Demand for electricity. It’s reported nationwide and is growing quickly across Oklahoma and was the focus Wednesday of a nearly two-hour discussion and presentation by representatives of the Southwest Power Pool, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and the Corporation Commission. “Energy demands are growing,” explained Paul Suskie, an Executive …
Day six of the war between Israel and Iran and crude oil prices rose again on Wednesday. Investors remain worried about disruptions of crude oil supplies coming out of the Middle East, plus the possibility the U.S. might become directly involved. President Trump is coy about what h might do after Iranian Supreme …
The U.S. Supreme Court has overruled a Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding Oklahoma’s challenge of the EPA’s rejection of the state’s “Good Neighbor” plan intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants. The Justices said the Denver federal appeals court was wrong to refer Oklahoma’s challenge to the D.C. Circuit Court of …
Just south across the Red River and not far from Lake Texoma sits a new Texas Instrument factory in the city of Sherman, Texas. It is also part of a major announcement made by Texas Instruments—that it plans to invest more than $60 billion across seven U.S. semiconductor fabs, making it the largest …
Stardust Power Inc., the lithium refinery operator in Muskogee says it made $4.3 million on its recently closed underwritten public offering. In an announcement Wednesday, the Connecticut-based company said the proceeds were from the offering of 21,500,000 shares of common stock. The announcement came one day after Stardust Power shares plunged nearly 53% …
Call it what you want….manure, poop, waste, chicken litter or even something we won’t say in this story. But it’s still the focus of a decades-long fight that former attorney General Drew Edmondson started years ago with the poultry industry over the pollution of the state’s Illinois River. Since then, six attorneys general, two …
It is most ironic that on Tuesday, I started making some online inquiries regarding the bankrupt Canoo EV maker that once had a manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City. The one thing I discovered was a Securities and Exchange Commission filing of the removal of Canoo from the stock exchange and the address of the …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court handed Oklahoma Gas and Electric a victory this week in its challenge of a corporation commission ruling five years ago. The ruling came in an appeal filed by OG&E in a case where the utility provided retail electric service to two sites in the territory of CKenergy Electric Cooperative, …
Severe weather Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in Oklahoma left thousands without electric power. At least six tornadoes were reported across the state and by Wednesday mid-morning, Oklahoma Gas and Electric reported 4,200 customers were still without power. Public Service Company had nearly 2,300 at the same time who lost electric service. An update …
The small town of Arkoma, Oklahoma may have just avoided going to court against Fort Smith, Arkansas. Arkoma had been fighting a proposed massive increase of 225% in wastewater rates from Fort Smith which provides the services to the border town. But on Tuesday, the Fort Smith Board of Directors decided against two options …
