A Missouri legislator thinks utilities should not be allowed to use ratepayers money to pay for electric car charging stations. Sen. Doug Libla, a Republican from Poplar Bluff has introduced Senate Bill 825 to prohibit utilities from using money from customers to pay for their neighbors’ electric cars. According to the Missouri …
** New Mexico Republicans issued warnings about the dangers of dependence on oil and gas during a debate on the state’s main budget bill. ** Arizona’s governor is expected to sign a bill barring cities from imposing natural gas bans in new buildings. ** Proposed legislation in Wyoming would impose new low-carbon electricity generation standards, encouraging utilities to equip coal-fired power plants with carbon …
A Colorado-based highway construction joint venture and the Arkansas Department of Transportation are fighting over who must pay for an additional $11 million in costs over a stalled $100.6 million project to build a new bridge on Interstate 40 over the White River. The joint venture, which includes Parson Construction Co. and CJ …
Oklahoma regulators have signed off on the $2 billion wind plan proposed by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Corporation Commissioners voted Wednesday to support the plan to add 675 megawatts of energy from three wind farms in northern and western Oklahoma to serve the utility’s customers. PSO will own a share of the three wind …
Lindsay’s Casillas Operating LLC has had some big success in the SCOOP with at least one well producing more than 1,700 barrels of oil a day and three sister wells producing 1,300 barrels a day. Completion reports show the Flash 1-8-5mxh, located at 17 1S 3W in Carter county had production of 1,708 barrels …
It didn’t take the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma to convince Democratic Rep. Kendra Horn to oppose fracking ban bills filed in Congress. She had already taken a stance against them, according to Chris MacKenzie, Communications Director for the 5th District U.S. Representative. “It’s just that you were the first person to ask us,” he said …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board took action this week expanding the kind of water that can be used for commercial and industrial purposes. It now includes what is described as marginal, brackish groundwater and is considered an important move that will aid the oil and gas drilling industry in the state. The rule change also …
So many wells are being flared in the Permian Basin of West Texas and eastern New Mexico, it might seem like street lights for drivers as they cross the country. But not in Oklahoma. While the nation saw record gas flaring in 2019, that was far from the case in Oklahoma. In the past few …
The latest edition of the Oklahoma Economic Report published by State Treasurer Randy McDaniel offers a review of use tax collections in Oklahoma and a reminder of how gross production taxes on oil and gas are dropping. As OK Energy Today has previously reported, the gross production taxes generated more than $88 million in January, …
The impact of the coronavirus in China….it could eventually affect lithium battery production worldwide, and in the United States. It’s what analysts are suggesting as the virus continues to grow and claim more lives in China. Eight provinces in China announced work stoppages because of the coronavirus, including the Jiangsu province, which houses several …