(courtesy of EV Voice of the Customer) An estimated 4,000 auto dealers across the U.S. say it’s time for the Biden administration to put the brakes on its electric vehicle demands. At least 29 dealers in Oklahoma are among the 3,882 firms and leaders that wrote the President. “With each passing day, it becomes …
Lucas-led House committee approves support for the commercial space sector
The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, led by Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas passed bills this week to advance the nation’s leadership in quantum sciences and strengthen the country’s commercial space sector. Lucas called them “critical pieces of legislation” to secure the country’s global competitiveness in the science and space fields. “Both …
ONE Gas expects lower earnings in 2024
ONE Gas, the Tulsa-based company with 2.3 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, came out with its 2024 fiancial guidance this week, expecting 2024 net income to be $214 million to $231 million….lower than the 2023 financial guidance. The company said earnings per diluted share are anticipated to be in the range of …
Black vultures and government red tape targeted by Sen. Mullin
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin and two others in the Senate have their sights set on black vultures—-yes, turkey buzzards. And they have the support of a variety of agriculture groups. Together with Sens. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, they have introduced the Black Vulture Relief Act to allow farmers and …
OGE adds James Eldridge to economic development manager
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) has announced James Eldridge has joined the electric company as an economic development manager, using his experience at previous positions in Ada and Oklahoma City. “We work to increase economic prosperity and improve the quality of life in the communities we serve,” said Alba Weaver, OG&E senior manager …
Pickets out in force at Ponca City Phillips 66 Refinery
(courtesy of KOKH TV) Members of the United Steelworkers union don’t like the way they are being treated at the Phillips 66 Company offices in Ponca City and picketed the place on Wednesday. About 70 members of the Steelworkers Local 13-857 carried signs and expressed their conceerns that clerks are being forced to cover …
Did Biden make a blasphemous show to attack Colorado Congresswoman?
President Biden used a visit to a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Pueblo, Colorado to attack Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, calling her “one of the leaders of (the) extreme MAGA movement.” He even made a near blasphemous use of the sign of the cross to tear into the Representative. As Biden mentioned her name …
Texas Governor takes no chances over severe weather
The issue of winter storms and their impact on the power grid in Texas is taken so seriously that Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the matter this week. On Thursday, severe weather was forecasted in the state and Abbott vowed the state was “ready to swiftly respond with emergency resources.” With last year’s winter storm …
Headlines of energy stories
** Occidental Petroleum is one of the finalists in the auction for CrownRock, an energy producer in the west Texas area of the Permian basin, with a bid of more than $10 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. ** The U.S. Coast Guard expands its search for the source of last month’s …
Study claims Texas coal-fired power plants led to thousands of deaths
Researchers from the University of Texas in Austin were part of a study that contends coal-fired power plants in the U.S. caused more than 103,000 deaths in the nation since 1999. Power plants in Texas resulted in a reported 27,000 deaths. Their research concluded that coal electricity-generating emissions caused nearly 460,000 deaths from 1999 …