As of Tuesday morning, electricity was fully restored to all OG&E customers who lost service in Shawnee following the April 19 tornado, provided their homes are able to take power. OG&E crews worked quickly and safely around the clock to make repairs to the electric grid in the area, including 800 poles, 48 …
Even as Oklahoma hopes to finalize a deal with Panasonic to build a new EV battery plant in the state, General Motors and South Korea’s Samsung SDI announced they plan to invest more than $3 billion in a similar plant somewhere in the U.S. The companies have yet to choose the site, or at …
Kansas has a new anti-ESG law, joining Oklahoma in the movement to stop financial groups that use environmental, social and governance issues, from discriminating against oil and gas firms. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, decided this week to allow the bill to become law effective July 1, without her signature. As a result, …
When Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt trucking company recently announced a drop in first-quarter earnings blaming a “freight recession,” it spurred the Wall Street Journal to examine the issue. What it found was that falling diesel prices are among signals that indeed, a “freight recession” is underway across the nation. Even the American Trucking Association said …
In light of Oklahoma’s effort along with Louisiana and Arkansas in seeking federal funding for development of a regional clean hydrogen hub, NextEra Energy Resources joined with CF Industries Holdings, Inc. in a plan to develop a hydrogen project in northeast Oklahoma. NextEra is known for its wind farm operations throughout Oklahoma and the …
Just days ahead of the planned release of its second quarter financial results, Williams announced a regular dividend of $0.4475 per share or $1.79 annualized. The Tulsa company’s board of directors announced the dividend would be on the firm’s common stock payable on June 26, 2023 to holders of record at the close of …
** Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday praised a gas pipeline project and called for an independent government agency to proceed “expeditiously” on it. Granholm’s letter in support of the Mountain Valley Pipeline — a project that has also been pushed by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — comes amid tensions between the senator and administration on energy issues. …
The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma and six other oil and natural gas associations in Texas and Louisiana contend the federal government has gone beyond its congressional authority in forcing car makers to eventually manufacture electric vehicles. Overreach. The seven groups appealed to the U.S.. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. claiming the Environmental Protection …
The Supreme Court delivered a setback for Suncor, ExxonMobil and other major oil companies in their fight against climate-change lawsuits, ruling that the suits will remain in state and not be moved to federal courts as the companies wanted. The court’s ruling came this week as local governments in Boulder, Colorado and Boulder County …
A bill designed to help the state’s Oklahoma Broadband Office provide hundreds of millions of dollars in expanded rural broadband service, won unanimous support Monday in the Oklahoma Senate. But it’s still a few steps away from possibly being signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt. House Bill 1977 was passed on a 48-0 …