A new power generating facility will be the subject of a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning at Tinker Air Force Base and feature leaders of the air base, the utility and Congress. U.S. Rep. Tom Cole will be among dignitaries on hand for the 9 a.m. ceremony to create added critical electrical power to the important …
A bill to create a state Office of Advanced Nuclear Energy in Oklahoma won approval this week in a House subcommittee. Rep. Nick Archer (R-Elk City) authored HB3175 which was approved on a 4-3 vote in the House Appropriations and Budget General Government subcommittee. Archer explained during the Monday hearing that his bill is …
Panasonic’s Kansas battery plant, the $4 billion project that Oklahoma lost to its neighbor a few years ago following intense campaigning by both states, is approaching 50% of production capacity. The Kansas Reflector reports it should be attained in the new few months, according to an official with Panasonic. The Reflector quoted Kristen Walters, …
U.S. Energy Policy & Power Infrastructure U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $175 million in funding for six projects to modernize, retrofit, and extend the useful life of coal-fired power plants serving rural and remote communities across the United States, keeping dependable energy sources online, strengthening grid reliability, and helping keep electricity costs low …
Rep. Mickey Dollens, D-Oklahoma City, passed HB 3917 unanimously out of the Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee. The measure requires data centers to pay a surcharge during peak demand periods, protecting residential customers from rate hikes and funding grid modernization. “I want to thank the Committee Chair and Committee for hearing and passing this legislation,” said …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday and one of the issues to be considered is a proposed battery storage system near Ponca City. Frontier Energy Storage’s project, proposed by Oklahoma Gas and Electric company in its power generation expansion plans has already been opposed by the Attorney General and the Petroleum …
While many Oklahoma energy leaders are praising the President’s move last week to repeal the EPA “endangerment finding”, one created in 2009 by the Obama administration, such is not the case in New Mexico where one leader said it is a “moment to mourn.” The state also relies heavily on oil and gas revenues for …
One organization that hailed President Trump’s decision last week to repeal the EPA’s Endangerment Finding is America’s Power, a group that advocates for coal use. The group’s President and CEO Michelle Bloodworth praised the repeal of the 2009 declaration which she said became a justification for some of the Environmental Protection Agency’s most far …
Simmons: EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding returns agency to common-sense policies When President Trump announced last week his decision to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s so-called “endangerment finding” it was a move that was welcomed with wide open arms at the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma. So much so that President Brook A. Simmons …
Northwest Oklahoma wildfire chances increase this week The latest wildfire update from the Oklahoma Forestry Division indicated growing chances of more wildfires in the northwest part of the state. Statewide Discussion: Rainfall Friday/Saturday provided wetting rainfall across most of the southern half of Oklahoma as well as the northern tier of counties tempering …
