Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony just received another call of support in his public records request for an Attorney General’s opinion regarding Anthony’s move to get 2021 winter storm cost records released to him. Russell Ray, a Republican candidate running for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, is urging the commission to promptly release public records …
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Government report shows decline in wind generated electricity
See that? It’s the nation’s first drop in wind-powered electricity, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It blames slower wind speeds and a maturation of the wind industry. In other words, despite the growth of wind farms across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and other states, the amount of electricity generated by …
FTC scrutiny prompts SEC filing by Southwestern Energy
Southwestern Energy Company, the Houston firm in the midst of a proposed merger with Chesapeake Energy filed an amended report with the SEC this week indicating it won’t be able to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within 120 days of the end of its 2023 fiscal year. Because the Federal Trade Commission is still …
Colorado governor declares “truce” in war on oil and gas—wants its cash
Ah, good old politics. It’s at play in Colorado where Gov. Jared Polis announced this week a “truce” between the oil and gas industry and its longtime environmental opponents. Why the truce? So the governor could get what he wants—revenue for new public transit funding. And what source? Of course, oil and gas. …
Mammoth Energy prepares to annual stockholders meeting in June
Mammoth Energy Services will hold its annual stockholders meeting on June 12 in Oklahoma City. The company’s filing of a proxy statement with the Securities Exchange Commission explained the meeting will be held at 14201 Caliber Drive Suite 300 starting at 9 a.m. Stockholders are asked to elect six directors to the board, approve …
More Tesla layoffs including two senior executives
Challenges keep mounting for Tesla. Thousands are being let go because of falling sales of electric vehicles across the U.S. and into Europe. The latest? Two Tesla senior executives are being let go along with hundreds more employees according to a report by The Information on Tuesday, citing the CEO’s email to senior managers. …
Governor signs Daylight Saving Time bill—no more changing clocks
Governor Kevin Stitt made it official—Oklahoma is the latest state to join others in adopting permanent Daylight Saving Time instead of changing clocks twice a year. Tahlequah Sen. Blake Cowboy Stephens authored SB1200 which was signed into law last Friday by the governor. The measure provides that the State of Oklahoma shall adopt permanent …
Energy briefs
** The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected. Georgia Power Co. and fellow owners announced the milestone Monday for Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4, which joins an earlier new reactor southeast of Augusta in splitting atoms to make …
County assessor offers high-technology help to tornado damaged areas
Oklahoma County Assessor Larry Stein has sent some of his staff with its new technology to the tornado damaged areas of Oklahoma to help in the wake of the storms that killed four people on Saturday. “We are sending out our crews with our leading-edge technology to discover and catalogue all the damage in …
Electric rate hikes and Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen
A fight is definitely brewing as two of Oklahoma’s major utilities, Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Public Service Company of Oklahoma seek rate hikes. Both will go before the Corporation Commission this summer. Who better to discuss it then Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen on their latest podcast of Mitchell Talks Energy With Jerry Bohnen. …