By Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger The state Corporation Commission authorized Summit Utilities Oklahoma to boost its rates by $11.8 million, which was $4.9 million less than the $16.7 million the company initially requested. The average rate increase for a residential customer will be $7.61 per month, said Sheri Richard, Summit’s director of Regulatory …
Sen. Blake Cowboy Stephens, R-Tahlequah, called for Congressional action to allow states to adopt permanent Daylight Saving Time. Stephens served as the author of a trigger bill in the 2024 legislative session to adopt permanent DST in Oklahoma. The provisions of Senate Bill 1200 will take effect immediately following the passage of federal legislation …
More than 500 employees of Marathon Oil are being layed off as part of the firm’s acquisition by ConocoPhillips. The layoffs will be in Houston, according to Marathon Oil in a notification of the layoffs with the Texas Workforce Commission. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining NOtification Notice (WARN) did not give a speific …
After nearly 20 years in the planning, the $11 billion SunZia transmission line meant to carry wind and solar power from New Mexico through Arizona and to California is close at hand. Transmission towers are still being constructed. But it doesn’t mean the large project is not facing opposition. Click here for WBUR
Days ahead of the Presidential election, the Biden-Harris Administration handed out another $45 million in green energy funds. The latest handout totaled $44.8 million for development of how to dispose of electric vehicle batteries—the ones that have caused nasty car fires and created challenges for firefighters. The money went to eight projects the government …
As weekend rains accumulated, perhaps easing Oklahoma’s drought, the Emergency Drought Committee recently approved a new program to deliver critical drought relief for Oklahoma agricultural producers. The application period opens on Nov. 12 and will remain open through Jan. 31, 2025. Applications will be available at local conservation districts and on the Oklahoma Conservation …
The prospects of an end to some of the fighting in the Middle East sent crude oil prices up by more than 2% on Thursday. West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.80 a barrel or 2.62% to close at $70.41 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude gained 61 cents or 0.84% and closed …
A legal opinion issued this week by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond slammed the door closed on an investigation by Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony into the drinking and sexual abuse allegations against fellow commissioner Todd Hiett. In an opinion sought by Commissioner Chair Kim David on Aug. 27 and handed down on Wednesday, Drummond …
ONEOK, Inc. announced it completed its $2.6 billion acquisition of Medallion Midstream from Global Infrastructure Partners, a move that increased the Tulsa company’s extensive pipeline system in the oil and gas industry. The acquisition of Medallion includes more than 1,200 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines providing approximately 1.3 million barrels per day of …
Even as three state legislators attempt to block Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett from voting on rate cases for OGE, ONG and PSO, Hiett was prepared Wednesday to cast a vote on a $127 million rate hike for Oklahoma Gas and Electric. But it didn’t happen because of a difference of opinion with Commission …
