Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said this week he joined a host of other state attorneys general in a fight to have the Environmental Protection maintain a federal legal block on California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. The regulation in question, according to Drummond, “illegally” attempts to impose an electric-truck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma filed for Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) approval to purchase a natural gas combined-cycle generation plant located in Jenks, Oklahoma. But it will also mean higher rates for PSO customers. The company, in making the announcement explained the purchase will meet customers’ projected power needs using an existing local facility while …
This week, on the Scott Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen, we discuss the confluence of utility rate hikes and intensified political scrutiny by Republican House members on the Corporation Commission’s handling of the Todd Hiett controversy, creating a perfect storm.
OG&E’s team of 150 linemen and support staff returned home safely after a five-day deployment to assist with power restoration efforts in Louisiana. Line workers restored power for more than 15,000 Entergy Louisiana customers in several parishes in Louisiana including Ascension, Iberville, St. James, and Livingston after Hurricane Francine caused significant damage to the area. The …
The continued impact of Hurricane Francine on Gulf oil output sent crude oil prices climbing on Monday. Reports indicated at least 12% of crude production and 16% of natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico was still offline because of the storm that hit the southern states last Wednesday. West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
Damaged highway bridges had the attention of Oklahoma Transportation Commissioners at their recent meeting. They were updated by Transportation Department Executive Director Tim Gatz on a recent bridge hit to the Randall Ave. bridge over I-40 in Elk City. An over-height vehicle carrying an excavator hit the bridge on August 17 resulting in several damaged …
A plan in Congress to prevent the federal government from taking control of private property to develop a national electric transmission corridor has the support of four Republicans in the Kansas congressional delegation. U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall and U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Ron Estes voiced their support of a …
ONEOK signs off on the sale of $1.25 billion in notes and plans to use the proceeds to pay for its recent acquisitions. The Tulsa-based company announced Monday that on September 10, 2024, ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Partners, L.P. , ONEOK Partners Intermediate Limited Partnership and Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. entered into an underwriting …
The Arkansas-based J-B Hunt trucking firm has become the first big transportation company to take part in tests involving a new renewable natural gas engine produced by Clean Energy Fuels Corp of California. Clean Energy announced the launching of a program to allow heavy-duty fleets to operate a truck equipped with the new Cummins …
The effort of three Republican state Representatives to have the Oklahoma Supreme Court disqualify Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett from cases involving ONG, OG&E and PSO echoed a similar move weeks ago by another Commissioner. Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony called on Commissioner Hiett to either resign or disqualify himself from some of the cases involved, but …
