Several bills dealing with energy issues in the U.S. are moving slowly through Congress. Below are some of them and where they stand. – US HR 3616 To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system. — Last action: May 29, 2025, House: Referred to the …
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** Washington, D.C. spent $200 million on a two-mile light rail route in downtown DC and now they’re tearing it up. After less than a decade of operation, the D.C. Streetcar is set to be phased out and replaced by an electric bus that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called a “next generation streetcar” when …
Supreme Court backs Uinta railway in fight with Colorado
In a major setback for the state of Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in support of the multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah that would eventually carry oil across Colorado and to places such as Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub. It was an 8-0 decision in support of the Uinta Basin Railway, …
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** Unless new evidence emerges about how the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles started earlier this year, Southern California Edison and parent company Edison International Inc. are likely to incur “material losses,” Edison President and CEO Pedro Pizarro said earlier this week. Pizarro said company officials and other investigators have made progress of late on …
DEQ public meeting planned for remediation of abandoned tire plant
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality plans a public hearing June 11 in Miami regarding the remediation efforts that have been underway for two years at the former BF Goodrich Manufacturing plant. Geosyntec Consultants inc. requested a synthetic minor source operating permit on behalf of Michelin North America, Inc. The former Goodrich tire …
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** ENGIE North America announces a deal with an investment management company to build 31 battery energy storage facilities to strengthen grids in Texas and California. ** The White House proposes cutting the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provided utility assistance to nearly 60,000 families in West Virginia in 2022. ** New Orleans-area officials …
Rep. Bice says the one big beautiful bill passed in House will restore US energy dominance
In voting early Thursday morning to help pass President Trump’s One Big Beautiful tax bill, Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice praised the measure for what it will do for America’s energy industry. “Restore America’s Energy Dominance- Empower American energy producers; dismantle burdensome Green New Deal regulations; reform the permitting process; and boost our energy security,” …
Rep. Tom Cole fights to spare water research center from EPA budget cuts
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole is among those who feels the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency is bloated. At the same time, the Republican Representative who carries weight as chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee is fighting to save some of the EPA funding for Oklahoma projects from being pared by the Trump …
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** Utah-based EnergySolutions intends to apply for an early site permit from federal regulators to install new nuclear generation at the retired Kewaunee Power Station in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, the company said in a statement last week. ** Donald Trump’s administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency threw a tantrum Wednesday when asked to explain how exactly his …
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** A group of 10 environmental advocacy organizations files a brief in support of a lawsuit by 17 states and Washington, D.C. challenging Trump’s executive order banning new wind projects, with one attorney calling the prohibition “unexplained, inconsistent, and incoherent.” ** The American Petroleum Institute welcomed the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service’s release of a new …