NextEra Energy Resources isn’t giving up the fight to locate a 5,000-acre solar farm in northeast Oklahoma’s Wagoner County near the town of Porter. The company, using the name of its proposed solar farm, Persica Solar, LLC, filed a challenge of the Wagoner County Commission’s late June vote of 3-0 to deny a conditional …
Some changes are coming in Oklahoma’s plans for the future when it comes to road and bridge improvements. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission meets Monday and one of the items before members will be the approval of the new edition of the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges 5-year Construction Work Plan. In 2024, …
Thursday, the last trading day before the July 4th holiday in the U.S. brought a slight decline in crude oil prices and it was largely blamed on concerns that U.S. tariffs might slow energy demand. The President’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs comes to an end on July 9 and some large trading partners, …
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy is unabashed in his declaration that the oil in Alaska is the country’s national security security. Saying it’s a “new day” with President Trump in the White House, the governor proclaimed his state, with proven reserves of 3.4 billion barrels of oil and 125 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, …
When Iran ended its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, crude oil investors responded with increased trading, no doubt because of concerns that Middle East oil production might be interrupted. As a result, crude oil prices rose 3% on Wednesday. One positive note was the trade deal reached between the U.S. and Vietnam. Prices …
One Oklahoma City energy executive paying close attention to the One Big Beautiful Bill is Mark Behrman, President and CEO at LSB Industries Inc. He will be focused on the energy tax credits that could be affected. LSB Industries is one company that is taking advantage of some of those credits and Berhman …
The amount of crude oil in storage across the U.S. inceased by nearly 4 million barrels at the end of June, according to the latest crude report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Oklahoma saw a decline in its oil held in storage at the Cushing Hub. The U.S. total went from 415.1 …
Four months after he asked Elon Musk and his then-DOGE program to investigate the nearly $5 billion in federal loan guarantees to the wind energy transmission-line project, Grain Belt Express, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has started his own probe of the project. He contends the developer fraudulently inflated the number of …
The Southwest Power Pool plan to expand into western states is getting more and more members. A SPP announcement made this week indicating its Markets+ program was in a second phase of development, also revealed eight entities spanning the Desert Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions of the Western Interconnection have signed these agreements, demonstrating …
Even though Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation into law this week putting the state on a path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, he is also taking a serious look at expanding natural gas pipelines into his state. Minutes after he signed the net-zero carbon emissions pledge on Tuesday, Gov. Lamont repeated …
