Groundbreaking ceremonies were planned this week on the nation’s biggest wind farm and the transmission line that will carry the electricity from Wyoming to California. The TransWest Express is the name of the transmission line that will carry electricity from the $5 billion, 3,000-megawatt, 600 turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind farm. Both giant …
** Missouri regulators approve a $140 million rate increase for Ameren Missouri that environmental groups say will require the utility to report avoided costs if two coal plants shut down early. ** Four townships in an eastern Ohio county will hold public hearings this summer on whether to ban large-scale wind and solar projects. ** Eight Baltimore community organizations intend …
While southern Oklahoma and Texas are included in excessive heat alerts this week with heat indexes reaching 110 to 112 degrees, it brings to mind the prediction that two-thirds of the country could face electricity outages this summer. The prediction is in the 2023 summer forecast from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a nonprofit …
While Oklahoma is pursuing a possible carbon credit program in an effort to reduce methane emissions from abandoned wells, a new report suggests Texas might create a new industry to target similar leaking wells. A report from the University of Texas and the Texas Climate Jobs Project says it is possible because of the …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners meet Tuesday afternoon to handle a number of requests to plug abandoned wells and to consider approval of a request for a protective order sought by Oklahoma Gas and Electric. The agenda showed the request by the commission’s own staff to plug 10 abandoned wells located in Garfield County. The OG&E …
From one end of the state to the other, tens of thousands of utility customers remain without electrical power following the Saturday night tornadoes and straight winds of 80 to 90 miles per hour. One man in Oilton was killed when the winds toppled a large tree onto his home. Another person was killed …
While Kansas won the race with Oklahoma to land a $4 billion Panasonic EV battery manufacturing plant, it still has some environmental problems to confront—namely the cleanup of the more than 9,000 site that once was the Sunflower Army Ammunition plant in the eastern town of De Soto. It was announced recently by the …
Houston’s KBR was awarded a feasibility study contract as part of the Southern Rock Energy Partners refinery to be built in Cushing. Southern Rock announced earlier in the month it planned to create a first-of-its kind refinery at the Cushing Hub. Southern Rock’s proposed 250,000bpd refinery will be powered by solar, wind, waste …
Oklahoma’s Broadband Expansion Council meets this week in Oklahoma City to get an update on the statewide effort to expand the broadband program. The Wednesday meeting will begin at 10 a.m. when there will be a planning update on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment and Digital Equity Act programs. Board members will also …
The major coal mining company headquartered in Tulsa, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., announced plans to redeem $50 million in senior notes due in two years. It’s seen as a step toward reducing company debt. The redemption involves the company’s 7.500% Senior notes which represent 12.5% of the $400 million in principal of notes that …