Oklahoma Human Services is now accepting online applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECAP) at OKDHSLive.org. ECAP crisis criteria is verified directly with the utility provider: Households which have an active cut-off notice for the utility on the day of application Written notice from their utility …
Scam Alert issued by Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Scam Alert! The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has been notified of emails being sent to Oil and Gas Operators from a “no reply” sender claiming to be from OCC. The email is claiming outstanding fees are due, and that permitting fees will be increasing. If you get such an email, do not click …
Attorney General quiet about status of winter storm natural gas investigation
We’re approaching eight months since Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the launching of an investigation into the 2021 winter storm that led to historic natural gas prices in the state. As the Oklahoma Watch found out, there has been little progress, at least publicly, about the investigation. If there is progress as promised …
Lucas-led committee approves handful of bi-partisan bills
Approval of the transporation for NASA astronauts after they return to earth…..one of several bills approved by the House Committee led by Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas. His House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed eight bipartisan bills at a full committee markup. The legislation considered spanned various sectors, from space and energy to research …
Supreme Court to decide water fight over Rio Grande river
Texas and New Mexico are in a water fight—with the federal government and their case was heard this week by the U.S. Supreme Court. At the heart of the matter is Rio Grande Compact of 1938 reached between the two states in an agreement over how to divide the wataer from the Rio Grande …
Abandoned wells lead to lawsuit by landowners in Colorado
Some Colorado landowners don’t like the abandoned oil wells left on their land so they have gone to court. They sued Denver-based oil company HRM Resources and accused the firm of transferring hundreds of orphaned wells to a shell company to avoid millions in clean-up costs reported the Guardian. The report indicated the wells …
Energy quick reads
** The Biden administration finalized a rule Wednesday that’s expected to make a significant amount of the new car market electric or hybrid. Under the rule, 56 percent of the new vehicles on the market in 2032 could be battery electric, while an additional 13 percent could be plug-in hybrids. ** Texas and New Mexico …
$100 million investment in Comstock Resources by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made energy news this week by investing more than another $100 million in Comstock Resources, Inc., the independent natural gas producer with operations focused on the development of the Haynesville Shale in North Louisiana and East Texas. Jones is the majority shareholder in the company based in Frisco, Texas, …
Northwest Oklahoma wildfire prompts evacuations
As the Oklahoma Forestry Division cautioned that the highest fire danger on Wednesday would be in the Panhandle, it wasn’t far off. A wildfire broke out near the Harper County town of Selman and fire departments issued a wildfire warning, urging some residents just east of Selman to evacuate the area. Selman, located about …
Roundtable planned by Petroleum Storage Tank regulators
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Petroleum Storage Tank Division is set to hold its annual Industry Roundtable Meeting. In a notice this week, the PSTD stated the purpose of the meeting is to continue engagement with stakeholders, have open and broad conversations about the rules, and determine whether to conduct a formal rulemaking. The Industry …