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Electric Cooperative Expands Solar Energy Development
The Western Farmers Electric Cooperative recently dedicated 18 solar projects with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Tuttle Solar Project location. The Cooperative is adding 21 megawatts of solar power across the state including five utility-scale solar farms and 13 community solar sites. The expansion into solar power was initiated several years ago. The company says …
Pipeline Builder in North Dakota says Line is Being Attacked
1 The company’s not giving details but the builder of the Dakota Access pipeline protested by Oklahoma environmentalists and Native Americans in North Dakota claims the line has been targeted with “coordinated physical attacks.” It’s the claim in court filings where the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is still fighting the completion of the line. The …
Moving SW Kansas Wind Power to Indiana—-It’s up to Missouri Regulators
An electrical transmission developer already with a project moving western Oklahoma wind-generated electricity to Tennessee is asking Missouri regulators to approve a similar kind of transmission line stretching from southwest Kansas to Indiana. Clean Line Energy Partners LP wants to build a $2.8 billion line delivering Kansas wind energy to the East. The request comes …
Air Advisory Issued for NE Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality issued an Air Quality Advisory on Tuesday for northeast Oklahoma. Osage, Nowata, Rogers and Mayes counties were put under the advisory while several surrounding counties in the northeast and north central parts of the state were in what was described as “moderate” conditions. The advisory means there are possible …
Pruitt Asked to Visit Florida to See Climate Change Impact
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has an invitation to consider in light of his recent statements made that carbon dioxide is not a main contributor of global warming. Florida U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo wrote Pruitt expressing his concern over the statement and asked him to “reevaluate your comments.” “Over the past century, temperatures have increased; sea …
Corporation Commission Votes to Order Refund for OGE Customers
Customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric are due a refund in the coming weeks or months, depending on how quickly the utility acts after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted this week to bring an abrupt halt to a nearly $90 million interim rate charge. Commissioners Bob Anthony and Dana Murphy voted to allow only a …
CNG Workshop to be Held in OKC
A workshop on CNG vehicle and fueling options for fleets in Oklahoma is planned for March 28 in Oklahoma City. Sponsored by the Association of Central Oklahoma Government’s Central Oklahoma Clean Cities Coalition and Heartland Energy Options, the luncheon will be held at Heartland Energy Options, 3920 NW 39th street from 11 a.m. to 1 …
Senate Democrats Aren’t Finished with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt not only has to deal with a staff shortage at his agency, but Democrats in the U.S. Senate are still hammering him over his confirmation hearing answers. Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee mailed Pruitt a letter asking him to commit to making transparency at the EPA a …
Rep. Russell Tries Again to Kill Unused $25 billion Energy Incentive Program
A year later and Oklahoma Congressman Steve Russell is trying again to get Congress to stop the government from awarding or making loans under what he considers another unnecessary program. On Friday, he filed H.R. 1623, to repeal the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program run by the Department of Energy. The bill was immediately …
Staff Shortage at EPA Forces Pruitt to Make Delays
Faced with a short staff because the U.S. Senate has not confirmed some of them, EPA Director Scott Pruitt’s been forced to delay by two months the effective dates of five final rules issued in the last days of the Obama administration. If the former Oklahoma Attorney General thought he would hit the ground …