Four months after he asked Elon Musk and his then-DOGE program to investigate the nearly $5 billion in federal loan guarantees to the wind energy transmission-line project, Grain Belt Express, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has started his own probe of the project. He contends the developer fraudulently inflated the number of …
The Southwest Power Pool plan to expand into western states is getting more and more members. A SPP announcement made this week indicating its Markets+ program was in a second phase of development, also revealed eight entities spanning the Desert Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Mountain West regions of the Western Interconnection have signed these agreements, demonstrating …
Even though Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation into law this week putting the state on a path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, he is also taking a serious look at expanding natural gas pipelines into his state. Minutes after he signed the net-zero carbon emissions pledge on Tuesday, Gov. Lamont repeated …
Tulsa’s Williams company is not the only natural gas pipeline company wanting to resume efforts to build a natural gas supply into the country’s Northeast in light of President Trump’s encouragement by rolling back regulations. Among others expressing plans to expand or build p;ipelines in the Northeast are Boardwalk Pipeline, DT Midstream and EQT. …
While the renewable energy industry managed to avoid some major hits in the Oklahoma legislative session, one renewable energy official says it won’t end in the 2026 legislature or following sessions. Kylah McNabb, an independent consultant who leads the Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council said the political environment means the industry can expect anti-wind and …
Just like the thunderstorms that popped up almost daily in Oklahoma over the past month, there’s a new concern that the federal government will cut budgeting for the Severe Storms Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma. Supporters fear it could mean the elimination of the office where scientists study tornadoes in an effort to …
An environmental justice group in North Texas has sued the Trump administration’s EPA after a grant program was cancelled. Downwinders at Risk, described as a nonprofit focused on air quality and environmental justice filed suit after its air monitoring program was among victims of a recent elimination of a grant program at the Environmental …
If things go as planned by former Energy Secretary and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, his Fermi America company will build a 5,800 acre campus for AI data centers in the Texas Panhandle and power it with 11 gigawatts of electricity from nuclear, solar, wind and natural gas sources. Fermi America partnered with the …
ONE Gas, Inc. announced the retirement of Joseph L. McCormick as senior vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary, effective October 1, 2025. The ONE Gas Board of Directors has elected Regina L. Gregory to succeed McCormick as senior vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary. McCormick has been an integral part …
** The U.S. Department of Transportation has scrapped a rule mandating speed-limiting devices or “governors” on heavy-duty trucks, allowing them to race along the nation’s highways at top speed. Their requirement is now being dropped as part of a new DOT package intended to ease conditions for long-haul truckers. ** The U.S. Department of Energy this week …