Native-Owned Firm Aims to Bridge Energy Gaps A Native-owned financing initiative called Huurav Energy has launched with the goal of helping Native American energy projects stalled by federal funding cuts. Founded in Parker, Arizona, the company connects investors, philanthropic funds, and green banks with tribal projects across the country. Hundreds of renewable energy efforts on …
Colorado and Allies Target Utah Oil Rail Expansion DENVER, Colo. — Colorado and 15 other states are preparing a lawsuit against the federal government over a Utah oil rail expansion project. The plan would increase oil shipments across Colorado and, in some cases, to the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma. State leaders argue that the …
Neal McCaleb (Chickasaw Nation Media) Edmond Interchange to Carry Neal McCaleb’s Name EDMOND, Okla. — A portion of Interstate 35 in Edmond will soon carry the name of Neal McCaleb, honoring his decades of work in transportation and public service. This fall, the interchange of I-35 and East 33rd Street will officially be designated the …
Several electric cooperative employees in Oklahoma recently returned from an effort to bring electricity to members of the Navajo nation in New Mexico. At least 10 lineworkers from five electric cooperatives in Oklahoma took part in the mutual aid project that is called the Light Up Navajo initiative. Lineworkers worked for 6 days …
A new survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that operators of utility-scale batteries across the nation tend to use them for price arbitrage….a method of buying electricity when prices are low and selling it when prices are high. It’s what the EIA found in its annual survey of power plant activity, …
Coterra Energy Inc. announced the retirement of one executive officer and the naming of a new one. In the announcement, the oil and gas company said effective September 22, the firm had appointed Gregory F. Conaway, 50, as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and as an executive officer of the company. He joined …
In the latest Williams Newsletter, company CEO Chad Zamarin’s recent call for the “need for speed” in providing more energy to the nation was highlighted. The world is quickly recognizing that natural gas is the backbone of reliable, affordable and cleaner energy, CEO Chad Zamarin told analysts after the release of the company’s …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma made recent regulatory filings seeking preapproval of more than $1.2 billion in energy projects that could mean higher consumer electric rates or more than $10 extra a month, if approved by Corporation Commissioners. “New loads, mostly from commercial and industrial customers, are driving the increase in demand for …
Southwest Oklahoma finally got some rain over the weekend. But as Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet explained….the question is whether it was enough to “erase their burgeoning (English to Okie translation: “growing”) drought woes, but it will sure stop them from intensifying for awhile.”
Louisiana already has four liquefied natural gas operations, the most of any state in the country. It’s about to grow to five plants after this week’s groundbreaking for Woodside Energy’s $17.5 billion production and export facility, best known as “Louisiana LNG.” It represents the largest foreign direct investment in state history. The plant …
