Just what utility rate payers who complain about growing electricity bills probably didn’t want to hear….but according to a new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, their electricity bills grew by 2% every month in 2023 but inflation grew faster. In other words, inflation was greater than their increased utility bills. The EIA …
** The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday, arguing that it shows U.S. curbs on shipments to the telecoms equipment giant are working. ** In 2018, Akron-based FirstEnergy donated $2.5 million to a Republican Governors Association-affiliated …
AARP Oklahoma plans an update this week to its members regarding some of the latest utility rate hike requests before Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners. A virtual conversation is scheduled on the AARP Oklahoma Facebook page on Thursday, April 25, at 11 a.m. to discuss AARP Oklahoma’s advocacy work. AARP Oklahoma State Director Sean Voskuhl and AARP Oklahoma …
As the state moves forward on nearly a half-billion dollars in projects to expand broadband coverage to remote rural areas of Oklahoma, the man in charge says it’s something of a repeat of the rural electrification effort nearly 90 years ago. Writing in The Oklahoman over the weekend, Mike Sanders, executive director of the …
While Oklahoma’s Department of Environmental Quality has major projects, probably none are anything like the $10.5 million project in Wyoming where its DEQ is pumping cement into an old abandoned coal mine under Interstate 80 to make sure the Interstate doesn’t collapse. The project is near Rock Springs, Wyoming where underground mines are …
A new study by the Oklahoma Rural Association claims the two-year old law created by the legislature to target financial firms that discriminate against the state’s oil and gas industry is far more harmful than beneficial to the state’s economy. The Association is a group that promotes rural Oklahoma as well as business and industry …
In honor of Earth Day and the company’s commitment to bettering the environment in the communities it serves, Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) recently teamed up with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 250 full-size trees and distribute 900 seedlings to five communities throughout the state. OG&E volunteers also shared with Oklahomans the importance …
By signing a document during a recent ceremony, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland just banned mining and oil and gas drilling on more than 4,200 acres of land in New Mexico. The land in question is just northwest of the city of Albuquerque and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management in an area …
The country’s largest steel pipe and tube manufacturer, Zekelman Industries of Chicago plans to invest up to $120 million to expand its manufacturing plant in northeast Arkansas. The move means an increase to more than 300 employees at its Atlas Tube plant in Blytheville. The company, in its announcement, stated it will also …
The nation saw a gain of active oil and gas rigs over the past week as the rig count grew by two to reach 619, according to the Baker Hughes rig count released Friday. The gain included 5 oil rigs to reach a total of 511 while the number of gas-drilling rigs fell by …
