Mustang’s CKEnergy has won a battle with ONEOK to stop the large corporation from supplying power to a pump station near Binger. ONEOK’s building a pipeline in the territory already served by CKEnergy, a firm created in 2016 following the consolidation of Caddo Electric Cooperative and Kiwash Electric Cooperative. CKEnergy filed a request with the …
Rep. John Pfeiffer’s bill to protect mineral rights owners from cities and municipalities won approval this week in the State House. House Bill 2150 was approved on a 64 to 32 vote and sent to the Senate. Pfeiffer, a Republican from Orlando had earlier seen his bill win overwhelming approval in the House Energy and …
One State Senator thinks the State Wildlife Conservation Commission is on a “land grab” and his bill to stop it awaits a vote in the full Senate. Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt is the principal author of the measure to prevent the Commission from buying more land than it sells each year. “The Wildlife Commission is …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe joined Democrats and other Republicans this week in launching a move to reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. He and others called it one of the most cost-effective federal clean air programs and their legislation would reauthorize the program through fiscal year 2024 at its current funding levels. It would …
Among some of the appointments announced this week by Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat were those to energy related commissions. He made appointments to a Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam Authority, the Radiation Management Advisory Council, the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council and the Storage Tank Advisory Council. Named …
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is resurfacing publicly for perhaps the first time since he resigned last year following an ethics scandal. He will be one of the speakers at the Dallas County Republican Party’s annual Reagan Day Dinner on March 21 in Dallas. Invitations were sent out this week following the announcement by the …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission meets Wednesday to consider reported efforts of one commissioner to become the new chairman. Commissioner Todd Hiett is said to be intent on taking over the leadership position held by Commissioner Dana Murphy. A vote on a new chairman of the Commission is on the Wednesday agenda. Hiett is the current …
Op-Ed by Congressman Mullin on The Hill: Cool it with the regulations, Washington! Indoor comfort systems are among the largest users of energy in America. And they’re not going anywhere, because heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems don’t just keep us comfortable. They keep us alive. In 2003, a heat wave struck Europe that was …
A bill to give Oklahomans credit for a vehicle trade-in overwhelmingly passed the State House of Representatives this week and was sent to the Senate. The bill’s author considers it a tax cut. House Bill 2355 would grant consumers credit for vehicle trade-ins by taxing them at the net price of the vehicle they’re purchasing …
For the first time in nearly three years, Oklahoma’s unemployment rate grew in January. The number employed in the state’s energy sector also slipped for the month. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate moved up 0.1 percentage point to 3.2 percent for the month, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Nationally, the rate increased to …