The speculation OK Energy Today offered this week after President Trump changed his mind and allowed New York’s offshore wind farm development, leading some to wonder if Gov. Kathy Hochul had changed her mind about a new natural gas line, wasn’t an idle musing. The President’s decision also sparked the same kind of …
Anschutz Corporation plans big Wyoming gas plant to attract data centers
Colorado-based Anschutz Corporation is looking to cash in on the rapid growth of data centers around the nation with a 3,200 MW natural gas plant with carbon capture and storage in Wyoming. The company’s subsidiary is already in the process of constructing a $5 billion Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind energy project and a …
Circle K lowers gas prices 40 cents for Memorial Day weekend
Circle K, the global convenience store chain, is giving U.S. customers an easy way to save heading into the long Memorial Day weekend. The brand is bringing back its popular Circle K Fuel Day nationwide on Thursday, May 22, lowering its fuel prices by 40 cents per gallon*. Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. local time, …
Energy briefs
** A group of 10 environmental advocacy organizations files a brief in support of a lawsuit by 17 states and Washington, D.C. challenging Trump’s executive order banning new wind projects, with one attorney calling the prohibition “unexplained, inconsistent, and incoherent.” ** The American Petroleum Institute welcomed the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service’s release of a new …
Kansas utility shocks ratepayers after profiting $878 million
After reporting profits of $878 million last year, largely in part to rate hikes, Evergy wants another rate hike approved by Kansas Corporation Commissioners. Just as rate hikes aren’t well received by consumers and ratepayers of Oklahoma utilities, this request isn’t either in Kansas. It’s the headlines in some Kansas news outlets as …
EV Tax credits targeted under bill to be voted on Thursday in the House
The big beautiful bill pushed by President Trump and set to be voted on Thursday in the U.S. House includes a number of green energy rollbacks implemented by the Biden administration. It is anticipated to be a close vote as Republicans have only slim control of the House. If it passes, among those …
Wind setback bill is ‘dead’ in legislature says Senate leader
The bill calling for a setback of wind turbines from adjacent property and nearby homes has officially been declared dead by Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton. He explained this week after Senate Bill 2 did not get any further legislative review in the session. Senate Bill 2, as introduced, originally aimed to impose setback …
Slight dip in crude oil prices on Tuesday
Tuesday’s trading brought little change for crude oil prices but both benchmarks registered small declines fo the day as the world waited to see what might come out of the US and Iran negotiations as well as the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, investors were influenced by a cautious …
Specialized broadband grants cancelled for Oklahoma and other states
The Oklahoma Broadband Office indicates it will not see a negative impact with the U.S. Commerce Department decision last week to terminate the $1.44 billion Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program. “There will be no negative impact on projects administered by the office. We received notification about a week ago,” stated Tim Allen, Communications Director …
Corporation Commissoners to continue hearing into PSO power plant acquisition
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will continue their hearing Wednesday into the controversial request of Public Service Company for preapproval of its $730 million acquisition of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks. PSO wants authority to pass along a total of $753 million in costs to ratepayers, claiming the power plant is needed to meet …