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Gasoline Prices Reach $2.13 a Gallon Average in Oklahoma
The summer driving season is officially underway and AAA Oklahoma says the state’s newest gasoline price average is up to $2.13 a gallon but is still 33 cents below the average one year ago. The national average is $2.32 a gallon and spokesman Chuck Mai says drivers are paying the lowest gas prices for this …
Supreme Court Rules Against Corps in Wetlands Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday federal courts do have the authority to review determinations from the Army Corps of Engineers concerning wetlands and whether they are subject to the Clean Water Act regulations. Many consider it a win for landowners who argued their abilities were limited in challenging the Corps decisions. It was a …
Boeing Announces 6-month Delay in Delivery of New KC-46 Refueling Tanker
An announcement by Boeing that the delivery of its first KC-46 air refueling tanker to the Air Force will be delayed half a year also means a delay in training at Altus Air Force base in southwest Oklahoma. Boeing blamed the delay on issues related to qualification and certification of the plane’s centerline drogue and …
Texas Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Ranch in Water Fight with City of Lubbock
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against the city of Lubbock in a fight over water and the accommodation doctrine, considered to be an integral part of oil and gas law. The justices, in their opinion, said water drillers cannot ignore land rights. It was considered a first in which the court ruled …
Sierra Club Appeals Corporation Commission Decision on OGE Power Plant
The Oklahoma Supreme Court now must decide if it will grant an appeal by the Sierra Club of the State Corporation Commission decision allowing Oklahoma Gas and Electric to pass along a $500 million rate hike to save an old coal-fired power plant. The Sierra Club filed an appeal late last week accusing the …
Rain and Storms in the Forecast for the Week
Heavy rains, 75 mile an hour winds and golf-ball sized hail are in the forecast for Tuesday across many areas of the state, according to News 9 meteorologist Jed Castles. Tuesday has an 80% chance of storms throughout the day and the storms are in the forecast for the remainder of the week. The high …
Westar Energy Being Sold in $8.6 billion Deal
Westar Energy, the utility that provides electrical power to much of Kansas is being sold in a nearly $9 billion deal to Missouri-based Great Plains Energy. Great Plains made the announcement on Tuesday saying it agreed to the nearly $8.6 billion purchase that is considered to be a major consolidation in the utilities sector. In …
What Trump Proposes in his Energy Plan
In unveiling his energy plan during a recent speech in North Dakota, Donald Trump said the actions of President Obama have denied millions of Americans access to the energy wealth sitting under their feet. He called it “your treasure, and you—the American People—are entitled to share in the riches.” What Trump is proposing an “America …
Trump’s Energy Plan is Panned by Washington Post Editors
Donald Trump’s energy plan that he released last week is being panned rather badly by editors of the Washington Post. They describe it as “illogical” and putting all of your eggs in one supply basket. Writing this week, the editorial board of the Post said Trump’s vision on energy starts with the wrong premise that …
Rep. Mullin Named to Conference Committee on Energy
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin is among those named by the U.S. House of Representatives to be on a conference committee with the U.S. Senate in developing the first comprehensive energy package in nearly ten years. The Republican Representative was named by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred …