To prove her serious intent on creating a serious hydrogen energy program in New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham flew to Australia to attend a hydrogen conference. Accompanying her was an oil and gas lobbyist and the head of a natural gas industry group. the trip developed after New Mexico was among the states …
Rep. Boebert attempts to stop feds from restrictions on oil and gas drilling on federal lands
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is ready to take on the Biden administration over its proposed federal land oil and gas drilling rules, rules she wants to stop. She’s introduced a bill to prevent the Bureau of Land Management from implementing a rule to raise bonding levels on millions of acres in Colorado and restrict oil …
Improved 3Q earnings reported by American Electric Power
American Electric Power, parent company of Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported third quarter earnings improved over a year earlier. AEP had operating earnings of $924 million or $1.77 a share compared with $831 million and $1.62 a share in the third quarter 2022. The company’s total earnings were $954 million and $1.83 a …
Bill to slash EPA budget supported by Oklahoma Representatives
Oklahoma’s five members of the U.S. House were in support of a Republican move on Friday to slash about 40% of the EPA’s budget. The measure was approved on a 213-203 vote and is aimed at cutting 39% of the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency. It would be the smallest budget the agency …
Anti-pipeline activist in Nebraska wins national environmental award
A Nebraska woman who led the movement against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in her state was recently honored by a nonprofit climate-action organization in San Francisco. We’ve reported in the past how Jane Kleeb started her opposition to the pipeline when the developer revealed plans showing its path through Nebraska. She formed the …
Other energy highlights
** The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will pay $440 million to install solar panels in Puerto Rico. The Department of Energy (DOE) made the announcement Thursday, saying that the funding will lower energy costs for 30,000 to 40,000 single-family households in Puerto Rico and help improve the resilience of energy sources. ** Uranium prices are on a …
PSO will have to wait another day for its rate hike vote
With apologies to sausage makers, but that’s what it felt like watching Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners on Thursday discuss the details of what to do with the ratehike request sought by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Even then, the commissioners did not vote on the issue and instead, recessed the meeting until Friday afternoon so …
Crude oil ended 3-day drop with a $2 a barrel gain on Thursday
Thursday produced a break in a three-day series of losses for crude oil as prices gained more than $2 a barrel and Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains of 5% to 8%. The big gains and jumps in oil prices came one day after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept benchmark interest rates on hold. West Texas …
Tishomingo families sue Transportation Department over fatal crash
A lawsuit has been filed by the families of six Tishomingo teenage girls killed a year ago in the crash of their small car with a rock-hauling semi-truck. They filed suit in Johnston County District Court against the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, blaming the agency over the design of a highway intersection for the …
This week’s cold snap resulted in record lows
Temperatures into the 70s are in the weekend forecast across Oklahoma and no doubt those residents of the northeast part of the state want it to quickly turn warmer. Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus reported this week the 16 degree readings on Nov. 1 were the lowest temperatures ever recorded on a Nov. 1, at …