A hundred Oklahoma Gas and Electric workers returned home from nearly a week helping with power restoration following a deadly storm in Houston, Texas, just in time for deadly weather in Oklahoma. It was Friday when the line workers and staff arrived in Oklahoma and Arkansas after restoring electricity to thousands of customers in …
The governor of Colorado wants the state to do more toward development of geothermal energy. That’s why Gov. Jared Polis recently announced the award of $7.7 million to 35 different projects through Colorado’s Geothermal Energy Grant Program. The goal of the program is to advance the deployment of zero-emissions efforts in the state. “We’re …
** The federal government agreed to a $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the railroad promised to pay more than $500 million to complete the efforts to improve safety that it announced after the crash and address community health concerns. ** Tesla has left out its goal of delivering …
A note from the editor. In respect for Memorial Day, OK Energy Today will be taking a break on Monday from our usual publication. We will return with more energy news on Tuesday.
Make it four consecutive days of losses for crude oil prices as they dropped nearly 1% on word U.S. interest rates will be around longer than many hoped. Oklahoma energy stocks recorded drops as well. Prices fell to multi-month lows as analysts and investors fear the continued high interest rates will result in lower …
While Oklahoma’s ROFR or Right of First Refusual bill stirred up a political hornet’s nest early in the legislative session, it now rests quietly in the abyss of legislative committees, hidden there because it possibly threatened the futures of some legislators. In recent weeks however, ROFR rose again but not in the legislature. …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond was among 19 attorneys general who responded this week to climate lawsuits brought by the states of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island against the oil and gas industry. The Republican attorneys general went to the U.S. Supreme Court and in a motion filed Wednesday, made the argument that …
A survey of manufacturers in Oklahoma and other states that make up the area covered by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City shows activity is “essentially unchanged in May.” “Things are slowing down a little more than we would like,” is the response from one manager to the May Manufacturing Survey released by …
Nearly four months after a power line reportedly caused a Texas Panhandle wildfire, burned 1 million acres, killed two people and more than 15,000 head of cattle and spread into western Oklahoma, Xcel Energy finds itself not only busily defending itself from lawsuits, but at the same time increasing its power line inspections. It …
The biggest solar power project proposed in Wyoming got the green light this week from state regulators. The $1.2 billion solar farm, with more than 1.2 million panels and occupying 3,845 acres or more than 6 full sections of land south of Cheyenne, will be built by Enbridge Inc. of Canada. Approval came …