July 12, 2025 archive

Power Grid issues “resource advisory” for Oklahoma and other member states

    SPP is issuing a Resource Advisory for its entire Balancing Authority effective Monday, July 14, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. CT until an anticipated end time of 9:00 p.m. CT. Resource Advisories do not require the public to conserve energy, but are issued to raise awareness of potential threats to reliability among entities responsible for operating …

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Falling EV sales prompts Panasonic to delay production at its $4 billion Kansas battery plant, the one Oklahoma lost

  Just as Panasonic prepares to hold a grand opening Monday on the $4 billion battery plant built outside of Kansas City, Kansas, the company has decided to delay full production because of falling electric car sales. Plus, there is the factor of U.S. government policies that do not support EVs. Word of the delay …

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What Senators say about EPA’s Jet Plane contrails website

  The Environmental Protection Agency’s recent creation of a website to address conspiracy theories about jet plane contrails and their impact on the weather prompted Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin to suggest there are more important things to worry about. He and Sen. James Lankford responded to the move by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Mullin’s …

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5,000-acre solar farm okayed for upper Texas Panhandle

      Another major solar farm in the region has been approved, this one 5,000 acres in size in the Texas Panhandle north of Amarillo. While Oklahomans are fighting a proposed 5,000 acre solar farm by NextEra Energy near the town of Porter, quick approval has come for one just south of the Oklahoma …

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