This week’s snowfall in Washington, D.C. reminded me of the late U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. Who could forget the time he carried a snowball onto the floor of the U.S. Senate as part of his campaign against “Climate Change” or “Global warming” claims of environmentalists. This from the Oklahoman who even authored …
Taking a cue from a wounded Donald Trump’s “fight, fight, fight” rallying cry after he was wounded by a sniper last year, Oklahoma Rep. Molly Jenkins told a “Stop the Green” rally at the state capitol Tuesday, “This fight is far from over—fight, fight, fight!” It brought cheers and applause from those who gathered …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond plans to join a lawsuit filed by 15 other Republican attorneys general who sued to challenge the energy efficiency standards of a 1990 housing Act. Drummond was not among the originally attorneys general who went to federal court challenging a section of the Cranston-Gonzalez Act of 1990, claiming its …
** Electric utilities serving the Northeast ask federal regulators to enact gas pipeline reliability requirements to ensure power plants have enough fuel to keep the lights on. ** The Pentagon announces plans to blacklist Chinese company CATL, the world’s largest EV battery maker that supplies Tesla and is partnering with Ford on a $3.5 billion Michigan battery plant. …
Electric vehicle owners in Kanas who thought they could get continued tax credits under a 1995 law were caught unaware after the credit was sabotaged by amendments to the law. The Kansas Reflector reports individuals with EVs are no longer allowed to claim the tax break but corporations can. A state audit revealed that …
A report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration points out how U.S. gasoline prices were more than 20 cents lower in 2024 compared to the previous year. As Oklahoma prices average $2.56 per gallon this week, the EIA stated the U.S. retail price for regular grade gasoline averaged $3.30 per gallon (gal) in 2024, …
Could Ukraine’s recent action to finally stop the flow of Russian gas through GazProm, the gas line that crosses the war-torn country and into Europe, have an impact on Oklahoma? It’s just a question of speculation. Some observers have already called it “one of Moscow’s biggest defeats” by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, but not …
Phillips 66 announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy EPIC Y-Grade GP, LLC and EPIC Y-Grade, LP, which own various subsidiaries and long haul natural gas liquids pipelines, fractionation facilities and distribution systems for total cash consideration of $2.2 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Upon closing, this transaction …
Inola State Rep. Tom Gann, the Republican legislator who argued the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is not transparent and commissioner Todd Hiett should be stopped from voting on certain rate cases, also thinks there should be much more transparency in the legislature. He recently sponsored a reform package – House Resolution 1001 – designed to distribute power, promote …
Williams announced that it has priced a public offering of $1.0 billion of its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2035 at a price of 99.843 percent of par and $500 million of its 6.000% Senior Notes due 2055 at a price of 99.330 percent of par. The expected settlement date for the offering is …
