Colorado is on the verge of requiring the largest utilities in the state to buy a growing portion of the natural gas they purchase from renewable sources such as sewage plants, dairies and landfills. The law would require that by 2025 at least 5% of natural gas bought by utilities with more than 200,000 gas …
The nation’s largest petroleum refinery operator plans to invest heavily in its retail segment in 2020 before spinning off the Dayton-area subsidiary at the end of the year. That’s big news for the continued growth of Speedway LLC, the Enon-based retailing arm of Marathon Petroleum Corp. . Speedway, the second-largest convenience store chain in the …
A member of the top energy regulator in Texas lost his place on November’s ballot to a Republican challenger, a major upset for an incumbent supported by some of the oil industry’s biggest names. Ryan Sitton, whose six-year term ends in January, conceded to Jim Wright as the party’s nominee for a spot on the …
Nearly 100 renewable energy advocates who belong to the Oklahoma Power Alliance spent Tuesday lobbying state legislators about the benefits of wind and solar power in the state. “Lawmakers need to understand this is not some far-off future–this is now,” said Mark Yates, Vice President of the Alliance as he spoke to the 100 gathered …
The FTC’s National Consumer Protection Week is underway and as a member of Utilities United Against Scams, PSO is joining this weeklong advocacy to educate customers on how they can guard against falling victim to imposter utility scams. In 2019, PSO received more than 1,500 calls from customers reporting an attempted scam. It is …
Tulsa’s Williams Cos. has come out against an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer from TRC Capital Investment Corporation. It also claims the offer is really an attempt to take advantage of market volatility caused by the coronavirus fear. TRC is attempting to purchase 5 million shares or approximately 0.41% of outstanding shares at a common stock price …
A fire at a Williams natural gas plant in northern Colorado’s Weld County on Monday left two workers with non-life threatening injuries. The Williams Companies’ Mustang natural gas compressor station remained closed at last week while an investigation was under way. Williams public relations and media specialist Erica Jones said there was no immediate …
** A federal judge in Utah has nixed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s sale of a few dozen oil and gas leases in the southeastern part of the state. Friends of Cedar Mesa and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance will have to wait to resolve their concerns over the environmental analyses of 43 leases …
While it fights lawsuits over its power restoration contracts in Puerto Rico following the 2017 Hurricane Maria, Oklahoma City-based Mammoth Energy says it is still owed $227 million by the U.S. government. It is also warning shareholders and investors of possible harm to its income-making abilities should it lose some of the lawsuits. In a …
Bids will go out this month on a large state Transportation Department project to replace six Interstate 40 bridges that are considered deficient in Del City. As The Oklahoman reported this week, it will mean at least three years of traffic headaches and construction for drivers. Highway contractors are preparing to replace six structurally deficient …
