Oklahoma Natural Gas is warning customers it has applied for another rate hike that would add $2.57 to an average customer’s bill and total nearly $28 million. In a letter to ONG customers, the utility said a hearing will be held June 5 at 9:30 a.m. before a Corporation Commission Administrative Law judge on …
Special meeting of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners plan a special meeting on Thursday to consider fuel adjustment requests of two natural gas utilities. In the 1:30 p.m. meeting on Thursday, commissioners will review the request of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation (PUD2022-000106) for a fuel adjustment of the calendar year 2021 and a prudence review of the fuel procurement processes. …
Colorado wants to ban utilities from lobbying with ratepayer’s money
Colorado legislators want to make sure public utilities aren’t allowed to use ratepayer money to carry out lobbying and funding of trade associations. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 this week to pass the Utility Regulation Act, following a House vote of 46-19, and the bill is expected to be signed by Governor Polis. The legislation followed hearings …
Rural electric line workers to be honored at State Capitol
Nearly 40 lineworkers will be honored at the Oklahoma State Capitol for bringing first-time access to electricity to seven remote villages in Central America and South America. Oklahoma co-op linemen volunteers have embarked on five missions and collectively made possible approximately 700 first-time connections to electricity to homes, businesses, elementary schools, heath centers and …
Death of AM radio in electric vehicles!
Since your editor spent nearly 50 years in radio news, most of it on AM radio stations, he thought it appropriate to include a story about the death of AM radios in electric vehicles. That’s right! If you buy an EV, chances are it will not include an AM radio and according to a …
Energy updates
** A Shell refinery in Texas that caught fire last weekend malfunctioned at least four times since 2022, sparking criticism of a state law that relieves companies of liability for pollution events if they’re reported as accidents or emergencies. ** Dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Monday called on the Biden administration to consider the climate …
Ovintiv announces results of annual meeting
The results of the annual meeting of Ovintiv Inc. were announced this week. The meeting was held May 3 and included the election of nominees to the board of directors. Each director nominee listed in the Proxy Statement was elected as a director of the Company. The results of the vote by ballot were …
Oklahoma Corporation Commission makes temporary move
A lot of changes are being made by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as its headquarters at the Jim Thorpe Office Building undergoes millions of dollars in renovation. The commission is relocating the Oklahoma City office to the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building at 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd in the Capitol Complex. The agency intends …
Groundbreaking for Tesla’s lithium refinery in South Texas
Construction vehicles roared and beeped this week as Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott formally opened Tesla’s $375 million lithium refinery in south Texas. It was seen as another effort by Musk to control more of the supply chain for the growing production of electric vehicles. The refinery is located in …
Oklahoma Commerce Department Executive Director resigning
Oklahoma Commerce Executive Director Brent Kisling says it’s time for him to focus on new challenges. It’s why he is resigning from the post he first took when Gov. Kevin Stitt took office in his first term. The Tulsa World reported Kisling submitted his resignation in a May 1 letter to the governor. Click …
