Oklahoma Supreme Court justices are being told they got it wrong in ruling against Rep. Tom Gann in his legal challenge of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s approval of the Winter Storm 2021 rate hike given Public Service Company of Oklahoma. He contends the court failed to look at the calendar in its decision against …
Just as the world hoped there would be renewed peace talks between the US and Iran, gunfire at the Strait of Hormuz sent crude oil prices reaching above the $100 a barrel mark on Wednesday. Prices rose by more than $3 after Iran attacked at least three container ships in the Strait. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards …
When it comes to rainfall or the lack of it, Oklahoma is a case of extremes….. Eleven inches in the past few months in the southeast part of the state to only one-quarter of an inch in the Panhandle. It certainly has the attention of Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus. “But if you’re looking for …
(Michael Popp, professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness, stands on a floating solar array in Spain in 2024. Popp’s research into floating solar panels at the Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart includes a public perception survey. (Photo courtesy of Mike Popp) What about using solar arrays floating on water? It’s what the …
Gulfport Energy Corporation plans a release of its first quarter 2026 financial results early next month. The financial and operating results will be released on Tuesday, May 5 after the close of markets. The company leaders will gather the next morning, 8 a.m. Central Time, Wednesday, May 6 to discuss the results and answer …
** Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports. ** “Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli …
New Mexico is facing another attempt to create regulations allowing the use of treated produced water from hydraulic fracturing outside the state’s oil and gas fields. The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission plans another meeting in May to consider a recent petition to allow the treatment, industrial reuse and discharge of the waste. It …
Months after Stillwater’s USA Rare Earth company was in line to get $1 billion in government funding and loans in its push for rate earth mineral development, the proposal has come under close scrutiny in Washington, D.C. The company, with its magnet manufacturing plant in Stillwater, made another major announcement this week in its …
State legislators took action this week honoring utility company linemen across the state following Saturday’s National Lineman Appreciation day. The House and Senate on Tuesday adopted resolutions recognizing the vital contributions of local linemen for their work maintaining Oklahoma’s power grid 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston, presented Senate …
A new study showed Chief Executive Officers of the nation’s investor-owned electric and gas utilities hauled in $626 million total last year and two of them are in Oklahoma. The analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute of recent annual corporate filings revealed the top ten earners received more than $200 million “as customers …