For the third consecutive trading day, crude oil prices dropped again on Tuesday while Oklahoma energy stocks reversed Monday’s disastrous losses. Fading hopes for a trade deal between the U.S. and Europe prompted the drop in crude oil prices, leading some to speculate of a coming economic slowdown in the world’s largest oil …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will meet Wednesday to consider an OGE rate hike withdrawal request stemming from a new law the regulators did not support in the most recent legislative session. SB998, which became law without the signature of Gov. Kevin Stitt, prompted Oklahoma Gas and Electric to withdraw its original request for a …
A new report shows Oklahoma’s aerospace industry is not only strong, but healthy and adding thousands and thousands of jobs to the state’s economic sector. The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber released its Aerospace and Aviation Industry Survey, showing that nearly 9,000 jobs were added from 2015 to 2025. In just the past five …
Customers of Evergy Kansas are bracing for another nearly 10% hike in their monthly electric bills, possibly on top of a previously approved 9% jump. A settlement agreement was recently reached for a 9.6% increase in residential base rates and all it needs to become official is approval of the Kansas Corporation Commission. …
Oklahoma is among 36 states across the U.S. with tax incentives to companies building data centers. Some are conservative, such as Oklahoma. Others are liberal. But they all have the same intention of attracting new business and economic wins. However, as OK Energy Today has reported over the past several months, there is also …
Say it ain’t so Joe….or Gary! The state Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet says the heat wave spreading across Oklahoma might extend well into the fall? Writing this week, Gary McManus put it this way, “This is very reminis…remenis…looks a lot like what we saw in 2023, when exactly on this date 2 …
Under the Trump administration, any more solar and wind energy projects proposed to be built on federal lands and waters first have to get the stamp of approval from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. His personal approval. It means, according to documents obtained by Politico that it means there will be increased scrutiny of the projects but …
The North Dakota State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources in a ltwo-decade long court fight over the company’s installation of oil and gas facilities on one landowner’s property. Continental Resources, a major oil and gas operator in the state, was sued by John and Stacy Bang after …
The spread of data centers and the need for more electrical power to feed the AI industry has the attention of a lot of observers and not just in Oklahoma. Just last week, hundreds of lawmakers, business leaders and state and federal energy officials gathered in Missouri to discuss how to meet the …
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is fighting to protect Oklahoma’s vital energy sector and economic sovereignty from overreaching lawsuits. Drummond joined 25 attorneys general in filing a brief with the Supreme Court of Maryland opposing lawsuits that seek to impose massive liability on energy companies based on climate change allegations. The brief urges dismissal of three …
