It’s unclear whether any are in Oklahoma, but an estimated 250 new onshore wind farms across the U.S. are on hold due to delays of approval at the Pentagon. At the same time, the issue has created a stage for permitting reform. The Pentagon must sign off on the projects as well as the Federal …
Iran dumping oil? Satellite imagery revealed a massive suspected oil slick spreading near Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export terminal, in what experts say could be evidence that Tehran’s oil infrastructure is buckling under mounting U.S. pressure. Iran still wants control Iran is seeking to formalize its control of the Strait of Hormuz by transferring …
Slipping oil prices Oil prices have plunged on reports that the US and Iran are nearing a peace deal, a development that paid off big for traders that happened to be shorting crude just ahead of the news. Bombs down the smoke stack The U.S. carried out new attacks on Iranian targets Friday, striking several empty …
Ratepayers of Public Service Company of Oklahoma will have to wait until Monday to learn whether regulators will give preapproval to the utility’s request for $1.2 billion in power generation expansion projects. Corporation Commissioners spent time early Wednesday morning discussing the request following extended hearings last week and again this week in which there was …
Electric utility provider Empire District, a Missouri-based utility that has 12,000 to 15,000 customers in Oklahoma, wants a rate hike on the customers it also has in southeast Kansas. If the company’s $15.8 million rate hike request is approved by the Kansas Corporation Commission, it would mean a 40% increase in an average residential …
Ship attacked in Strait ** French shipping group CMA CGM said on Wednesday that one of its vessels, the San Antonio, had been targeted in an attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in injuries among crew members and damage to the vessel. The incident, which CMA CGM said occurred on Tuesday, is the latest disruption …
World warns Iran ** Tensions are rising in the Gulf again after the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted 15 missiles and four drones fired from Iran and warned that it reserves the right to respond to the “treacherous” attacks. The attacks on Monday mark the first time the UAE has been targeted since Iran and the …
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 …
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 …
Blockade costly for Iran ** According to Pentagon officials, over 40 vessels carrying oil and other contraband have been redirected by the US military since the blockade began on April 13th. The US Department of Defense estimates that Iran has lost nearly five billion dollars in oil revenue as a result of the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, …
