A new report from the Department of Energy shows employment continues to fall in Oklahoma and other states that make up the nation’s oil and gas industry while it is increasing in the renewable energy industry. E&E News reported the new report showed energy sector jobs overall grew by 4% in 2021 with EV …
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Oklahoma oil and gas group attacks OGE’s rate hike request
In opposing Oklahoma Gas and Electric company’s $163.5 million rate hike, the state’s largest and most influential oil and gas group said regulators should not approve such an increase until the utility fulfills its pledge to correct inadequate planning and preparation it had for the February 2021 winter storm Uri. It also heavily criticized …
Scramble by renewable energy developers in eastern Colorado
Excel Energy’s recently approved $1.7 billion Power Pathway transmission line project is reportedly causing a land rush of sorts in eastern Colorado. Some ranchers and farmers call it the new “cash crop” as wind and solar developers scramble to lock up land for their projects reported the Colorado Sun. Click here for Colorado Sun …
New public land leases in New Mexico will triple state’s renewable energy capacity
The state of New Mexico could very well see its renewable energy capacity triple following a recent auction of public land, much of it in the county where the fabled Billy the Kid roamed in the Wild West. Pattern Energy won the auction for 147,685 acres of leases in Lincoln, Torrance and San Miguel …
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** The Environmental Protection Agency stunned scientists and local officials across the country on Wednesday by releasing new health advisories for toxic “forever chemicals” known to be in thousands of U.S. drinking water systems, impacting potentially millions of people. ** The White House is willing to use the same emergency wartime law it invoked to increase the production of …
Evergy sent back to drawing board over proposed solar farm near Topeka
Plans by Evergy, the largest utility in Kansas, to build a huge solar farm near Topeka are being sent back to the drawing board following public opposition by residents near the proposed site. Some of the residents expressed their concerns of the 7,000 panel solar farm to Shawnee County Commissioners according to the Topeka Capital …
Kansas City leaders hope to build massive solar farm near KCI Airport
Kansas City leaders have finished a feasibility study to build a large-scale solar project at the city’s airport and plan to seek proposals from developers to build the project. The Missouri Independent reports the project is likely to be constructed on thousands of acres near Kansas City International Airport. Click here for Missouri Independent
$2 billion transmission line approved in Colorado
Xcel Energy’s $2 billion transmission line meant to carry renewable energy power across Colorado was approved by the state’s public utility regulators. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the project called Colorado’s Power Pathway, a 650-mile stretch of high transmission lines from northern Colorado to the southeast reported The Denver Post. The project will include four …
Solar power provides daytime electricity in Taos
The electrical provider in Taos, New Mexico announced it began daytime power production totally with solar power as of this week. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, based in Taos switched to a solar array of 43,690 solar panels covering 170 acres at a site nine miles northwest of the city reported The Santa Fe New …
Energy news headlines of other stories
** The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management began an environmental review of US Wind LLC’s proposed offshore wind project about 10 miles off the coast of Maryland, which could include up to 121 turbines and potentially power 650,000 homes in Delaware and Maryland according to POLITICO. ** Louisiana is looking into the source of a …