** U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday directed federal agencies to strengthen provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that repeal or modify tax credits for solar and wind energy projects. ** Colorado regulators hold off on enforcing a rule banning government entities from using small gas-powered lawn equipment that went into effect last …
Category: Wind Energy
Country’s largest power grid struggles to keep up with electricity demands from data centers
Lest you think our growing reports and observations about the ballooning demand for electricity from increasing data centers is something of a “Boy Cries Wolf,” consider what’s happening to the nation’s largest power grid. PJM Interconnection covers 13 states from Illinois to Tennessee and Virginia to New Jersey but is reported to be under …
Energy briefs
** The Trump administration has tapped a longtime pesticide lobbyist for a top EPA role regulating pesticides, allegedly a key focus of its “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Kyle Kunkler, who served as director of government affairs at the American Soybean Association (ASA) from 2020 to June 2025, is now serving as the EPA’s top …
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** A U.S. Energy Department report warns the risk of blackouts could surge by the end of the decade amid growing power demand and calls for keeping gas and coal power plants online — though the GOP budget bill will stymie clean power development that could help meet that demand. ** In a televised cabinet …
Energy demand booms across the U.S.
The demand for energy is booming across the nation and Oklahoma’s recent announcements of data centers is just an example of what is happening in the electrical-power generation industry. Some data center projects are also including their own power supply projects, such as the recently-announced project in Chickasha where the developer intends to build …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—energy demands are all around Oklahoma
In today’s podcast of Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen, they take a regional tour of energy demands, rate hikes and legal fights.
Energy briefs
** U.S. security experts have reportedly uncovered undocumented communication devices inside Chinese-made solar power inverters — hardware that’s widely used to support renewable energy infrastructure. ** California lawmakers have for years vowed to hold fossil fuel companies liable for damages caused by their emissions, including worsening wildfires and floods and mounting costs of climate recovery …
Energy workforce numbers decline
The number of energy jobs in Oklahoma declined again, according to the latest report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. The Council, in its June 2025 jobs report showed a modest dip in employment within the energy services sector amid what it described as “continued economic uncertainty. The report showed Oklahoma’s energy workforce …
Interim studies to include wind and solar setbacks
Some energy issues, including eminent domain use and setbacks for wind and solar farms, are among some of the topics to be reviewed in interim studies in the Oklahoma Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, has approved a series of interim study requests that will be considered during the Oklahoma Senate’s interim …
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**The Environmental Protection Agency has placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave days after they signed a public letter expressing concern about the treatment of federal employees and the Trump administration’s regulations on climate and public health. ** The arbitrators in a legal dispute between Exxon Mobil and Hess have reached a decision related to a major …