Consumer group highlights $8 billion in gas savings in Oklahoma

Consumer Energy Alliance claims Oklahoma families and businesses saved more than $8 billion because of low-priced natural gas in a recent-ten-year period. In a report entitled “Oil and Natural Gas Energize Oklahoma,” the consumer advocacy group said it found residential energy users saved more than $2.6 billion while commercial and industrial users saved nearly $5.5 …

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Cheniere Energy to release 3Q results in November

  Cheniere Energy, Inc. plans to release its third quarter 2019 financial results on Friday, November 1. The report will be released before the opening of markets. Company leaders will hold a conference call for investors and analysts at 10 a.m. Central Time to discuss the results. The Houston company has extensive operations in Oklahoma’s …

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Enable Midstream to release 3Q results in early November

Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream Partners, LP plans to release its third quarter 2019 earnings report on Wednesday, November 6. The financial results will be released before market opens on that day and company leadership will follow the release with a conference call at 9 a.m. Central Standard Time to discuss the results. In August, Enable …

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Warren’s environmental justice plan

Environmental justice. It’s what 2020 presidential Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren is now talking about. The Massachusetts senator, who grew up in Norman, Oklahoma says she wants to address the disproportionate pollution burdens faced by the poor. Click here to read a report from Ben Gemen with Axios.

North Dakota follows Oklahoma’s lead in environmental ‘self audits’

Oklahoma legislators adopted a ‘self-audit’ environmental policy this year by energy companies and now North Dakota has done the same. The Bismarck Tribune reports North Dakota environmental regulators are hoping a new agreement with the federal government will result in more companies self-reporting violations at power plants, oil and gas sites, and waste facilities. The state …

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Kansas regulators sign off on Evergy name

The Kansas Corporation Commission approved without debate Tuesday renaming of three longstanding utility companies folded into the Evergy conglomerate created last year in a $14 billion deal. The three-member regulatory commission agreed with requests to change the name on official documents of Kansas City Power & Light to Evergy Metro and to designate Westar Energy …

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Colder weather including possible snow headed to Oklahoma

  Those working on oil and gas rigs or wind towers in northwest Oklahoma better bundle up because a wintry-like blast is coming! Snow’s in the forecast for the Panhandle and much colder weather will hit the state. As State Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet put in in his Wednesday morning update, “Mother …

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Lithium-battery study leads to Nobel Prize for 3 scientists

The critical importance of lithium-ion batteries used in the development of electric vehicles in the US has led to the Nobel Price in Chemistry being awarded to three scientists who studied energy storage. Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work developing lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and …

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Gasoline prices drop in Oklahoma

  Gasoline prices have dropped in the past week in Oklahoma while nationally, prices are holding steady. AAA Oklahoma reports the statewide average for a gallon of unleaded regular is $2.33 while the national average is $2.65. Nationally, the price is nine cents more expensive than last month but 26 cents cheaper than a year …

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OERB teacher training workshop to be held in Kingfisher

  Oklahoma Energy Resources Board is hosting a teacher training workshop 8 p.m. Oct. 12 at Kingfisher High School, introducing educators to board-established energy curricula and how to apply it in the classroom. It’s free to attend and those who do will be gifted a free kit of supplies, valued up to $1,100, plus a …

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