Fox 25 in Oklahoma City reports an Oklahoma siren manufacturing company donated a new tornado warning siren to the town of Rudd, Iowa where a recent tornado was badly damaged. Click here for Fox 25 story.
Growing number of briefs in Dakota Access Supreme Court case
The case file in a U.S. Supreme Court review of whether an additional environmental study of the Dakota Access pipeline is growing. The Williston Harold reports more briefs have been filed by the federal government and tribes asking the high court to reject the appeal in a now five-year old lawsuit. Click here for …
U.S. oil rebounds to end back above $75 while OK energy stocks had a strong showing
Crude oil prices made another rebound on Monday as they went up more than 3% in Europe and 2% in the U.S. Oklahoma energy stocks also had a strong showing on Monday. Worries about the spread of omicron COVID-19 continue to ease as analysts and investors learn the variant might be milder than previous …
Kansas utilities locked in a fight
They’ve been long partners in providing electric power across much of Kansas but now Evergy and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative are not on so friendly terms. In fact, they’re in a fight after KEPCo claimed it was being overcharged by Evergy for operation and maintenance of power plants that Evergy runs but supply power …
Other energy headlines for Tuesday
** A California-based oil and gas company has been identified as the source of an oil sheen spotted last week off Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County, state officials said. DCOR, a small company based in Oxnard, was identified as the source, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response tweeted Saturday. ** An …
Oklahoma regulators to meet Tuesday
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission plans two regular meetings on Tuesday, one in the morning to handle a PSO rate hike request and another in the afternoon to consider a complaint against OG&E. The 9:30 a.m. meeting will focus on PSO’s request to raise rates in which the utility contends it suffered from the COVID-19 …
OGE agrees to new revolving credit arrangement
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Corp. and OG&E have entered into new unsecured five-year revolving credit facilities according to a late December filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. The filing indicated the new facilities are scheduled to terminate Dec. 17, 2026 but each of OGE Energy and OG&E also have the right to request …
Lankford and colleagues support states against EPA’s overreaching rules on electricity production
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) to lead 46 senators and 44 House members on an amicus curiae brief filed in the US Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in the pending case West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency. “Presidents cannot invent a law or change the …
Devon raises more than $37,000 for western Oklahoma nonprofits
As part of its annual Give for Good fundraising campaign, Devon Energy and its employees raised over $37,000 to support Oklahomans in need. Employees participated in a virtual punch wall, auctions and made pledges to benefit the Weatherford Food & Resource Center and United Way of Canadian County. “Once again, Devon employees brought out all the stops to help their …
Enel Green wind farm becomes operational in southern Oklahoma
Two new clean power plants run by Enel Green Power North America are operational and one of them is in southern Oklahoma. The Daily Ardmoreite reported one of the plants is the 140 megawatt Rockhaven wind farm in Carter and Murray counties, the company’s 11th wind farm in Oklahoma. Click here for Daily Ardmoreite.