Tuesday’s elections weren’t just about “energy” in Oklahoma, for example with the election of Brian Bingman as the newest Corporation Commissioner. The decisive re-election of former President Donald Trump will have an impact on Oklahomans and others,especially in the form of his “drill baby drill” oil and gas theme. The industry obviously has …
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Energy briefs
** Diamondback Energy Inc., the largest independent oil and gas producer in the Permian Basin, warned that the US shale industry may be growing to its own detriment again. The company is planning to hold its own output growth to 2% next year and said it can be flexible with spending if the oil market …
Energy briefs
** Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country’s next president, major players in the wind energy sector Vestas and Orsted said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. ** Factory workers at Boeing voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for …
Energy briefs
** AT&T said it had struck a $1 billion multi-year deal with Corning to buy fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions, as the U.S. telecom giant looks to expand its high-speed internet services. ** Boeing reportedly dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) department as part of an overhaul of its operations ordered by the company’s …
Sunzia transmission line close to supply power from New Mexico
After nearly 20 years in the planning, the $11 billion SunZia transmission line meant to carry wind and solar power from New Mexico through Arizona and to California is close at hand. Transmission towers are still being constructed. But it doesn’t mean the large project is not facing opposition. Click here for WBUR
Energy briefs
** Ford plans to idle a Detroit-area electric truck plant for weeks as it contends with softer-than-expected EV sales. ** Occidental Petroleum nears completion of a direct-air carbon capture facility in Texas that would be the first large-scale facility to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air; the company plans to build dozens more. ** The U.S. Department …
Enel Green Power applauds SPP’s $8 billion transmission line improvements
This week’s decision by the Southwest Power Pool to approve nearly $8 billion in transmission line projects has the support of renewable energy Enel Green. Stephen Pike, head of Enel Green Power North America, one of the largest wind operators in the 14-state grid, including Oklahoma, that makes up the SPP, applauded the …
Renewable energy earnings plunged for ALLETE Inc.—wind out of its sails
The third quarter for ALLETE, Inc., the renewable energy operator, wasn’t exactly what leadership wanted. It’s as though the wind was taken out of the sails of its wind farm earnings, including those in Oklahoma. Its earnings totaled $.78 cents on net income of $45 million, a significant drop from the $1.49 a share …
Controversial transmission project touted in US Senator’s ad campaign
New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat, came out in a recent TV politcal ad that he supports the controversial SunZia transmission project that stretches from his state to California and Arizona. Developers worked for 20 years to get the 550 mile project approved and in the ad, Sen. Henrich called it a …
Attorneys General elections linked to climate and environment in other states
Oklahoma Attorney General Genter Drummond is not one of them, but attorneys general candidates in 10 other states face elections watched carefully by environmentalists because of climate change and renewable energy. Depending on your point of view about climate change and the development of renewable energy, the election results could prove to be critical—one …
