AARP Oklahoma State Director Sean Voskuhl had a pointed question of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners after they approved a nearly $20 million rate hike for Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. “When does it end?” he asked in anger after opposing the $19.6 million rate hike that was approved Tuesday. “The Corporation Commission approves a third …
While California has nearly a third of all of electric vehicle charging stations in the U.S., Vermont is the best state, based on the number of chargers per 100,000 residents. Oklahoma is among the nation’s top half of states with the best EV charger availabilities. CoPilot, a software firm recently released figures ranking Oklahoma …
Part of a county in southeast Missouri is so far out of EPA pollution compliance that a coal-fired power plant will have to cut emissions and an aluminum smelter will have to take steps as well. The Missouri Independent reported millions will have to be spent by companies in New Madrid County where sulfur …
Yes, another utility bill rate hike was approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. A nearly $20 million increase for another utility. Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a rate hike for customers of Oklahoma Natural Gas and as a result, bills for the average residential user will go up nearly $2 a month. Click here …
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently honored U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) with the unveiling of the U.S. Sen. James Inhofe Interchange in Midwest City, located at Interstate 40 and South Douglas Boulevard. This $170 million project will reconstruct the interchange into a safer, single-point urban interchange. Sen. Inhofe attended the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, November …
There’s a reason why Oklahoma is among the top-wind power states in the country. Its geographical location. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, in a report issued this week showed how the Lower Plains region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico has the largest share of U.S. wind capacity at 44% as of August …
Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz resigned this week after four years on the job for Gov. Laura Kelly. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Lorenz is the first member of Kelly’s cabinet to leave since Kelly won re-election in November. Click here for Capital-Journal
Congressman Frank Lucas, using his powers as the Ranking Member of a House committee, has been asking a lot of probing questions of the Biden administration and its agencies. One of the latest is a letter to the Department of Energy to carry out oversight of the agency’s newly created Office of Clean Energy …
** One of the government’s first non-binary officials has been charged with stealing a woman’s designer suitcase from the baggage claim at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport in September, the New York Post reported. Sam Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, initially denied taking the Vera …
U.S. Senators from corn states introduced legislation this week to expand the nation’s sales of E15, the higher blend of ethanol. Sens. Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota were behind the bill that also had the support for the first time of the American Petroleum Institute reported Reuters. Click here for …
