Oklahoma-based ONE Gas, Inc. plans to release its first quarter 2025 financial results after the market closes on Monday, May 5. A day later, the company’s executive management team will take part in a conference call at 10 a.m. Central daylight time. The call will be carried live on the ONE Gas website. The …
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Hot weather followed by storms in Oklahoma
Even before the promise of stormy weather this Easter weekend, Oklahoma experienced hot weather in recent days and came within a degree of hitting its first 100-degree day of the year. ” We were so close to starting the summer (English to Okie translation: spring) off right with a triple-digit or two, but we’ll have to …
FERC dismisses proposed Kiamichi River hydro-electric power plant
Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for dismissing a proposed hydroelectric power plant on the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha County. The Commission halted the plan last month after finding the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation’s (SEOPC) Proposed Study Plan (PSP) was insufficient to proceed with planning. SEOPC submitted an updated PSP …
Energy briefs
** A U.S. EPA document shows the Trump administration intends to exempt 47 coal power plants from updated mercury and toxic emissions rules, including the Colstrip and Apache facilities in Montana and Arizona. ** Tri-State Generation and Transmission proposes a 307 MW natural gas plant and a 200 MW battery storage system in northwestern Colorado …
Nasdaq threatens to delist Stardust Power
Stardust Power, the startup lithium mining company that broke ground earlier in the year on a site in Muskogee, has been notified it no longer meets standards and rules to be listed for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market and if it doesn’t take corrective action, it will be delisted. Notification came April 3 …
State energy stocks mostly back into positive trading territory
For a second day of trading, Oklahoma energy stocks saw performances into positive territory as they started the week with more gains than losses. Last Friday, they also rebounded from the large 20% losses inflicted during the tariff war. PHX Minerals had the largest percentage gain at more than 4% but one exception was …
ONG rate case leads to fight over who can challenge it
If approved, a request by Oklahoma Natural Gas Company to increase its base rates by more than $41 million could mean higher gas bills for the firm’s 924,000 customers. But before a decision is made, regulators and a judge had to decide about who could intervene and challenge the case. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission …
Vital Energy’s annual meeting to be held in May
Vital Energy announced its annual shareholders meeting will be held in May. The Tulsa company, in a proxy statement filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said the May 22 meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at the Santa Fe Plaza building, 521 E. 2nd Street in Tulsa. All stockholders of record as of the …
Bi-partisan support grows to end Daylight Saving Time in Congress?
Just a few weeks after Moore State Rep. Kevin West apparently lost his bid for House approval of a move to lock Oklahoma into standard time and stop the changing of clocks twice a year, maybe his call is getting a resurrection in Congress. It’s been reported Democrats and Republicans are joining forces …
Increased natural gas production in Eagle Ford region
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, April 2025 While some energy firms have in recent years stepped away from their oil drilling exploration in the Eagle Ford region of South Texas, most notably Expand Energy and its sale of assets there, the federal government reports there has been an increase in natural gas production …