Oklahoma experienced another loss before the State Supreme Court in its fight to defend the two-year old Energy Discrimination Elimination Act. The Court rejected the Attorney General’s bid to stop former legislator Collin Walke from continuing the fight after his client, Don Keenan, 81, died in April. It also proved to be a discussion …
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DoorDash starts drone delivery service in Dallas-Fort Worth metro
Need a burger and fries but don’t want to leave the house? Maybe a Papa John’s pizza—-flown right to you. Residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex can now take advantage of a drone service to deliver your food right to your door step and it won’t be a stranger in a car using MapQuest …
Waiting for 2Q earnings report from ConocoPhillips
Most major oil and gas companies are getting ready for the release of their second quarter earnings report. One such firm is ConocoPhillips and it plans a release of the report before the market opens on August 7. Later in the day at 11 a.m. central time, the firm’s executive leadership will hold …
Texas has law controlling power supplies for data centers
While Oklahoma adopted a “behind the meter” approach to deal with the rapid growth of industrial projects such as data centers, Texas took a different approach. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a law in which state regulators will develop what are called demand management programs, a move to cut data center power …
Meta’s need for more electricity results in big contract with solar farms in Texas
After signing an agreement earlier this year to get electrical power from the Rockhaven wind farm in southern Oklahoma, Meta is expanding its power search. This time, it’s in Texas where the giant tech company signed what are called Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreements with Adapture Renewables for 360 MW of power from two solar projects. …
Treasurer featured in Wall Street Journal over shift of political activism
The same week we reported on the status of a lawsuit before the Oklahoma Supreme Court regarding the state’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, Treasurer Todd Russ was featured by the Wall Street Journal for his role in changing ESG practices of banks and investment firms. The WSJ article focused on how major U.S. banks are …
Space Industry Development board to meet this week
Members of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority will meet Friday to discuss more about the state’s efforts to develop the industry. The meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Commission Room of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation headquarters, 200 NE 21 Street. Below is the agenda. AGENDA ITEMS TO BE PRESENTED …
Sweating your monthly electric bill? You’re not alone
We’ve reported time and time again how rising electric rates aren’t just faced by Oklahomans, but millions of Americans. Just as Oklahoma consumers have complained about rate hike requests constantly being made by Oklahoma Gas and Electric, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and other utilities, so too are ratepayers of utilities in other …
Energy briefs
** Constellation Energy plans to restart Unit 1 of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as the Crane Clean Energy Center. In a $16 billion deal between owner Constellation Energy and Microsoft to power the tech giant’s AI data centers, Three Mile Island is set to return to service as the Crane Clean …
Large draw on crude supplies sent prices higher on Wednesday
Crude oil prices made slight gains on Wednesday but it wasn’t due to any cautious stances over the Iran-Israel ceasefire and the fighting that has gone on in the Middle East in the past week. It was the larger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude stocks, a sign of firm demand and the summer driving …