** Enbridge Inc. is devising plans to rapidly boost capacity on its US oil pipeline system if the incoming Trump administration succeeds in kicking off a drilling boom. Enbridge, which delivers about 5.8 million barrels of crude and liquids a day across North America, would focus on moving more oil out of the Rockies and …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Texas tops in wind and solar farm production
While some Oklahomans are fighting the growth of renewable energy projects in the state, Texas ranks as the state with the most development of wind and solar projects in the U.S. Information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Texas not only has 42,000 megawatts of wind power, 22,000 megawatts of solar farms and …
Energy briefs
** The number of faults on the power grid near three of the major Los Angeles County fires skyrocketed in the hours before the blazes began, according to a company that monitors electrical activity. Bob Marshall, the chief executive of Whisker Labs, said in an interview with The Times that the areas near the Eaton, Palisades and Hurst …
How one national energy group reported on Oklahoma’s Stop the Green rally
This week’s “Stop the Green Energy Scam” rally at the Oklahoma State capitol caught the attention of at least one national environmental organization. HeatMap News, an organization focused on climate news and what it calls the “inside story of the race to fix the planet” highlighted the rally with the headline, “The Growing Push …
Stop the Green rally attendees have support from Trump
Those green energy opponents who attended a Stop the Green rally at the capitol in Oklahoma City certainly have an ally in President-elect Donald Trump. Even as they rallied Tuesday, Trump was vowing to oppose all new wind energy production once he takes office later in the month. Speaking to reporters, he said, “We’re …
Legislator vows a fight against “green energy” insanity
One of the legislators who addressed a Stop the Green rally held this week at the state capitol admitted he ran for the legislature because of what he called the “green energy” insanity. Rep. Jim Shaw of Chandler said an industrial wind project proposed near his home and property sparked his desire to enter …
Group says poll shows majority of Oklahomans oppose utility ROFR
A recent poll regarding proposed Oklahoma legislation that would increase incumbent utility control over the state’s electric power grid shows that voters continue to show very little support for the concept. Conducted by national polling firm TargetPoint Consulting during the period of December 2-7, 2024, the poll found that a supermajority of voters …
Stop the green scam rally goers urged to fight, fight fight
Taking a cue from a wounded Donald Trump’s “fight, fight, fight” rallying cry after he was wounded by a sniper last year, Oklahoma Rep. Molly Jenkins told a “Stop the Green” rally at the state capitol Tuesday, “This fight is far from over—fight, fight, fight!” It brought cheers and applause from those who gathered …
Energy briefs
** Electric utilities serving the Northeast ask federal regulators to enact gas pipeline reliability requirements to ensure power plants have enough fuel to keep the lights on. ** The Pentagon announces plans to blacklist Chinese company CATL, the world’s largest EV battery maker that supplies Tesla and is partnering with Ford on a $3.5 billion Michigan battery plant. …
Stop the Green rally to put pressure on Governor Stitt
For opponents of a wind farm in Lincoln County to the now-cancelled federal Transmission Corridor to the on-going Cimarron Link transmission line project, they remain unsure whether Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is on their side. It’s why they plan to hold on Tuesday their “Stop the Green” rally at the state capitol with speakers …