With nearly 17,000 registered electric vehicles in Austin, Texas, the city has installed 1,300 EV charging ports across the city. All are powered by Texas wind energy. Click here for KXAN news
Permian Highway Pipeline to be expanded
Operators of the Permian Highway Pipeline that carries natural gas from West Texas to the Gulf Coast have decided it’s time to expand the project. Kinder Morgan announced this week a final investment decision to increase the line’s capacity up to 550 MMcf/d delivering gas from the Waha area to Katy, Texas reported S&P …
Complaints grow in Iowa over solar installers
Going “solar” isn’t everything that some homeowners and business operators think it will be—-at least that’s what the Attorney General in the state of Iowa is finding. Radio Iowa reports the consumer protection division in the AG’s office has seen what it calls a “dramatic” upturn in complaints about solar energy companies. Click here …
Texas prepares for natural gas emergencies
Texas regulators attempt to make sure their state doesn’t have another power catastrophe like the winter storm that paralyzed the state in February 2021. The Texas Railroad Commission voted this week in support of a weatherization rule to protect residents during emergencies such as when millions were left without power, water and heat for …
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** U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm violated a law that limits the political participation and speech of federal employees during an interview in late 2021, a government watchdog said. The Hatch Act of 1939 limits the political campaigning activities of federal employees, except the president and vice president. ** Global spare capacity is running very low, which will …
Court limits power of EPA in climate change fight with Oklahoma and other states
In a 6-3 ruling Thursday in support of Oklahoma, West Virginia and 18 other states, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that limits the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency in restricting and controlling emissions at the nation’s power plants. It prompted Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor to call it “a big win …
Whiting Petroleum merges with Oasis in $6 billion deal
Shareholders of Denver-based Whiting Petroleum voted this week in support of a $6 billion merger with Houston’s Oasis Petroleum Inc. The move will result in a transfer of the company headquarters from Denver to Houston and also give the new company more focus in the Williston basin of North Dakota. Nearly 972,000 net acres …
Oil and gas industry offers weak response to Biden administration’s oil and gas leases
The Biden administration continued its first sale Thursday of oil and gas drilling rights on federal land in Oklahoma and 7 other states following weakness industry response at the start of the sales on Wednesday. Oklahoma has only a few lease availabilities compared to such states as New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado. Wyoming has …
More detailed testimony to come in OGE rate hike case
A fourth day of testimony will be heard Thursday by a judge in the Oklahoma Gas and Electric rate increase case after Wednesday’s hearing resulted in a failed attempt to produce a negotiated settlement. OGE originally filed a request last year for a $163.5 million rate increase but earlier in June agreed with some …
Crude oil losses spread to OK Energy stocks
Increased U.S. gasoline inventories and growing concern about slower economic growth around the world sent crude oil prices falling nearly 2% in Wednesday’s trading. Oklahoma energy stocks also recorded big losses for the day. West Texas Intermediate crude for August delivery dropped nearly $2 a barrel to finish the day at $109.78 in trading …
