Two years after an Oklahoma judge ruled the state’s 2022 Energy Discrimination Act or “anti-ESG” was unconstitutional, a ruling still on appeal with the State Supreme Court, a federal judge in Texas has made the same kind of ruling on the state’s similar law. The Energy Discrimination Act in Oklahoma was created in response to …
A new division is being created at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission—Commission Support Services. Commissioners unanimously approved the suggestion by Administrative Director Jim Marshall who told the three regulators, “ I’d like to express that there is a suggestion for a structural change that would better enable you as individual statewide elected officials to communicate both directly …
Nearly $1.5 million in fines were assessed by trucking enforcement in Oklahoma during the last two months of 2025. Sounds like a huge amount but Mark Willingham with the Corporation Commission’s Transportation Division reported this week the $1,489,984 in fines and citations was normal. The fines were the result of 5,283 separate citations. The Transportation …
The recent winter storm that rolled into Oklahoma dumping up to a foot of snow in some regions resulted in $8 million spent by the State Transportation Department road crews in clearing roads and highways. ODOT Executive Director Tim Gatz briefed transportation commissioners this week on the agency’s response to the recent winter storm which was …
The construction of more Google data centers in 2025 in Oklahoma will be part of the company’s massive spending intentions this year following a stunning fourth quarter and full year earnings report. Not only did Google’s parent company Alphabet report a 48% jump in fourth quarter revenue, but the big tech company plans to spend …
** House lawmakers on Tuesday grilled members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about electric affordability, grid reliability and the agency’s reviews of natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas projects. ** Xcel Energy says Permian Basin electricity demand driven by the oil and gas industry, new data centers, and nuclear manufacturing facilities threatens to outpace generation …
Not just data centers are targeted under Rep. Molly Jenkins‘ “Rural Landowners Protection Act,” but so are wind farms, battery storage projects, carbon capture and transmission lines. The bill would give the power of rejection to adjacent landowners. The Republican from Coyle filed HB3095 as a means of giving landowners near proposed data center sites …
Oil Prices Rise as U.S.–Iran Talks Resume, Gas Gains 5% Crude oil prices managed a nearly 2% gain on Wednesday after investors learned nuclear talks between the United States and Iran were resuming, despite an earlier false report that suggested negotiations had collapsed. The initial report sent prices sharply higher. West Texas Intermediate crude surged …
Jeers and cheers erupted this week after the Sand Springs City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to rezone land and make way for a proposed 827-acre Google data center. White Rose Partners is the developer who intends to build the data center to be run by Google along Highway 97. Approval came despite receiving …
Aerospace and defense industry is becoming Oklahoma’s second-largest and fastest-growing sector reports the Oklahoma Commerce Department. The industry has such an impact on Oklahoma’s economy that it merits a recently-created caucus in the state legislature. The Aerospace Caucus was formed in 2019 by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, who is a former Air Force officer. …
