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Wind Leader Calls Recent Legislative Session a “Learning Experience” for Legislators
Oklahoma Wind Coalition Director Mark Yates says despite some rough times in this year’s legislative session as legislators targeted the wind industry with more negative efforts, all in all, the session turned out fine for wind farm operators. It’s what he told Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report, explaining it was “a good learning experience …
Xcel Energy Says Carbon Reduction Goals Are on Track
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, the company with wind farm operations in numerous Mid-west states and transmission lines in Oklahoma claims it is a step closer to achieving its carbon-reduction goals. The company announced this week it cut carbon emissions 35 percent and is on track to reach or exceed its goal of reducing carbon emissions 60 …
Noble Midstream Updates Success in Permian Basin and in Northern Colorado
Houston’s Noble Midstream Partners LP reports its wells in the Delaware section of the Permian Basin in West Texas are bringing in 115 thousand barrels of oil equivalent a day. Plus the company is expanding operations in northern Colorado. The Permian’s production includes 90,000 barrels of oil a day and 150 million cubic feet of …
Group Fighting 30-year old Corporation Commission Bribed Vote Not Giving Up
Just because the U.S. Supreme court decided this week against hearing the 30-year old bribed Oklahoma Corporation Commission rate case doesn’t mean Oklahomans Against Bribery is giving up. The handful of consumers who took their case to the Corporation Commission and the State Supreme Court and lost, vow to continue what they called “their pursuit …
Spirit Aero Unveils Plans for $23 million Headquarters
Aircraft maker Spirit Aero, the company with large manufacturing operations in McAlester and Tulsa, Oklahoma has unveiled plans for $1 billion in expansion, including a new 7-story headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. The $23 million headquarters will not only be high-tech and 7 stories tall but also capable of housing 2.3 million aircraft parts. Spirit says …
Supreme Court Has yet to Decide if It’ll Hear Osage Nation’s Fight with Wind Farm
Oklahoma’s Osage Nation is awaiting a recommendation from the solicitor general as to whether the U.S. Supreme court will consider the tribe’s legal fight with the Osage Wind company. But it might be months before it learns if the case will be heard by the high court. The issue was not among those accepted or …
Water Act Passed by Senate Committee Includes Several Oklahoma Improvement Projects
A number of projects ranging from the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System to private developments around Army Corps of Engineers Lakes are part of the Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 passed this week by the U.S Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is the ranking Republican on the committee and …
Governor Trims Counties Still Under Burn Ban
Due to improving wildland fire conditions, Governor Mary Fallin has issued a proclamation reducing the number of counties in the governor’s burn ban from 14 to seven. The change came at the recommendation of Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) after an analysis of the impact of recent rains. Counties that remain under the governor’s burn ban …
Supreme Court Overturns Judge, Workers Comp Commission And Appeals Court in Injured Worker’s Case
In an unusual move, the State Supreme Court recently not only overturned decisions of an administrative law judge but of the Oklahoma workers’ Compensation Commission and the State Court of Civil Appeals in a case involving an injured pipeline worker. The court overturned the three previous rulings in the case of Octavio Pina who was …
NextEra Energy Makes $5.1 billion Purchase of Florida Power Company
With wind farm operations in Oklahoma, NextEra Energy is expanding its energy-production with a $6.475 billion purchase of a utility and other Florida assets from Southern Co. At least $5.1 billion is cash in a deal that allows the most valuable power company in the country to grow even more. NextEra is buying Gulf Power, …