Hours after the Oklahoma Transportation Commission on Monday approved $5.5 million in emergency repairs caused by flooding to the US-70 Roosevelt bridge causeway over Lake Texoma, crews began the repairs later that night. The causeway in Southeastern Oklahoma was severely damaged due to recent storms and flooding in the area. Engineers closed the bridge and causeway …
June 2025 archive
SPP works on solving the grid’s ability to meet growing electricity demands
The Southwest Power Pool just entered into a contract with Hitachi, Ltd. to come up with a solution to what the grid calls “imminent problems” slowing the modernization of the nation’s energy infrastructure. With announcements of major industrial sites and data centers popping up across Oklahoma and other states, the SPP is dealing …
PSO says power plant will meet future energy needs
This week’s Oklahoma Corporation Commission approval of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s purchase of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks even got PSO’s parent company, American Electric Power excited about the deal. AEP issued its own press release announcing the approval saying it will “enhance PSO’s capacity to meet the rising energy …
Williams makes it official…it’s trying again to build natural gas pipeline in New England
Despite being rejected twice in the past few years, Williams Cos. is officially trying to revive construction of two natural gas pipelines into New England. Spurred by the Trump administration’s recent agreement to allow construction of New York’s offshore wind project, the Tulsa company is trying to win approval of its pipelines, even …
Energy briefs
** A Louisiana jury has ordered Chevron to pay more than $744 million in damages for destroying parts of the state’s coastal wetlands through its oil and gas operations, The Guardian reported. ** The federal government handed $7 billion to California to build a high-speed rail line, but the Golden State never laid a single foot of track, according …
Regulators split on approval of PSO purchase of power plant
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners on Wednesday went ahead with a 2-1 approval of the controversial $730 million acquisition of the Green Country power plant by Public Service Company. But it proved to be something of a contentious meeting with Commissioners supporting different proposed orders allowing PSO to acquire the plant to meet future electric …
Crude oil fell 1% on Wednesday and OK energy stocks dropped too
After two successive days of gains, crude oil prices dropped by more than 1% on Wednesday and the majority of Oklahoma energy stocks also experienced losses. A large build in gasoline and diesel inventories was blamed for causing the price drop along with intentions of OPEC+ to increase its production. U.S. gasoline stocks …
Cushing Hub sees gain in stored crude oil
Crude oil supplies grew at the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma in the past week while they fell more than 4 million barrels across the U.S. during the same time period. A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Cushing recorded a gain of 600,000 barrels. It had 23.5 million barrels the week of …
Activist contends Oklahoma oil and gas industry isn’t regulated enough
There remains a debate over regulation of the energy industry. Some critics contend there is not enough regulation of renewables and the oil and gas industry. Others say there’s already too much and any more requirements and rules would amount to overregulation. The Oklahoma Voice recent published the contentions of Mike Altshuler, a retired educator …
Another county in Arkansas bans wind farms
Another county in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas took steps this week to ban construction of any more wind energy farms for the rest of 2025. The emergency ordinance was approved this week by the Newton County Quorum Court, which is similar to county commissions in Oklahoma, and is considered the governing body …
