A judge with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will hold a third day of hearing the settlement agreement reached by the Attorney General, AARP and the Commission’s Public Utilities Division in support of a $155 million rate increase requested by Public Service Company. Another full-day of testimony and questioning of witnesses for and against the …
House votes to overturn EPA heavy truck emissions rules
The House on Tuesday passed a resolution rejecting what the Biden administration’s EPA proposed in a crackdown on emissions from big trucks. All five of Oklahoma’s Representatives were among those who voted to dump the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to enforce tougher emissions restrictions on heavy-duty trucks sold after 2027. The House voted was …
Crude oil prices saw another day of 1% gains
Crude oil prices rose 1% in Tuesday’s trading but some Oklahoma energy stocks dropped nearly 11% in value. The gain in oil prices came about because of forecasts for a tighter gasoline market—-plus a Saudi energy minister’s warning to speculators. West Texas Intermediate crude, considered the US benchmark, rose 86 cents or 1.2% to reach …
Two workers injured in fire at CVR Refinery in Wynnewood
The oil refinery fire that broke out Tuesday morning in Wynnewood and injured two workers is under investigation. The Garvin County Sheriff’s office reported the fire began around 8:20 a.m. in the gasoline hydrotreater at CVR Energy’s 74,500 barrel-per-day refinery. “Two employees were injured and were transported offsite for evaluation. All other employees have …
OGE energy scholarships awarded to Oklahoma students
Over the past month, OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, Inc. recognized three high school seniors as its 2023 OGE Positive Energy Scholars. Each scholarship recipient will receive a total of $60,000 in scholarship funds over four years to cover tuition, books, fees and on-campus room and board. The 2023 OGE Positive Energy Scholars are Blaine …
Kansas Congressman says fight over prairie chicken reveals a federal bureaucracy hungry for power
Kansas congressman Ron Estes recently had a blunt assessment of the federal government’s continued effort to put the lesser prairie-chicken on the threatened and endangered species list, a move he says was made without the government following the science. The Republican U.S. Representative described it as “a federal bureaucracy hungry for power and desperate …
Corporation Commission still deals with 2021 winter storm cost cases
Two years after Winter Storm Uri left Oklahomans with long-term increased bills to pay for the costs experienced by utilities in the state, state regulators are still dealing with the storm and its aftermath. On Tuesday, a Corporation Commission Administrative Law Judge held a pre-hearing conference on the request of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation …
ONEOK General Counsel to retire from company
Longtime executive at ONEOK, Inc. Stephen B. Allen is retiring as senior vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary. The company announced this week he will retire in mid-August after more than 17 years with the company. Allen is leaving ONEOK to join Dallas-based GuideStone, a leading faith-based financial services organization. GuideStone Financial Resources is a …
Galvanic Energy promises more lithium exploration efforts following $100 million sale
Five years after Galvanic Energy was created in Oklahoma City, the company’s $100 million sale of holdings in southern Arkansas this week to ExxonMobil certainly put the firm in the nation’s energy headlines. Founder Brent Wilson told OK Energy Today, “I can’t comment on the details of the sale, but I can confirm we did …
Lankford and others say latest EPA rule would harm small businesses
Sen. James Lankford along with two others in Congress are telling the EPA “not so fast” about a proposed rule change they say would potentially be harmful to communities during emergencies. Lankford was joined by Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota and Rep. John Joyce of Pennsylvania in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to …
