** Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Curtis (R-Utah) place holds on three Treasury Department nominees, escalating their fight against the Trump administration’s clampdown on wind and solar tax credit use. ** A Mississippi mayor confirms Elon Musk’s xAI company has purchased a defunct Duke Energy gas-fired power plant to provide energy to the company’s …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Data Centers to demand more power from PSO’s parent company American Electric Power
Weeks after Public Service Company of Oklahoma won approval for its $730 million acquisition of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks, a move based on anticipated growth in power demands, PSO’s parent company is out with a projection of connecting to 24 GW of new load by 2030. That’s a 15% …
Energy briefs
** U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum orders agencies to factor in proposed solar or wind projects’ per-acre energy generating capacity relative to fossil fuels during permitting — a move that could halt new renewables development on federal lands. ** Colorado Gov. Jared Polis orders state agencies to streamline and accelerate clean energy permitting to allow …
Energy briefs
** The Trump administration moves to defund the Chemical Safety Board, which environmental and community advocates worry will leave a regulatory gap in the oversight of hundreds of petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast. ** Ford’s vehicle sales rose 14% to more than 612,000 in the last quarter, according to earnings that bested analysts’ expectations. …
Oklahoma’s latest solar farm under construction
Work has started on a large solar project in southern Oklahoma that developers contend will help ease the summer strain on the grid in the state. Leeward Renewable Energy in Dallas announced it had commenced construction on its Twelvemile Solar 1 & 2 projects, a combined 152-megawatt solar facility. It did not …
Energy briefs
** A major Pacific oil reserve offline for a decade was restarted in only five months of work by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, despite pleas from Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and completion of a reported laundry list of permitting and reviews. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced Friday it has shepherded the reopening of the …
Energy briefs
** Liquefied natural gas developers led gains for U.S. energy companies in early trading on Monday, after the European Union pledged $750 billion worth in strategic purchases as part of a sweeping trade pact. ** Chevron said it plans to lay off almost 600 Houston workers as part of its monumental acquisition of Hess. Around 575 …
Energy briefs
** Out of nowhere as far as many were concerned, the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled an important application window for its Rural Energy for America Program, which could send thousands of small farms and business owners scrambling. Canary Media reported that this wasn’t some scheduling hiccup; it was the last chance many had to finance clean energy projects …
Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—bad politics affecting your utility rates
More examples of bad politics impacting your utility rates. They are discussed in the latest podcast of Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen. But what about the Oklahoma impact of the President’s latest tariff agreement with the European Union?
Oklahoma natural gas involved in EU trade deal
(Reuters) Oklahoma could have a direct role in the historic trade agreement reached by President Trump with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, one that gives the EU a $750 billion energy commitment with the U.S. Few details of the energy impact are available but this much is known. As a result …