Only a week after Oklahoma Gas and Electric informed Corporation Commissioners it intended to file a rate hike request, it has withdrawn the request and attributes the summer implementation of a new law created by SB998. The utility notified OK Energy Today on Thursday it had withdrawn the previous filing thereby delaying an …
May 29, 2025 archive
Court orders sent crude prices up then down
Crude oil prices took a 1% fall on Thursday after a U.S. court ruling blocked President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The fall happened before an appeals court overturned the ruling and decided in his favor. Prices had earlier risen before the lower court claimed President Trump had overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties …
Regulators delay vote another week on PSO’s Green Country Power Plant purchase
Public Service Company will have to wait another week before officially learn whether Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners take formal action to support its $730 million acquisition of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks. It is an acquisition that will mean another rate hike for PSO customers, one totaling an estimated $7.24 more a …
Supreme Court backs Uinta railway in fight with Colorado
In a major setback for the state of Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in support of the multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah that would eventually carry oil across Colorado and to places such as Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub. It was an 8-0 decision in support of the Uinta Basin Railway, …
Bill to limit eminent domain by wind developers in Oklahoma sent to Governor
Oklahomans fighting the expansion of wind farms through the use of the power of eminent domain are close to getting their wish for a strong anti-eminent domain law. House Bill 2752, if signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt or he allows it to become law without his signature, makes it clear. “The power …
Lithium royalty rates approved by Arkansas regulators
Arkansas Business reports that state regulators gave approval this week to a 2.5% royalty rate for landowners where lithium is extracted from the underground brines. The decision is considered favorable to Canadian-based Standard Lithium, a firm with an ongoing $1.5 billion project to construct a lithium extraction plant near Lewisville. Standard was joined in …
Greenpeace fights Dakota Access jury award in North Dakota
Environmental activist group Greenpeace was in a North Dakota courtroom this week, arguing the $667 million verdict against it over the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017 was not based on fact. Attorneys say the jury’s decision in Morton County, a decision announced in March, cannot stand. The jury also ruled …
AP report links poor student performance in New Mexico to exposure to oil and gas emissions
A new report is attempting to condemn the oil and gas industry in New Mexico, saying nearly 700 wells are located within a mile of a school throughout the state and exposing students to noxious emissions. The analysis of state and federal data was performed by the Associated Press which reported that more …
Oklahoma Broadband Office expands transparency to public
Transparency was just expanded at the Oklahoma Broadband Office where leaders say since their grant programs are funded with taxpayer dollars, Oklahomans should be kept fully informed on how the money is being spent. That is why the Broadband Office has launched the OBO Broadband Dashboard. Embedded on the agency’s website at broadband.ok.gov, the dashboard provides …
Iowa bill to restrict carbon capture pipelines faces uncertain future
Still in limbo, a bill sent to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds that would restrict carbon pipeline development in the state. Iowa ethanol advocates and farmers gathered at the capitol to urge her to veto the bill that farmers, ethanol operators and supporters called “extremely problematic to biofuels, farming, energy and Iowa economies. The …
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