Yes, Oklahoma Gas and Electric wants you to pay more in your electric monthly bill. The company says it’s all in the name of updating its current generating system and also creating a more diverse one. As OK Energy Today revealed last week, the utility is seeking a $331 million rate hike that will …
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Republicans in the House go after Biden’s anti-gas stove plans
Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise is intent on stopping the Biden administration’s plan to either regulate or eventually ban natura-gas-burning stoves. “Why is Joe Biden so focused on banning gas stoves instead of addressing the real issues that Americans care about,” House Republicans tweeted this weekend, “such as the border crisis, inflation, or high gas …
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** Mountain Valley Pipeline officials say the long-delayed project should be completed later this year, after Congress passed a provision of the debt limit deal that dismisses current legal challenges to its permits. ** A new study from clean energy advocates finds that North Dakota wasted $680 million in 2019 through flaring, venting and leaks from oil and gas …
Wind industry to see big boost from Inflation Reduction Act
While the Biden administration’s green energy plans have drawn criticism from conservative members of Congress, the $390 billion targeted over 10 years for renewable energy will likely help some cities where the wind energy industry suffered. Two such sites were Siemens Gamesa wind farm manufacturing plants in Hutchinson, Kansas and Lee County, Iowa. The …
Texas increases pollution fines
Pollution fines in Texas were increased in the just-finished Texas legislative session. Penalties assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality were increased from the previous maximum of $25,000 a day to $40,000 per day. It was the first increase since 2011 as reported by Public Health Watch. Click here for Public Health Watch …
Chairman quits power grid board in Texas after failure of legislature
The chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission quit last week after the state legislature failed to approve a plan to help the state grid withstand weather disasters. Legislators said the plan didn’t do enough to boost fossil fuels so Peter Lake submitted his resignation on Friday. He was appointed to the commission in …
U.S. residential electricity bills increased 5% in 2022, after adjusting for inflation
Just as some of Oklahoma’s major utilities, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Gas and Electric are wanting approval of the Corporation Commission for higher rates, a government report confirms what customers have known…their rates have increased in the past two years. But it probably didn’t take a government report to tell us …
PSO to learn about status of $155 million rate hike request
The waiting is about over for Public Service Company executives and lawyers who went before an Administrative Law Judge last month with their $155 million request for a rate hike. The ALJ who presided over the three-day hearing could have a recommendation when the Corporation Commission meets Tuesday, June 6. The agenda referenced PSO’s …
UC Berkeley and Communist China are in the sights of Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas
The University of California, Berkeley is the latest target of Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas and others on a House Committee who object to any economic ties to Communist China. Lucas, as chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee was joined by Georgia Representative in sending a letter to the National Science Foundation (NSF) regarding the …
Higher gas prices could be ahead after latest Saudi oil production cut
American drivers could be staring another jump in gasoline prices in the face and it is coming just as the summer driving season is here. Saudi Arabia announced another cut in oil production, meaning it will be sending less oil to the global economy. In turn, the move is seen as an effort to …