Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice is waging a campaign for congressional approval of a bill to protect American energy. It is also a bill to protect “fracking” and to prevent any future president from banning its use. “That is why the passage of H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Protection Act, was critical,” stated …
With another round of arctic weather breathing down our necks in Oklahoma, the state and other members of the electric grid known as the Southwest Power Pool are urged to be aware of the potential for an impact on electricity needs. Its advisories to member states will apply almost the entire week. The latest …
Bills focusing on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and eminent domain will come up before a state House committee this week. The Utilities Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock will handle a handful of bills by Rep. Trey Caldwell, including one opposed by former Corporation Commissoiner Jim Roth who called HB2747 “wrongheaded.” As …
As speculation mounts about the prospects of broadband funding being “clawed back” or cut nationally, it undoubtedly must be of concern to leaders of the Oklahoma Broadband Office. But they’re not talking. “Thanks for checking, but we’re not weighing in on this one,” responded Tim Allen, Communications Director of the Oklahoma office. The …
** Iowa House lawmakers advance bills that would strengthen eminent domain protections, limit permit lengths and include more involvement of a consumer advocacy office in an effort to clamp down on carbon pipelines. ** The federal Bonneville Power Administration could lose up to 20% of its workforce to the Trump administration’s job cuts and hiring freeze, raising concerns about …
Rep. Trey Caldwell of Lawton doesn’t refer to the controversial issue of ROFR or Right of First Refusal in his HB2747, a bill dealing with competitive bidding by utilities. But former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Jim Roth says it’s a ROFR bill and he’s against it. “That’s not accelerating economic development. It’s not consistent with …
Crude oil prices and most Oklahoma energy stocks finished down in Friday’s trading as analysts blamed the prospects for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine for possibly easing global supply disruptions. The disruptions might end if US oil sanctions were ended against Moscow. West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark in the U.S. dropped 55 …
One of the three Republican legislators who took Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett to court over the sexual abuse allegations against him, filed another appeal with the Supreme Court on Thursday, this one challenging the recently-approved PSO rate hike. The challenge by Rep. Tom Gann, Inola, came only days after the court dismissed the appeal he …
Crude oil prices saw a drop of a few cents in Thursday’s trading as two developments affected trading—the potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine and the pause in new U.S. tariffs. The small drop came after losses of more than 1% earlier in the session and the slight improvement has some optimistic that …
That best sums up how Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus looks at what might happen this week in the state as another arctic blast is expected to settle over the state and the midwest. ” — it would appear after another roller coaster few days of cold-warm-cold-warm, we’ll see another bigtime arctic blast early next …