Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, vice chair of the Oklahoma House Energy Committee, recently served as chairman of the 2025 Federal Energy and Environmental Matters Conference, hosted by the Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research. The event took place June 5-7 in Washington, D.C. As chairman, Luttrell led discussions on pressing energy and environmental …
As Wagoner County Commissioners prepare to vote next week on a controversial 4,900-acre solar farm near the northeast Oklahoma town of Porter, some residents have responded with their study of claims made by developer NextEra Energy. The more than 30-page report by Concerned Citizens of Wagoner County is described as “a detailed rebuttal to …
After getting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a government agency’s rejection of the proposed 88-mile Uinta Railroad designed to carry oil from Utah and across Colorado and into Oklahoma and points beyond, the developers now are asking for $2.4 billion in federal bonds. The funding would go toward the total cost of …
Under DROGE, the Environmental Protection Agency has experienced some targeting for fraud and misspending, but the agency recently came through with more than $4 million for the construction of a new water tower in Seminole. The EPA Region 6 office recently notified Seminole of the awarding of $4,351,281 in funding requested by Congresswoman …
One thing leaps out when you take a look at the leadership of Mach Natural Resources, an energy firm headquartered in Oklahoma City. The eight leaders share extensive experience with the firm formerly known as Chesapeake Energy, SandRidge Energy and Tapstone. Seven executive officers worked for SandRidge Energy while four others were employed at …
** U.S. and Chinese officials said they had agreed on a framework to put their trade truce back on track and remove China’s export restrictions on rare earths while offering little sign of a durable resolution to longstanding trade differences. ** A new lawsuit filed against Subaru and Toyota claims that the two automakers’ jointly developed electric …
When it comes to the election of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners or the legislators who propose the bills affecting utilities, roads and other energy-related matters, it’s campaign donations and money that helps put them in office. But changes have been made about the rules and regulations controlling the contributions as well as what lobbyists spend …
Just as Oklahoma pushed back and managed to stop a major transmission line across the northern part of the state earlier this year, a proposed 550 mile transmission line in eastern Colorado is facing the same kind of opposition. Residents are fighting the Xcel Energy project and expressed their opposition in Elbert County where …
Some of the leaders of some states in the northeastern part of the nation are so angry with the operation of their 13-state grid, known as PJM, they have sued the little-known nonprofit organization. What’s behind the lawsuits and the growing resentment? Mostly soaring utility bills. They blame PJM for making poor decisions resulting …
A few weeks after the Oklahoma Supreme Court consolidated several of the legal challenges filed by three Republican Representatives against Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, another lawsuit has been added to the fray. Reps. Tom Gann, Kevin West and Rick West revealed in a recent case filed with the Supreme Court they are not letting …
