Oklahoma’s Broadband Office will give an update Tuesday on the status of its $1.2 billion 5-year spending program to expand broadband service to all rural areas of the state. The Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board will meet at 10 a.m. Below is the published agenda: 1. Call to Order, Welcome, and Determination of a Quorum …
Oklahoma County Assessor personnel were in the field June 26th to determine property damage after severe storms on June 25th caused serious wind damage in Oklahoma City. In three locations in Oklahoma County, $7.4 million in damage resulted from the wind event. That translates to an estimated $100,600 reduction in property taxes. The Assessor’s office …
A Washington, D.C. based conservative group, the American Accountability Foundation, has come out attacking the credibility of the University of Central Oklahoma professor whose recent study of the state’s energy discrimination act was used in criticizing the enforcement of the measure. The Foundation, using the Open Records Act in Oklahoma, obtained an email sent …
Oklahoma City’s Utilities Department says it has not eliminated the odd/even watering schedule as hot summer weather returns in the next several days. The odd/even schedule is “permanent,” according to an announcement made Monday by the department. And it is to be followed yearlong. Customers whose property address ends in an odd number …
The legislators who were responsible for the creation of the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Act will join State Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready for a ceremonial signing of the bill on Tuesday morning. Rep. Mark Tedford, R-Tulsa will be a part of the 11 a.m. ceremony in the Governor’s Blue Room, the second floor of the State …
Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy just expanded its holdings in the Williston Basin and strengthened its position for at least the next ten years with a $5 billion acquisition of assets from Houston’s Grayson Mill Energy. Devon announced Monday the acquisition, consisting of $3.25 billion in cash and $1.75 billion in stock to the sellers, …
A new development has occurred in the first solar power contract for the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority. The North Fork Solar Solar Project under development by Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, in western Oklahoma’s Kiowa County, will use $103 million in tax credits. Recurrent recently signed the agreement with Bank of America, …
** Rail cars carrying hazardous materials derailed in North Dakota on Friday and caught fire, the latest train derailment in the U.S. as concerns over railroads remain high. Twenty-nine cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) train derailed around 3:45 a.m. in a marshy area surrounded by farmland that’s about 140 miles northwest of Fargo, according to Andrew Kirking, …
A new study finds waning support for renewable energy and EVs. The findings are from the Pew Research Center which concluded the support is slipping because Republicans are not enthusiastic about electric vehicles. Bloomberg News reported four years ago, there was 90% support for solar farms, but it has dropped to 78%. Wind farm support fell …
First there was the Colorado wildfire that burned more than a thousand homes and killed two people. Then 300 lawsuits were filed against Xcel Energy. More suits are coming in the wake of the Texas Panhandle fire which burned more than a million acres of land in Texas and western Oklahoma. Xcel responded …