Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin is making his repeated case that the nation is suffering from President Biden’s rush to green energy policies and the climate hysteria of Democrats is getting ahead of operational reality. In his latest opinion piece, entitled “Sounding the alarm on grid reliability, again,” the Republican Senator said the Biden …
Price manipulation lawsuit over 2021 winter storm moved to federal court
An examination of the price manipulation lawsuit filed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach against Macquarie Energy over the February 2021 Winter Storm Uri shows Oklahoma had a role in what led to historic natural gas prices. Kobach filed suit against the Houston company, alleging the company intentionally carried out certain gas trade steps …
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** A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has reached its full output of 1,100 megawatts of electricity. ** Anti-pipeline activists gear …
Federal appeals court hands win to Arkansas in fight with EPA
A Federal Appeals Court has told the EPA it was wrong to deny Arkansas’s plan to implement the Clean Air Act standards for ozone emissions. The court blocked the EPA”s disapproval in what Attorney General Tim Griffin called a win over regulatory overreach. The order from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was …
ConocoPhillips to finish acquiring Canadian energy operation
ConocoPhillips announced that it is exercising its preemption right to purchase the remaining 50% interest in Surmont from TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd. for approximately $3 billion (CAD$4 billion), subject to customary adjustments, as well as contingent payments of up to approximately $325 million (CAD$440 million). ConocoPhillips currently holds a 50% interest as operator of …
Governors urge EPA to increase requirement for biodiesel production
Governors of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to give approval of an expansion of the federal requirement for more biodiesel production in the U.S. The three Midwest governors say diesel fuel supplies remain at low levels and farmers and truckers are dealing with “stubbornly high” prices. A year ago, …
Nuclear waste company has challenges from New Mexico to Massachusetts
Holtec, the same company that is opposed for winning government approval to store nuclear waste in New Mexico finds itself also the center of attention at Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts.. The company is in charge of decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth and wants to dump more than 1 million gallons of …
Massive gas pipeline approval included in debt ceiling deal
The debt deal announced by President Biden and House GOP leaders over the weekend could produce opposition from Democrats because it includes a controversial 300 mile natural gas pipeline project. House leaders managed to include the billion-dollar Mountain Valley Pipeline which is 94% complete in stretching more than 300 miles from West Virginia to …
Controversial BLM proposal supported by elected officials in New Mexico
New Mexico elected officials recently went before Congress to testify in support of proposed federal rules that are meant t o increase conservation uses on public land. Testimony came from congresswoman Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, and New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard. Both supported the plan by the Bureau of Land management …
Energy permitting projects—right in middle of debt debate
The overhaul of the nation’s permitting process for big energy projects is right in the middle of what Republicans want as they negotiate with President Biden during the debt-limit talks. With a default deadline approaching this week, the issue has been on the table according to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Click here for Bloomberg