A California firm just closed on $11 billion of financing to complete the massive wind and transmission project across New Mexico and Arizona. The project SunZia, is 20 years in the planning, and once completed, would be the largest reported wind project in the Western Hemisphere, according to Electrek. Pattern Energy closed on the deal …
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** The President’s move to revoke the scientific basis for the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in America is expected to go to the courts. The finding itself has its roots in the legal system. Back in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA had the authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the …
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** In the coming days, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to revoke a determination that has underpinned the federal government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.That scientific conclusion, known as the endangerment finding, determined that carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases are supercharging storms, wildfires, drought, heat waves and sea level rise, and …
Iowa wind farm developments stalled because of anti-wind sentiment
When it comes to wind power, Oklahoma is usually a step behind Iowa. The two states follow Texas when it comes to electrical power generated by wind farms. But something is happening in Iowa where just as in Oklahoma, there has grown an anti-wind sentiment. “Wind energy development has all but ground to a halt …
House Energy Committee to meet
The Oklahoma House Energy Committee meets this week and will consider a number of bills dealing with water, mining, brine, and rural water districts. The meeting will be held Wednesday morning. Below is the agenda. When: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 10:30 AM Where: Room 206 Agenda: 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. HB3142 – Liquified petroleum gas; …
Energy Briefs: Labor deal, grid recovery, data center fights
Steelworkers reach contract with Marathon PetroleumThe United Steelworkers union reached a four-year agreement with Marathon Petroleum that raises wages for 30,000 oil workers and avoids a potential nationwide strike. Entergy nears storm power restorationEntergy announced it is nearly finished restoring electricity in Louisiana after a winter storm left residents without power for 11 days. Texas …
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** Michigan launches a first-of-a-kind lawsuit that accuses four oil-and-gas giants and a major U.S. oil lobbying firm of behaving like a “cartel” to impede both the energy transition and public knowledge of the perils of climate change. ** As data centers look to bypass long wait times to connect to the grid by building …
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** House lawmakers on Tuesday grilled members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about electric affordability, grid reliability and the agency’s reviews of natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas projects. ** Xcel Energy says Permian Basin electricity demand driven by the oil and gas industry, new data centers, and nuclear manufacturing facilities threatens to outpace generation …
Bill calls for Oklahoma landowners to vote on data center sites
Not just data centers are targeted under Rep. Molly Jenkins‘ “Rural Landowners Protection Act,” but so are wind farms, battery storage projects, carbon capture and transmission lines. The bill would give the power of rejection to adjacent landowners. The Republican from Coyle filed HB3095 as a means of giving landowners near proposed data center sites …
Google data center receives support of Sand Springs city council
Jeers and cheers erupted this week after the Sand Springs City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to rezone land and make way for a proposed 827-acre Google data center. White Rose Partners is the developer who intends to build the data center to be run by Google along Highway 97. Approval came despite receiving …