Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin contends the deadly storms of 2023 were an “outlier” and shouldn’t be the basis for a more than 4% rate hike request made by Entergy Arkansas. While Entergy seeks the hike to help pay for storm costs of last year, Griffin claims the 2023 tornadoes were not the norm …
The Oklahoma Broadband Office will officially launch broadband expansion projects with internet service provider BOLT to improve access to high-speed internet service in four northeastern Oklahoma counties. The Wednesday morning ceremony will take place in Vinita. The projects will significantly enhance digital access to provide economic opportunity for residents and businesses in the area. …
Drilling in the Permian Basin remains steady, based on figures from the latest Baker Hughes rig count. The report showed 303 oil and gas rigs were active in the basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico. It was the highest count in all of the nation’s various shale plays. The Eagle Ford …
Both the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma and the nation’s crude oil supplies dropped over the past week, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Cushing’s total fell 1 million barrels as of Nov. 22. It dropped from 25.1 million barrels recorded on Nov. 15 to 24.1 million in …
As Oklahoma’s State Transportation Commission prepares this week to spend more than $1 million on creating the government-mandated EV charging network on state highways and turnpikes, there is growing discussion how the $7.5 billion in grant funding from the Biden administration will fare in a second Donald Trump administration. Just as the Oklahoma Transportation …
If your morning drive usually takes you along I-35 near Goldsby, there will be an interruption in the normal flow of traffic Monday morning. The State Transportation Department announced that “big changes” are planned for drivers on SH-9W Monday morning as the first phase of SH-9W construction gets underway. SH-9W will be narrowed to one …
When Expand Energy Corporation recently ended its offer to purchase for cash its outstanding senior notes due 2026, it managed to acquire a total of $453,162,000 of the 5.500% Senior Notes. The Oklahoma City company, formerly Chesapeake Energy before its merger with Southwest Energy, explained the expiration deadline was Nov. 27. The more than …
As Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy prepare to conduct a long, hard look at government inefficiency as part of their Department of Government Efficiency designed to slash government spending, they are getting some advice about the nation’s trucking industry. One trucker’s open letter about the nation’s trucking industry and its woes proves to be most …
Another report from Baker Hughes shows the nation’s oil and gas rig count continued steady for another week with a reported drop of only one rig compared to the previous week. The Baker Hughes Rig Report also showed Oklahoma’s count held steady as well, staying at 44 rigs, same as the previous week. It …
The Biden administration wants an end to coal leasing in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin and it wants it ended by 2041. Word came recently from the Bureau of Land Management as part of a lawsuit brought by the Western Organization of Resource Councils against the Bureau of Land Management. Click here …
