Spring-like weather is what most Oklahomans will enjoy this week, at least for a while. Oklahoma Mesonet Climatologist Gary McManus says enjoy it while you can. “Very EARLY spring, but we’ll take those 60s this week before the bottom drops out (and we all know just how painful that can be),” he wrote in Monday’s Mesonet …
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Tyson threatens pullout of poultry operations in Oklahoma over pollution enforcement
Tyson Foods is threatening to end its poultry-raising contracts in eastern Oklahoma if State Attorney General Gentner Drummond doesn’t ease up on his efforts to force a cleanup of poultry pollution of the Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller. The company issued a statement recently in response to Drummond’s contention the companies responsible for the pollution …
Data center effort formed by NextEra Energy with Google Cloud
NextEra Energy and Google Cloud announced a significant expansion in their long-standing energy and technology collaboration and as a result, their efforts will accelerate the construction of more data centers across the U.S. just like they are already doing in Oklahoma. Together, the companies will partner to develop multiple, new gigawatt (GW)-scale data …
California Dems fight off-shore drilling plan from Trump
California Democrats blast new offshore leasing proposal California Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House made a major opposition to the President’s Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program which will include those off the coast of Northern, Central and Southern California. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Energy and …
Roswell to be home to new battery production plant
A Canadian company is taking advantage of the data center industry’s demand for the batteries it produces by proposing a battery factory in Roswell, New Mexico. Desert Mountain Energy, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada already owns several U.S. projects including the West Pecos Gas Field Project in New Mexico with 188 wells and a processing …
Rep. Luttrell attends National Energy conference in Gulfport
Legislator Joins Multi-State Energy Policy Conference in Mississippi Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, vice chair of the Oklahoma House Energy Committee, traveled to Gulfport, Mississippi, where he joined legislators from across the United States and Canada for a multi-state conference examining the future of North American energy policy. Lawmakers gathered to confront rapidly shifting demands …
SWEPCO customers fight 14% rate hike
SWEPCO Rate Hike Sparks Outrage at Arkansas Hearing Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO)—a utility that purchases a significant portion of its power from Oklahoma wind projects—now faces intense criticism from customers after the company attempted to raise electric rates by nearly 14%. Customers Blast SWEPCO’s Request at Public Hearing Ratepayers confronted SWEPCO officials during a …
PSO distributes free Light Bulbs to Oklahoma Food Pantries
PSO Distributes 30,000 LED Bulbs to 33 Oklahoma Food Pantries Through Shine a Light Project At least 33 food banks and pantries across Oklahoma are recipients of a free light bulb program sponsored annually by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. More than 30,000 LED light bulbs were handed out this year under the Shine a …
New Mexico Energy Secretary resigns
New Mexico’s Top Energy Official Resigns; Governor Names Acting EMNRD Secretary New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lost one of her highest-ranking energy officials on Friday as Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary Melanie Kenderdine officially resigned. The governor’s office said Kenderdine stepped down for personal reasons, but did not elaborate further, according to the …
Energy rollback bills sent to the full House for votes
From making it easier to extend Broadband services to rural areas of the nation to roll-back of appliance standards and gas hookups in new construction—–they were among 15 bills recently passed by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and sent to the full house for a vote. Gas hookup bans, showerhead water limits, and …