Not only was the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, Colorado recently fined again by the EPA, but it was ordered to buy $600,000 in clean lawn equipment for metro-Denver counties with excess ozone. The fine totaled $161,000 for production of gasoline with too many pollutants in 2021. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency …
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Boeing to transfer California workers to Oklahoma
Boeing in Oklahoma is gaining more employees who are being relocated from operations in Long Beach, California. The workers were given the option of either moving to operations in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Georgia where additional staffing was needed or lose their jobs. A total of about 250 jobs are being filled following a …
Kansas schools fight Evergy’s requested rate hike
Some school districts in Kansas have come out swinging against a plan by Evergy to increase its electric rates. The schools contend the increase will mean higher costs for them and could also result in larger class sizes. They claim it will result in the hiring of fewer teachers. Evergy is asking for a …
Kansas Senators fight FERC decision involving Oklahoma utilities
A decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, based on complaints from Southwestern Electric Power, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company as well as city utilities in Springfield and Kansas City, Missouri has raised strong objections from Kansas U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran. What angered them is FERC’s …
Enid newspaper says hydrogen hub plan is a good fit for Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s plan to create a “hydrogen hub” with Arkansas and Louisiana was endorsed recently by the Enid News & Eagle newspaper. Under the heading, “Hydrogen hub plan a good fit for Oklahoma,” the paper endorsed the efforts of state Energy Secretary Ken Wagner. Click here for Enid News & Eagle
Fast reads of energy events
** President Joe Biden said Sunday there were plenty of climate-denying “dog-faced pony soldiers” out there, but their numbers were dwindling as the world took serious steps to address the climate crisis. The president was in Vietnam after the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, India. ** When the US Secretary of Energy and her team …
Ovintiv announces intended sale of 15 million shares of company stock
Ovintiv Inc. announced that NMB Stock Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, intends to offer for sale 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Offering consists entirely of secondary shares to be sold by …
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A heart to heart talk about energy. It’s the latest episode of Scott Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen. Sometimes it’s a direct explanation of the people, events and things that affect the energy industry, whether it’s oil and gas, wind, solar, electricity or even how regulators apply their standards.
Municipal League joins OKC in challenging Corporation Commission over franchise fees
Nearly a year after Oklahoma City filed suit against the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, challenging the agency’s decision allowing utilities not to collect franchise fees under the 2021 winter storm law, the Oklahoma Municipal League recently joined forces in the suit. In a recent filing, the Municipal League also argued against the Commission’s Public Utilities …
Oklahoma refineries not among those cited in EPA watchdog report
The EPA’s internal watchdog, the office of inspector general, issued a new report saying the agency should increase actions to address emissions of cancer-causing benzene from oil refineries nationwide. Oklahoma refineries were among those reviewed in the report but none were found to be releasing excess benzene emissions. The office of the EPA’s inspector …