Records show energy lobbyists spent nearly $4 million in a recent attempt to save some of the green energy priorities adopted by the Biden administration before Congress and President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful bill into law. As one news outlet put it, “they didn’t get much bang for their buck.” E&E News …
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** Wyoming lawmakers are wrestling with whether to green light potentially numerous nuclear waste sites throughout the state. Some say it’s good for the economy, while others say it’s not worth the risk. ** Nebraska regulators discuss the possibility of building small modular nuclear reactors in a small city, largely because of its electric transmission …
NextEra Energy had a jump in 2Q earnings
NextEra Energy, the company whose subsidiary Persica Solar is in a fight with Wagoner County Commissioners over a proposed solar farm near the town of Porter, released a second quarter earnings report showing an increase to more than $2 billion in adjusted earnings. The Florida-based company’s net income attributable to NextEra Energy on …
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** Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore is sentenced to two years in prison for her role in a bribery scheme that involved giving jobs to associates of Illinois’ former House Speaker in exchange for favorable legislation. ** The U.S. Commerce Department’s Inspector General launches an investigation into whether the Trump administration’s staffing cuts at the …
Meta inks deal to get power from Enbridge solar farm in Texas
Reuters reported this week Meta Platforms signed a long-term contract to buy 100% of the power from a new Enbridge solar project in Texas. Enbridge is constructing a $900 million 600 megawatt solar farm near San Antonio, calling it the Clear Fork Project. The Canadian-based firm said it was moving ahead with the …
Electricity production declined in April in many countries around the world
When it comes to worldwide electricity generation, there was a nearly 8% decline in April compared to April 2024, reported the International Energy Agency, an energy forum comprised of 29 industrialized countries under the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD). In April 2025, total net electricity generation in the OECD reached 833.8 …
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** Fervo Energy, a startup that specializes in geothermal energy, has started using the same horizontal drilling strategy that revolutionized oil drilling decades ago. The technique not only drills sideways, but it also drills deeper to access a different reserve of heat energy that was previously unavailable. ** General Motors calls EVs its “north star” …
Data Center growth means someone has to pay for more electrical power and it’s consumers
Oklahoma is among 36 states across the U.S. with tax incentives to companies building data centers. Some are conservative, such as Oklahoma. Others are liberal. But they all have the same intention of attracting new business and economic wins. However, as OK Energy Today has reported over the past several months, there is also …
Burgum to give personal review and approval of any more energy projects on federal lands
Under the Trump administration, any more solar and wind energy projects proposed to be built on federal lands and waters first have to get the stamp of approval from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. His personal approval. It means, according to documents obtained by Politico that it means there will be increased scrutiny of the projects but …
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** Google agrees to pay more than $3 billion over 20 years to buy energy from two Pennsylvania hydroelectric plants, to help power its data center operations. ** A coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania that closed in 2021 will get a $3.2 billion overhaul to reopen as a natural gas plant providing power to a …