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Judge Dismisses Enid from Skeleton Creek Solar Lawsuit
Judge Dismisses Enid from Skeleton Creek Solar Project Lawsuit Garfield County Landowners Continue Legal Battle Against NextEra A Garfield County District Judge has dismissed the City of Enid from a lawsuit filed by 31 landowners opposing the massive Skeleton Creek Solar and Battery Energy Project near Enid, Oklahoma. The decision comes amid ongoing tension between …
EOG Resources Expands to Central Ohio with New Division
EOG Resources Expands Operations to Central Ohio Texas Oil and Gas Giant Invests $28.7 Million in New Facility EOG Resources, one of the nation’s largest oil and gas producers, has announced a major expansion outside its Texas base, opening a new division in Central Ohio. The Fortune 500 company finalized the purchase of the former …
Jeff Bezos Predicts Solar-Powered Data Centers in Space
Jeff Bezos Predicts Solar-Powered Data Centers in Space The global data-center boom has transformed energy demand on Earth — but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos believes the next generation of data centers will orbit above it. Bezos predicts that within 10 to 20 years, massive gigawatt-scale data centers will operate in space, powered entirely by …
Entergy Wins Texas Approval for $200M Transmission Project
Entergy Texas Secures Approval for 145-Mile Power Line Project The energy infrastructure in Southeast Texas is getting a major upgrade. Entergy Texas has received the green light from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to build a 145-mile, 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line across the southeastern part of the state. This massive project will strengthen …
Energy Brief: TVA Change and Global Energy Shift
U.S. Energy Headlines: From TVA Leadership to DOE’s Nuclear Leap Energy leadership and priorities are shifting fast across the United States. Two Congress members confirmed that Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty is being considered as the next CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). If appointed, Hagerty would shape the region’s power strategy for years …
Calm conditions result in grid advisory for Oklahoma and others
A lack of wind throughout Oklahoma and the Midwest prompted a “Resource Advisory” to be issued by the Southwest Power Pool for Monday and Tuesday. The advisory is due to an anticipated use in electrical power, but as the SPP stated in its advisry, it does not require the public to conserve energy …
Transportation Commission to meet Monday—vote on $8 billion highway plan
Oklahoma Transportation Commissioners will meet Monday morning in Oklahoma City to vote on a proposed newest edition of the state’s Eight-year Construction Work Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2033. The plan contains nearly $8 billion in highway improvements statewide, although inflation has moved some of the projects out of the eight-year window, according to …
Oil and gas rig numbers remain firm in Oklahoma
Oklahoma recorded a one rig gain in its active number of oil and gas rigs operating in the state in the past week while nationally, the count was unchanged at 549. The Baker Hughes Rig Report, released Friday, showed Oklahoma’s count grew by one to 43 rigs. The U.S. total was unchanged despite …
Google unveils details of $4 billion data center in West Memphis, Arkansas
More data center building is popping up around Oklahoma even as the state awaits its own new data centers possibly in Stillwater, Chickasha and Yukon. The latest was in West Memphis, Arkansas where Google officials gathered with city leaders to announce the first phase of the $4 billion cloud and artificial intelligence data …
Slight gain recorded Friday in oil prices but investors worry about what OPEC+ will do
Despite a slight gain on Friday, crude oil prices finished the week with a loss of 8.1% after investors showed their nervousness about the weekend meeting of eight OPEC+ countries who gathered to considered increased international oil production. The 8.1% loss for the week also turned out to be the biggest weekly loss …