(Pajarito Powder CEO Tom Stephenson and project principal investigator Michele Ostraat stand in Pajarito’s new facility in December 2023. Jon Austria / Journal) The federal government just handed out $20 million for a clean hydrogen energy project in New Mexico and it all went to one company. The $20 million from the U.S. Department of …
State regulators to consider utililty requests
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners are to meet Thursday to consider actions that will affect the rates paid by utility consumers. During the 1:30 p.m. meeting, the three commissioners will hold a public hearing on OGE’s application for a fuel adjustment clause case (PUD2023-000055). The hearing will also focus on the utility’s financial hedging program. A …
Rep. Cole chosen for powerful position as leader of House Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole will be in a major leadership role in the House after being picked to be the next Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. The Committee is considered one of the more powerful and influential committees in the House because it is responsible for passing appropriation bills along with its Senate …
Highway work zone week to be observed in Oklahoma
Two weeks after an 18-year old worker on an Interstate 35 bridge was killed in a work zone accident in northern Oklahoma, the state prepares to observe an annual work zone awarness week April 15-19. Entitled Make it Home Safe; Make Oklahoma Safe, the week is observed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and …
Energy quick reads
** The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) decreased its forecast for U.S. coal exports following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the resulting closure of the Port of Baltimore. In its April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA reduced its forecasts for U.S. coal exports for April by 33% and for May by 20% from previous …
More Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen
Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen take a look at how the Oklahoma State Fair coliseum-naming rights controversy focused media attention on the struggle between consumer groups and local utilities over the deployment of tens of millions of dollars in federal funds destined for the modernization of Oklahoma’s transmission grid. Link to this article: https://www.news9.com/story/661585ac1b4a5c7f56a8d163/mitchelltalks-energy:-colossal-coliseum–chaos
Crude oil prices drop as Middle East talks fail to produce peace in Gaza
Crude oil prices suffered a dollar a barrel loss in Tuesday’s trading as Middle East countries encountered resistance to their proposed peace in Gaza where Israel is still attempting to eliminate Hamas. There are existing concerns that without an end to the fighting, Iran, OPEC’s third-largest producer, might be drawn into the war. US benchmark …
ROFR-NOFR faces important deadline in order to survive in Oklahoma legislature
If a controversial bill that started as a ROFR or Right of First Refusal Bill and morphed into what critics labeled a NOFR bill, is to survive in the Oklahoma legislature, it faces a Thursday deadline. If the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee doesn’t take a vote by Thursday, April 11, then HB4097 by …
Eclipse meant for a long wait for EV travelers in one Arkansas city
EV travelers who drove to Arkansas to get a view of totality of the solar eclipse found out the hard way—-there weren’t enough EV fast chargers to go around. Channel 5, KFSM in Arkansas reported some of the electric vehicle owners had a long wait in order to get a recharge for the long …
Oil wells were once drilled in the middle of Arkansas River—now they’re abandoned and polluting the river
A report by a Tulsa TV station shows that history is catching up with the state in terms of pollution of the Arkansas River. KTUL TV revealed this week how former oil wells, drilled in the middle of the river and now abandoned, are also leaking and polluting the river. One petroleum engineer …