The House Science & Technology Committee chaired by Oklahoma Republican Frank Lucas has send the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023 to President Biden for his signature. The bill is aimed at supporting and advancing firefighter and first responder services nationwide. It reauthorizes for the next five years the US Fire Administration, the Assistance …
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Saturday is last day for hundreds of workers at former Dollar Tree distribution center
The paychecks stop Saturday for the hundreds of people who used to work at the Dollar Tree distribution center in Marietta, Oklahoma. The large facility was destroyed by the EF-4 tornado that left a path of destruction across southern Oklahoma April 27th. No injuries were reported among the 456 people who worked at the distribution …
A look back at Corporation Commission race—Mitchell talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen
Of all the primary election day races in Oklahoma, only one was for a statewide office. It was the Republican nomination race for Corporation Commission and drew the interest of Scott Mitchell Talks Energy. Click below for their latest podcast on the subject.
Brian Bingman lost only one of Oklahoma’s 77 counties in Tuesday’s primary
When former state Senator Brian Bingman won this week’s primary election race for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma Corporation Commission, he did so by capturing every county in the state but one. Bingman failed to make it a statewide sweep of every county after Justin Hornback won Jefferson County where voters in the county …
Taxpayer credits totaled $1 billion to help push EV sales
It’s no secret the Biden administration resorted to subsidies of all kinds in an effort to convince Americans to dump fossil fuel vehicles and switch to electric vehicles. Just how much? The administration admitted this week it had handed out more than $1 billion to EV buyers since starting those point-of-sale rebates in January. …
Rainfall records shattered in Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle residents must be thinking it’s Christmas in June as rain, so much that it shattered records, began falling Tuesday night. Farmers and ranchers were left puzzled about those small lakes in their fields and pastures. By Wednesday morning, the Oklahoma Mesonet’s Climatologist Gary McManus reported Goodwell had recorded 7.52 inches. “Goodwell’s highest …
Same kind of OGE rate hike fight being played out in SE Colorado
The proposed OG&E rate hike that originally would have raised residential customers bills by another $20 a month is similar to a situation being played out in southeast Colorado, just across the state line in the Oklahoma Panhandle. There, Black Hills Energy wants a nearly $37 million rate hike and like OG&E’s original request, …
Nation’s refinery capacity grew 2% in 2023
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Refinery Capacity Report A report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration points out U.S. refinery capacity grew by 2% last year. It amounted to an increase of 324,000 barrels a day accordingto the EIA’s recently published Refinery Capacity Report. Every year, refiners in the United States report their capacity as of …
Nearly 12,000 renewable energy projects stalled by bureaucracy
A growing complaint by renewable energy developers across the country is the amount of time it takes to put their projects on line. Their main roadblock is bureaucracy. Rules and regulations. Red tape and of course in some cases, opposition by landowners and residents. A recent annual report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory stated …
Empire’s shareholders take care of business at annual meeting
Stockholders of Tulsa-based Empire Petroleum took care of business this week at their annual meeting. A total of 29,755,906 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote as of April 22, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting. There were 22,783,040 shares present, in person or by proxy, at theAnnual Meeting (or …