From solar farms to groundwater permits to stopping the spread of sludge on farmland, the Oklahoma Senate Energy Committee finished its work Thursday by approving 7 energy related bills. Senate Bill 3 by Senator Grant Green of Wellston was approved on a 10-0 vote. It will create a moratorium on the spreading of sludge …
A bill targeting the wind industry in Oklahoma was approved this week by a state House Committee. The House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee passed House Bill 2751 by Rep. Trey Caldwell on a 10-6 vote and now it’s eligible to be heard by the full House. The measure calls for an extension …
A power company in Missouri is still dealing with the collapse of three of its wind turbines last year. One report indicated the turbines at Ameren’s High prairie Wind Farm near Kirskville are still idle after extreme weather conditions led to the failure of the turbines. Click here for KTVO News
** The U.S. Senate environment committee on Wednesday weighed the confirmation of Aaron Szabo to be the EPA’s assistant administrator for Air and Radiation and David Fotouhi to be deputy administrator – two key roles that would lead any efforts to unwind the endangerment finding. ** Los Angeles County files a lawsuit against Southern California …
** Atlanta overtakes northern Virginia as a hotspot for data center construction, with 2,160 MW worth of development underway in the Georgia metro area. ** As GOP Congress members push to revoke the Biden administration’s ban on offshore drilling, Florida Republicans say they still don’t want drilling off their coast. ** The Trump administration announces …
The more than 80 wind turbines in Osage County ordered demolished by a federal judge will remain for a while after a federal court granted a stay in the order. Osage Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America sought the stay following a judge’s ruling last year. The company is appealing …
** Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he would block energy exports to the United States “with a smile” if U.S. President Donald Trump moved ahead with plans for a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods. ** In response to the likelihood of the current Trump administration increasing tariffs across the board, the Solar Energy Industries Association …
** Still on hold: Arkansas has halted its $54.1 million build-out of electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration froze federal funding. ** The Greek shipping company Eurobulk has been hit with a $1.1 million fine by a Texas judge after the company pleaded guilty to illegally discharging oily bilge water from one of its vessels. ** …
The anti-wind and solar farm movement in Oklahoma along with growning opposition to electric transmission lines apparently resonated with Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. He had been among state leaders that some of the groups formed to combat eminent domain for transmission lines and renewable energy farms had targeted to support their efforts. Drummond …
** Diamondback Energy Inc. is in talks to form a power joint venture that would solve some of the shale giant’s own needs in the Permian Basin while also selling electricity to artificial intelligence data centers in West Texas. ** Holtec International, the Florida-based company seeking to bring back online the decommissioned Palisades nuclear power plant …
