** A North Dakota county board rezones 800 acres for a company’s plans to build a data center complex that will be powered by a 1,151 MW coal-fired power plant that was nearly closed in 2020 due to financial issues. ** Residents of a Wisconsin town call for tighter restrictions on Alliant Energy’s proposal to …
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Will Oklahoma utility bills go up with One Big Beautiful bill?
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) What ever is approved or not approved in the U.S. Senate’s vote on President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act , it’s clear where the President wants to focus when it comes to energy. It is not renewable energy sources. Critics contend the bill will result in increased utility prices across …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—implications of a One Big Beautiful Bill on green energy subsidies
The potential impact on energy of a One Big Beautiful bill. It was one of the topics in our latest Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen. Will subsidies for renewable energy be eliminated as Republicans want in Congress?
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** A top EOG Resources executive agrees U.S. shale oil production has likely peaked and is now in decline., reported Hart Energy. “I think U.S. shale oil has definitely slowed, there’s no doubt about it,” EOG COO Jeff Leitzell said June 24 in response to a question about peak U.S. oil at the JPMorgan Energy, Power, …
Energy Secretary and Congressman say it’s time to end green energy subsidies
Oklahoma Energy Secretary Jeff Starling joined Republican Congressman Josh Brecheen in a recent Washington Examiner opinion piece citing their opposition to any more green energy subsidies. They might be getting their wish after the Senate voted Saturday night on proposed changes to end the subsidies. Entitled “Senate should stop funding failure, repeal green …
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** Federal regulators have issued a handful of gas-related orders that clear the path for new pipeline and energy infrastructure in the Midwest and along the Gulf Coast. The decisions from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission come as the agency has taken steps to remove barriers to building gas pipelines, including granting a one-year waiver to a FERC rule …
Texas has law controlling power supplies for data centers
While Oklahoma adopted a “behind the meter” approach to deal with the rapid growth of industrial projects such as data centers, Texas took a different approach. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a law in which state regulators will develop what are called demand management programs, a move to cut data center power …
Meta’s need for more electricity results in big contract with solar farms in Texas
After signing an agreement earlier this year to get electrical power from the Rockhaven wind farm in southern Oklahoma, Meta is expanding its power search. This time, it’s in Texas where the giant tech company signed what are called Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreements with Adapture Renewables for 360 MW of power from two solar projects. …
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** Constellation Energy plans to restart Unit 1 of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as the Crane Clean Energy Center. In a $16 billion deal between owner Constellation Energy and Microsoft to power the tech giant’s AI data centers, Three Mile Island is set to return to service as the Crane Clean …
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** Thousands of households in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania lose power as temperatures soar above 100 degrees and air conditioning use strains the grid. ** According to the Energy Information Administration, in 2023, nuclear power and renewable energy sources, such as solar power and wind power, accounted for 18% of the total energy …
