Mammoth Energy Finalizes $30 Million Sale of Aquawolf to Qualus Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Mammoth Energy Partners LLC, completed the sale of all equity interests in its wholly owned subsidiary Aquawolf LLC to Qualus, LLC for a total sales price of $30 million. The transaction marks another step in Mammoth’s ongoing …
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Holtec Wins $800M SMR Deal After Ending NM Waste Plan
Holtec Lands Major DOE Contract for SMR Deployment Holtec Ends New Mexico Waste Site Plans and Secures Major Federal Deal After deciding it would abandon plans to build another nuclear waste storage site in southeastern New Mexico, Holtec Government Services landed a major federal contract regarding the building of small modular reactors in the U.S. …
Drummond Escalates Poultry Fight With Gov. Stitt
“you are bought and paid for by out-of-state Big Poultry corporations.” Genter Drummond to Gov. Stitt. Drummond Escalates “Chicken” Fight With Gov. Stitt Over Poultry Pollution Case Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who is campaigning for Governor, issued another sharply worded press release this week attacking Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt over their escalating feud tied to …
Colorado gas utilities hit with tougher emissions mandates
Colorado Gas Utilities Ordered to Cut Emissions 41% by 2035 State Regulators Impose Stricter Mandate Than Agencies Recommended Companies that supply Colorado homes and businesses with natural gas have been hit with new emission requirements forcing them to cut carbon pollution by 41% from 2015 levels. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission voted 2–1 last month …
Nuclear energy grants awarded by Department of Energy
DOE Awards $5.3 Million for University-Led Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Projects The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy announced more than $5.3 million for 15 university-led infrastructure projects designed to strengthen America’s nuclear energy workforce, expand laboratory and research capabilities, and restore the nation’s position as the world’s leading energy producer. DOE stated …
Regulators to discuss OGE’s recusal request for Commissioner Todd Hiett
The feud between Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett could come to a head Thursday when the commissioners meet to discuss the utility’s request for Hiett to recuse himself from its rate case for expanded electric generation projects. The recusal request, filed before Thanksgiving, accused Hiett of impartiality against OGE and …
Growth of data centers results in growing lawsuits too
Legal Challenges Grow as Data Centers’ Energy Demand Raises Alarms Nationwide Opposition to data centers and renewable energy projects in Oklahoma continues to escalate — and the battle mirrors a fast-growing national trend of lawsuits aimed at the enormous energy demands that power the artificial intelligence boom. As E&E News/Politico reported, “Critics of data centers …
Putin’s threat of more war sent crude and OK energy stocks down
Crude oil prices dropped 1% on Tuesday as word spread about a possible shaky Russia-Ukraine peace deal. It affected natural gas prices and Oklahoma energy stocks with a negative impact. The markets didn’t like what they heard as Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law …
Oklahoma’s dry weather to linger into 2026
The weather experts predict dry conditions will linger well into 2026 in Oklahoma, meaning the lack of rainfall will continue for a dryer fall and the start of winter. The Oklahoma Mesonet’s Climatologist Gary McManus wrote this week that the “Warm and dry November drives drought expansion.” November 2025 was a warm and mostly dry …
Hurricanes in 2024 caused most hours without power in 10 yrs
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Annual 2024 Data values: Distribution System Reliability, Reliability metrics of U.S. distribution system U.S. electricity customers experienced an average of 11 hours of electricity interruptions in 2024, or nearly twice as many as the annual average experienced in the decade before, according to the EIA’s Electric Power Annual 2024 report. Major events …