As a heat dome hovers over the country, bringing 100 degree or greater temperatures, the head of ERCOT, the Texas grid, is confident it will be able to provide more than enough electricity to power air conditioners. ERCOT President Pablo Vegas also revealed in an interview that the grid has inspected more than 3,000 …
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** The U.S. Supreme Court rules that petroleum producers have standing to sue California over its vehicle emissions rules, saying the firms would be harmed by a gasoline car phaseout. ** Two large California oil refineries are shutting down, triggering mounting concerns from state legislators, industry groups and many others. The Phillips 66 and Valero’s Benicia …
Wind blade operation to leave Cushing
Cushing will no longer be the site of an operation where outdated wind turbine blades are “downsized” and cut into small pieces for the eventual creation of mulch for a steam-generating electric generating plant. John Bok with North Coast Enterprise, the Ohio-based firm that specializes in helping wind farms decommission or dispose of old …
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** Federal authorities are working to contain an oil spill in a tributary of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, that may have come from a former nearby refinery. ** NASA’s experimental Relay 2 satellite had been dead in the sky since 1967 — until last summer, when it emitted a super-short and very powerful …
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** The US announced new sanctions on entities and people securing machinery for Iran’s defense. The move is meant to weaken Iran’s military amid the conflict, and comes as countries warn Iran is close to developing a nuclear weapon after it increased its production of near weapons-grade uranium. ** A team of chemical engineers at …
Cushing wind blade recycling center denied permit
Opponents of a storage of outdated wind turbine blades that appeared in Cushing are proclaiming victory after the Cushing City Planning Commission recommended Thursday the operation be denied a request for a conditional use permit. “WE GOT IT SHUT DOWN!!!,” they proclaimed on social media following the 5-0 vote by planning commissioners. Reports indicated …
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** Hunters are up in arms over potential federal public land sales included in a U.S. Senate budget bill. Prominent groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming’s Muley Fanatic Foundation, and The Boone And Crockett Club all blasted the proposal. ** Europe will need to step up its role in space as NASA’s budget …
Corporation Commissioners face headon challenge of increased electricity demand
Demand for electricity. It’s reported nationwide and is growing quickly across Oklahoma and was the focus Wednesday of a nearly two-hour discussion and presentation by representatives of the Southwest Power Pool, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and the Corporation Commission. “Energy demands are growing,” explained Paul Suskie, an Executive …
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** The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other oil and gas companies to have lawsuits brought by two Louisiana localities accusing them of harming the state’s coast over a period of decades moved out of state court and into federal court. ** A cosmic particle …
Possible change in phaseout of wind/solar subsidies
Wind and solar energy industries would still be targeted for elimination of tax subsidies but not hydropower, nuclear and geothermal energy under a bill unveiled this week by a Senate Committee. The Senate Finance Committee, of which Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is a member, came out with a draft bill being circulated …
