand is bringing back its popular Circle K Fuel Day nationwide on Thursday, May 22, lowering its fuel prices by 40 cents per gallon*. Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. local time, …

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Energy briefs

** A group of 10 environmental advocacy organizations files a brief in support of a lawsuit by 17 states and Washington, D.C. challenging Trump’s executive order banning new wind projects, with one attorney calling the prohibition “unexplained, inconsistent, and incoherent.” ** The American Petroleum Institute welcomed the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service’s release of a new …

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