Might have been a good thing Pete Buttigieg retreated Monday on the idea that floated of a possible mileage tax to pay for the President’s multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. He would have had to deal with at least one Oklahoma congressman. Republican Rep Frank Lucas was clear in his opposition. “At a time when our …
With the unblocking of the Suez Canal by a cargo ship nearly the length of New York’s Empire State Building, it sent oil prices rising in Monday’s trading. Oklahoma energy stocks went the opposite direction. The massive container ship, Ever Given was freed early Monday after being stuck cross ways for nearly a week, …
The latest utility to approach Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner’s for help in dealing with high February storm gas costs is the Fort Cobb Fuel Authority based in Eakly. The Authority followed in the footsteps of other utilities in asking for special regulatory treatment for abnormal gas supply costs. In its filing, Fort Cobb said unless …
Legal battles are underway in Texas to determine whether utilities and power companies should reveal information about what went wrong in the February winter storm and power crisis. Many of the power companies are fighting the release of the information to the media. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been hit with hundreds …
Southeast Kansas residents indicate they support proposed stricter regulations on wind farms, especially after one renewable energy giant sold its wind farm resulting in electricity being shipped to Nebraska and not in Kansas. The Morning Sun in Pittsburg reported the change in attitude following Apex Energy’s sale of its Jayhawk Wind project in Crawford …
After being literally roasted by his critics for suggesting a mileage tax could be on the table to pay for the President’s multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quickly backtracked on Monday. “No, that’s not part of the conversation,” he said succinctly in an interview Monday with CNN. It was a far cry …
** Ever Given, the massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week was freed on Monday, allowing the first of an estimated 300 ships to begin their trek through the narrow passageway of water. ** Court filings reveal Tesla wants a U.S. appeals court to reinstate an Obama-era federal regulation that would more than double …
Public Service Company announced the awarding of $4,800 in new AEP Teacher Vision Grants to teachers in 8 schools to help them with innovative approaches to improve student learning in the classroom. Individual grants up to $500 have been awarded to teachers in Antlers, Atoka, Hinton, Hobart, Idabel, Olustee-Eldorado, Rattan and Tulsa. The amount …
Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream Partners on Sunday set an April 8 date to officially determine and identify holders of its common units in order to continue with the $7.2 billion acquisition by Energy Transfer LP of Dallas. Under the terms originally announced in February, Enable’s common unitholders will receive 0.8595 Energy Transfer common units …
Baker Hughes announced it has entered into a global exclusive licensing agreement with SRI International to use SRI’s Mixed-Salt Process for CO2 capture. The deal will expand Baker Hughes’ efforts to treat flue gases from fossil fueled power plants, gas turbines, industrial applications and cement industry. It also followed the company’s acquisition of Compact …
