A detailed report on the status of Oklahoma’s electric production capabilities and how it corresponds with the regional power grid will be a focus of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners when they meet Wednesday afternoon. Representataives of the Southwest Power Pool as well as two major utilities, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Gas and …
After a decline on Monday, crude oil prices gained more than 4% on Tuesday as the fighting continued between Israel and Iran, showing signs that investors are indeed quite concerned the war will disrupt the flow of oil out of the Middle East. Prices had fallen Monday on word that Iran reportedly wanted to …
Wind and solar energy industries would still be targeted for elimination of tax subsidies but not hydropower, nuclear and geothermal energy under a bill unveiled this week by a Senate Committee. The Senate Finance Committee, of which Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is a member, came out with a draft bill being circulated …
Add Chevron Corp. to the list of major energy firms entering the lithium mining industry in the Smackover Formation of southern Arkansas. The Houston-based firm announced Tuesday it had entered the U.S. lithium extraction sector with the acquisition of nearly 125,000 net acres involving two deals. One of the acquisitions was from TerraVolta Resources …
Skepticism has turned into activism following last month’s revelation that Luther in eastern Oklahoma County might be the site of a data center. It was May 29 when Beltline Energy, a firm based in Georgia, explained it was considering the construction of a data center within town limits. But now a petition is …
NextEra Energy faces yet another challenge just two days after the nation’s biggest renewable energy firm suffered a setback at the hands of Wagoner County Commissioners in northeast Oklahoma who rejected the company’s plans for a nearly 5,000-acre solar farm near the town of Porter. NextEra finds itself in Kansas City federal court …
While Oklahoma deals with increased demand for electricity production, more data center announcements and opposition to wind and solar energy projects, the world is seeing an increase in total electricity generation. A report from the International Energy Agency through the OECD or Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, shows fossil fuels remain the largest source …
** After five years of aggressive legal maneuvering, Georgia Power has lost its battle to stop Nestlé Purina from choosing a different Georgia utility that could deliver better renewable energy options to its factory. ** Anti-wind power advocates urge the Trump administration to rescind a $426 million federal grant aimed at upgrading a northern California …
A new report by the Center for Western Priorities shows there were fewer oil and gas-drilling related spills in 2024 than in 2023 in Colorado and New Mexico while there was an increase in Wyoming. The three states reported 2,709 drilling-related spills last year that totaled nearly 7 million gallons of oil, wastewater and …
Kratos, the drone-manufacturer with a plant in Oklahoma City, announced this week in Paris it plans to build a jet engine plant in Bristow. It immediately drew praise from state House and Senate leaders. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions said in its announcement it will build the plant to produce its GEK (GE Aerospace-Kratos) turbofan …
