A new report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council shows Oklahoma oil and gas and other energy employment is slowly losing numbers. The Council showed Oklahoma had 48,618 energy jobs in April, down from 49,546 reported in January and below the 49,774 jobs reported in November 2024. The Council indicated that nationally, there has …
** Constellation announced it has received regulatory approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas for its previously announced acquisition of Calpine Corporation. ** Maryland regulators issue the final approval needed for US Wind to begin construction on a 114-turbine offshore wind farm, though local opposition remains strong and the possibility the Trump administration could intervene still …
** The value of Tesla shares drops 14%, erasing $150 million of the electric vehicle company’s value, as CEO Elon Musk publicly spats with President Trump. ** Officials from Entergy New Orleans and grid operator MISO discuss how the lack of adequate transmission lines led to widespread outages in Louisiana over the Memorial Day weekend. …
** A Louisiana jury has ordered Chevron to pay more than $744 million in damages for destroying parts of the state’s coastal wetlands through its oil and gas operations, The Guardian reported. ** The federal government handed $7 billion to California to build a high-speed rail line, but the Golden State never laid a single foot of track, according …
Another county in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas took steps this week to ban construction of any more wind energy farms for the rest of 2025. The emergency ordinance was approved this week by the Newton County Quorum Court, which is similar to county commissions in Oklahoma, and is considered the governing body …
While Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford remains firm in his belief the Big Beautiful Bill sent from the House should include the removal of incentives, subsidies and tax credits for renewable energy projects, one U.S. Senator is working to save them for the wind industry in Iowa. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, known by some as …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is among those who opposes the Biden administration tax credits given renewable industry. But he finds his stance under growing criticism and resistance from some other Republican Senators as they deal with the megabill sent to the Senate from the House. Lankford has been a critic of the …
** The Trump administration said Wednesday there is no viable path forward for California’s High-Speed Rail project and warned it may rescind $4 billion in government funding in the coming weeks. ** The crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska after a …
The very argument that was at the core of debate over a failed wind turbine setback bill in the recent Oklahoma legislative session is being played out in a legal case in court. It involves a western Oklahoma family that filed suit against operators of a wind farm and the couple that leased …
Just four months after Meta announced an agreement to acquire electrical power from an Oklahoma wind farm as part of its data center growth across the nation, the company signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with the operator of an Illinois nuclear power plant. Constellation’s Clinton nuclear plant will offer 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free …
