The recently announced move by Public Service Company of Oklahoma to request state permission to acquire $2.5 billion in renewable energy sources means higher utility bills for its customers. Documents on file by PSO with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show the utility is expecting its consumers to foot the bill. How much? Between about …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Wyoming could face blackouts as state transitions to wind and solar power
The elimination of coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation and the transition to wind and solar power in Wyoming could result in blackouts in the state in coming years. So claimed a new assessment by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council which examined the electric grid and determined the state’s blackout risk over the coming …
PSO wants state approval of $2.5 billion solar and wind power projects
Public Service Company of Oklahoma on Thursday asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for approval of its nearly $2.5 billion fuel-free power plan to purchase three new wind farms and three new solar facilities. The company said the proposed plan will help meet projected power needs while protecting customers from volatility in energy costs driven by high natural …
Northeast Kansas county considers ‘hold’ on solar and wind farm development
A county in northeast Kansas is considering a moratorium on all future wind and solar farm. Jack County commissioners scheduled a hearing this week to discuss the possibility according to KSNT. Click here for KSNT
Chevron to build New Mexico solar farm
Chevron joined Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp in launching a 133-acre solar farm in southeast New Mexico to provide electrical power to the Permian Basin. Chevron’s Hayhurst Solar Power Facility is in Eddy County, New Mexico, a site on state trust land managed by the New Mexico State Land Office. Work is underway to …
Fight underway against nation’s largest proposed solar farm
One woman’s fight against a $1.5 billion solar farm in Indiana….the largest such solar project in the country. She raised millions to fight the 13,000 acre and she’s not even a farmer. Click here for The Guardian
Most U-S homes with solar panels are in the Northeast and West
A report by the US. Energy Information Administration shows that most of the U.S. homes with solar panels are on the country’s East and West coasts. In 2020, 3.7% of U.S. single-family homes, including mobile homes, generated electricity from small-scale solar systems (solar panels installed on a home or building), according to our 2020 Residential …
Solar farms to be new source of tax revenue?
While the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled this week against taxing production tax credits used by the state’s wind farms, legislators in nearby Missouri are exploring how to tax solar energy farms, a matter arising from a Missouri Supreme Court ruling. The high court in Missouri ruled in August that a 2013 state law granting …
Energy grant to study solar-wildlife interactions in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas
Among the $14 million in U.S. Department of Energy grants awarded this week to researchers to study how solar projects affect wildlife, is a study that will focus on such projects in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas. The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville received a $1.3 million grant to study large-scale solar facilities and how …
Firm creates solar power for EV chargers
If solar energy can be used to charge electric fences used by farmers, why not the same process for EV chargers but on a larger scale? A company based in Olathe, Kansas has come up with what it calls the “first truly green energy charging” plan reported KCTV news in Kansas City. Click here …
