A proposed University of Arkansas solar project is going to receive its federal funds after the Trump administration had frozen the millions…..maybe. Federal Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued an order for the government to release up to $625million in climate grants that were frozen since the middle of February, reported Arkansas Business. The funding …
Nearly six months after lawsuits were filed when a Garfield County farm couple refused to allow surveyors onto their land for the Cimarron Link transmission line across northern Oklahoma, a similar story is being played out on the other end of the U.S. More than 100 property owners in Central Maryland have done the …
NextEra Energy faces a fight in one Arkansas county where it is seeking a tax abatement on a proposed 2,000-acre solar farm. Residents of Little River County, adjacent to Oklahoma’s McCurtain County, recently voiced their opposition to the 65% tax abatement being considered by county leaders. Click here for KSLA news
** The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said it needs further review because it appears the Biden administration rushed the approval. ** The U.S. Army Corps …
After months of study, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is being advised it should take little action when it comes to a call to require stronger wooden poles used by utilities in the state. The recommendation comes from the Commission’s Public Utilities Division which reached its conclusions following a Notice of Inquiry launched last …
Within minutes of concluding their regular public meeting on Tuesday, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners almost immediately held another meeting, one that did not include the public and fell under the new state law allowing gatherings exempt from the Open Meeting Law. A filing of the Open Meeting Act Exempt Event Compliance Form on Wednesday …
** Honda is reportedly preparing to significantly expand its US manufacturing footprint by up to 30% over the next two to three yearsin response to the Trump administration’s sweeping new tariffs on foreign imports. The Japanese automaker is considering shifting production of several key models from Mexico and Canada to the US. ** Dallas-based Vaquero Midstream, a natural …
After earnings of more than $1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, NextEra Energy plans to unveil its first quarter 2025 results next week. The Florida firm, with heavy commitments in Oklahoma’s wind and solar industry, will release the results before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, April 23, …
A number of energy-related bills will be taken up Thursday during a meeting of the Oklahoma Senate Energy Committee. AGENDA: HB1220 By West (Kevin) et al of the House and Standridge of the Senate (Proposed Comm. Sub., req. #2027) Utilities; securitization revenue stream of certain obligations issued by the Development Finance Authority; legislative findings in regards …
** BP has made an oil discovery at the Far South field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, it said on Monday, as the energy major seeks to grow production under a strategy reset announced earlier this year. The exploration well was drilled in Green Canyon Block 584 about 120 miles (193.12 km) off the coast of …
