While Oklahoma deals with increased demand for electricity production, more data center announcements and opposition to wind and solar energy projects, the world is seeing an increase in total electricity generation. A report from the International Energy Agency through the OECD or Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, shows fossil fuels remain the largest source …
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** After five years of aggressive legal maneuvering, Georgia Power has lost its battle to stop Nestlé Purina from choosing a different Georgia utility that could deliver better renewable energy options to its factory. ** Anti-wind power advocates urge the Trump administration to rescind a $426 million federal grant aimed at upgrading a northern California …
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** A federal court upholds the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow drilling project in Alaska and allows construction to continue, but orders the federal Bureau of Land Management to address a flaw in its environmental review. ** A federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $7.7 million, which an industry insider described …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—a focus on opposition arising to energy projects
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen and in today’s podcast, it’s a discussion of friction created by restricted supply and increased demand for energy everywhere. What’s the impact on Oklahoma? It’s the thread running through our conversation in this episode.
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** General Motors’ $4 billion plan to move vehicle production from Mexico to the U.S. includes making gasoline-powered vehicles at a Michigan plant that was previously retooled to produce electric vehicles. ** The U.S. Justice Department finds the 1906 Antiquities Act authorizes the president to alter or eliminate national monuments designated under the law, opening …
Oklahomans against solar and wind projects aren’t alone—it’s happening across the nation
What would appear to be a surge in the past year of opposition to renewable energy expansion projects in Oklahoma might be compared to what is happening across the U.S……falling support for wind and solar projects. Such an assessment is backed by the results of a a survey released last week by the Pew Research Center. …
Oklahoma legislator chaired recent national energy forum
Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, vice chair of the Oklahoma House Energy Committee, recently served as chairman of the 2025 Federal Energy and Environmental Matters Conference, hosted by the Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research. The event took place June 5-7 in Washington, D.C. As chairman, Luttrell led discussions on pressing energy and environmental …
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** U.S. and Chinese officials said they had agreed on a framework to put their trade truce back on track and remove China’s export restrictions on rare earths while offering little sign of a durable resolution to longstanding trade differences. ** A new lawsuit filed against Subaru and Toyota claims that the two automakers’ jointly developed electric …
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** New U.S. solar energy installations are expected to fall over the next five years as the industry grapples with a shift in federal policy that favors fossil fuels, tariffs and other challenges, according to a report published on Monday by a top solar trade group. ** In a study from the University of California, Davis published in …
OGE works to restore power lost in Southern Oklahoma storms
More than a thousand customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company were still without electrical power late Monday following severe weather that struck the southern part of the state Sunday evening. But service was expected to be restored by Monday midnight. OG&E reported the hardest-hit areas were primarily in the southern region, including Ardmore, …
