Legal Challenges Grow as Data Centers’ Energy Demand Raises Alarms Nationwide Opposition to data centers and renewable energy projects in Oklahoma continues to escalate — and the battle mirrors a fast-growing national trend of lawsuits aimed at the enormous energy demands that power the artificial intelligence boom. As E&E News/Politico reported, “Critics of data centers …
December 2, 2025 archive
Putin’s threat of more war sent crude and OK energy stocks down
Crude oil prices dropped 1% on Tuesday as word spread about a possible shaky Russia-Ukraine peace deal. It affected natural gas prices and Oklahoma energy stocks with a negative impact. The markets didn’t like what they heard as Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law …
Oklahoma’s dry weather to linger into 2026
The weather experts predict dry conditions will linger well into 2026 in Oklahoma, meaning the lack of rainfall will continue for a dryer fall and the start of winter. The Oklahoma Mesonet’s Climatologist Gary McManus wrote this week that the “Warm and dry November drives drought expansion.” November 2025 was a warm and mostly dry …
Hurricanes in 2024 caused most hours without power in 10 yrs
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Annual 2024 Data values: Distribution System Reliability, Reliability metrics of U.S. distribution system U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024, or nearly twice as many as the annual average experienced in the decade before, according to the EIA’s Electric Power Annual 2024 report. Major events …
ONG out with a financial guidance and 5 year growth rates
ONE Gas Releases 2026 Financial Guidance and Updates Long-Term Growth Outlook Improved earnings are included in a ONE Gas, Inc. financial guidance for 2026 released this week. The guidance included an update on its five-year growth rates, including raising its long-term diluted earnings per share growth rate to 5% to 7%, from 4% to 6% …
Energy Brief: TSA ID Fee, Targa Deal and Exxon Hydrogen Exit
TSA Rolls Out $45 Identity Verification Option for Travelers The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that beginning February 1, 2026, any passenger who does not present an acceptable form of ID but still wants to fly will have the option to pay a $45 fee to complete identity confirmation through its modernized system, TSA Confirm.ID.Under …
EIA Reports CO2 Emissions Slip in August 2025
EIA Reports CO2 Emissions Slip in August 2025 A new update from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows a slight decline in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions tied to U.S. energy consumption. The agency released the data in its Monthly Energy Review (MER), offering preliminary estimates for August 2025. CO2 Emissions Dip as Energy Use …
Holtec Drops Plan for New Mexico Nuclear Waste Site
Holtec Ends Pursuit of New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Project Holtec International announced it will no longer move forward with plans to operate a nuclear waste storage site in southeast New Mexico, ending a multi-year effort marked by intense public resistance and legal challenges. The decision comes two years after the company received a federal …
Congressmen propose big fines for oil pipeline leaks
Bipartisan Bill Seeks Higher Penalties After Twin Oaks Pipeline Leak A jet fuel leak from the 66-year-old Twin Oaks pipeline in Pennsylvania—owned by Sunoco, a subsidiary of the Dallas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer—has triggered a bipartisan push in Congress to increase federal penalties on oil pipeline leaks. The incident, which occurred earlier this year, led …
More Rate Increases, $1.4B of OGE, PSO 2021 Winter Storm Bonds Challenged at OK Supreme Court
Just as Oklahoma Gas and Electric had a pre-Thanksgiving surprise for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett in requesting his recusal from its rate cases, three legislators had one for the utility. It involved ratepayer backed bonds stemming from the 2021 Winter storm securitization law that landed billions of dollars onto consumers by …