The number of energy jobs in Oklahoma declined again, according to the latest report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. The Council, in its June 2025 jobs report showed a modest dip in employment within the energy services sector amid what it described as “continued economic uncertainty. The report showed Oklahoma’s energy workforce …
Some energy issues, including eminent domain use and setbacks for wind and solar farms, are among some of the topics to be reviewed in interim studies in the Oklahoma Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, has approved a series of interim study requests that will be considered during the Oklahoma Senate’s interim …
**The Environmental Protection Agency has placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave days after they signed a public letter expressing concern about the treatment of federal employees and the Trump administration’s regulations on climate and public health. ** The arbitrators in a legal dispute between Exxon Mobil and Hess have reached a decision related to a major …
NextEra Energy Resources isn’t giving up the fight to locate a 5,000-acre solar farm in northeast Oklahoma’s Wagoner County near the town of Porter. The company, using the name of its proposed solar farm, Persica Solar, LLC, filed a challenge of the Wagoner County Commission’s late June vote of 3-0 to deny a conditional …
The Southwest Power Pool plan to expand into western states is getting more and more members. A SPP announcement made this week indicating its Markets+ program was in a second phase of development, also revealed eight entities spanning the Desert Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions of the Western Interconnection have signed these agreements, demonstrating …
While the renewable energy industry managed to avoid some major hits in the Oklahoma legislative session, one renewable energy official says it won’t end in the 2026 legislature or following sessions. Kylah McNabb, an independent consultant who leads the Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council said the political environment means the industry can expect anti-wind and …
If things go as planned by former Energy Secretary and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, his Fermi America company will build a 5,800 acre campus for AI data centers in the Texas Panhandle and power it with 11 gigawatts of electricity from nuclear, solar, wind and natural gas sources. Fermi America partnered with the …
** The U.S. Department of Transportation has scrapped a rule mandating speed-limiting devices or “governors” on heavy-duty trucks, allowing them to race along the nation’s highways at top speed. Their requirement is now being dropped as part of a new DOT package intended to ease conditions for long-haul truckers. ** The U.S. Department of Energy this week …
** A North Dakota county board rezones 800 acres for a company’s plans to build a data center complex that will be powered by a 1,151 MW coal-fired power plant that was nearly closed in 2020 due to financial issues. ** Residents of a Wisconsin town call for tighter restrictions on Alliant Energy’s proposal to …
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) What ever is approved or not approved in the U.S. Senate’s vote on President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act , it’s clear where the President wants to focus when it comes to energy. It is not renewable energy sources. Critics contend the bill will result in increased utility prices across …
