The USDA announced this week the awarding of $485 million in funding to upgrade rural electric systems and reduce energy costs. None of the funding is going to rural electric systems in Oklahoma. But $72 million is going to the Central Electric Power Cooperative in Missouri. The Cooperative serves 187,000 residential and business consumers across …
The University of Virginia might be number one in college basketball, but the honors for renewable energy efforts go to a school in Texas. A new ranking of U.S. colleges and universities that have shifted to renewable energy resources shows Southwestern Texas University in Georgetown is number one for the most renewable electricity. Southwestern …
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas says the Green New Deal is an example of why he believes the nation’s Democratic party is out of touch with Main Street America and the average American. Here’s how he put it in his weekly update to his constituents, “As Congress begins another work week in Washington, D.C., the 116th …
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat announced on Monday his appointment of Don Freymiller of Edmond to serve as a commissioner on the state transportation commission. Freymiller is the second of two appointments Pro Tem Treat has made to the transportation commission under a new law that gives the governor the ability to hire the …
April is National Safe Digging Month, and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is reminding Oklahomans that any outdoor digging project this spring should start by calling 811 to have underground lines marked. Commission Chairman Todd Hiett says the latest survey shows millions of Americans are risking disruption of utility service and possibly fatal injury. “A poll …
Governor Kevin Stitt announced five appointments to the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. “We are proud to welcome five new members to the Oklahoma Transportation Commission,” said Gov. Stitt. “All of the commissioners are qualified leaders who have dedicated their careers to growing and investing in Oklahoma. I look forward to working with them to ensure we have a …
The same kind of anti-wind movement that occurred in Oklahoma to bring an end to state-government subsidies is developing in the state of Texas. Like Oklahoma, the oil and gas industry in Texas pooled its resources to wage a fight in the Texas legislature where, using a foundation, it hired 20 lobbyists to carry out …
Houston is to get a visit Wednesday from President Donald Trump where he plans to announce executive orders aimed at speeding up pipeline projects and expanding oil and natural gas production. Details of the orders have not been revealed but one senior officials has been quoted as saying the orders will streamline permitting and help …
Houston-based Patterson-UTI has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by the wife of an Oklahoma man killed in the January 2018 oil rig fire that killed five workers near McAlester. The dismissal of the negligence claim against the company means it cannot be refiled. Dianna Waldridge originally filed suit against Patterson-UTI and Oklahoma City-based Red …
A Mississippi federal judge has ordered a nearly eleven-year fraud case against Entergy Mississippi back to a state court judge. The case involves claims that the state’s largest private utility defrauded customers by not buying cheaper power form other generators. The state also demanded Entergy should repay up to $2 billion to customers. But U.S. …