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PSO to be back in court
Even if Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners rule in support of Public Service Company of Oklahoma and its request to raise rates to provide for two new natural gas generators and a battery energy storage system at its Oologah plant, the project still faces another hurdle. A legal one. As OK Energy Today reported months ago, PSO …
AARP sends data center message
Older Oklahomans are putting state lawmakers and other government leaders on notice—support the cause for more transparency from data center developers and protect ratepayers from added electricity-production costs or else be voted out of office. A recent Oklahoma AARP survey (@aarp.org/okutility) (found that Oklahomans not only want transparency from the developers but assurances that …
Safety honors for ONE Gas
ONE Gas Recognized for Outstanding Safety Record for Ninth Consecutive Year For the ninth consecutive year, ONE Gas has received an American Gas Association (AGA) Safety Achievement Award for excellence in employee safety. The award was presented at the AGA 2026 Operations Conference on April 29 in Tampa, Florida. AGA member companies earn Safety …
Ozone pollution in Oklahoma
Tulsa received a high national ranking it most likely didn’t want, one for landing on the “Most Polluted Cities” list by the American Lung Association. The group ranked the Tulsa-Bartlesville-Muskogee metro 20th on the list while Tulsa county received an F for its number of high ozone days in the 2026 “State of the Air” report. …
$1 billion Anadarko Basin sale
Private energy investment manager Scout Energy Partners has concluded the sale of more than $1 billion in producing oil and gas assets in the Western Anadarko Basin. The assets located in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle were acquired by an “undisclosed buyer,” according to the announcement by Scout, a Dallas-based energy firm. However, a …
Fighting prompts higher oil prices
Crude oil prices shot up nearly 6% Monday after the U.S. announced “Project Freedom” and started escorting cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz, only to be met with resistance from Iran. U.S. helicopters blew six small armed Iranian boats out of the water after the gun boats attacked six ships while Iran used drones …
Data center recall fails
The Sand Springs city council has survived a recall effort launched after the members approved a controversial data center that was opposed by a large number of residents. The Sand Springs city clerk recently determined the group organized in opposition to the data center had not collected enough required numbers of signatures. As the …
Earnings from Devon
Devon Energy releases its first quarter earnings report Tuesday and it will be the first such information nearly three months after the Oklahoma City firm announced its $58 billion merger with Coterra Energy. Details of the progress of its moving of its headquarters to Houston, Texas might also be revealed by executives when they …
PSO’s power struggles
If Wednesday’s meeting of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is anything like the PSO hearing held last week, it will be a lengthy session with plenty of attorneys on hand and lots of debate. Commissioners will meet at 8:30 in the morning to begin their renewal of handling a request by Public Service Company of …
Solar plant mystery
Two years after New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham boasted how a new $942 million Ebon solar manufacturing plant would turn her state into a global center for advanced energy manufacturing, the boast is gone. There’s a strong suggestion the company’s ties to Red China might have resulted in the U.S. stopping the project. Ebon …