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OK Energy News

Special meeting of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners plan a special meeting on Thursday to consider fuel adjustment requests of two natural gas utilities. In the 1:30 p.m. meeting on Thursday, commissioners will review the request of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation (PUD2022-000106) for a fuel adjustment of the calendar year 2021 and a prudence review …

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Colorado wants to ban utilities from lobbying with ratepayer’s money

  Colorado legislators want to make sure public utilities aren’t allowed to use ratepayer money to carry out lobbying and funding of trade associations. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 this week to pass the Utility Regulation Act, following a House vote of 46-19, and the bill is expected to be signed by Governor …

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Rural electric line workers to be honored at State Capitol

  Nearly 40 lineworkers will be honored at the Oklahoma State Capitol for bringing first-time access to electricity to seven remote villages in Central America and South America. Oklahoma co-op linemen volunteers have embarked on five missions and collectively made possible approximately 700 first-time connections to electricity to homes, businesses, …

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Permits to drill for May 8, 2023

Mcclain County QUINN #1-8-17-20XHW, May 08 2023 08 7N 3W SENENWNW API: 08722433 Lat: 35.101419640767055, Long: -97.54413287725156 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, 24864 ft, MISSISSIPPI(9540), WOODFORD(9709) Woods County MLM #1-10, May 05 2023 10 24N 13W SESENENW API: 15124620 Lat: 36.57595558742566, Long: -98.57894960084997 BELOW GROUND LEVEL LLC SH, DR, 8000 ft, TONKAWA(5006), …

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Completion reports for May 8, 2023

HUGHES COUNTY Tilford Pinson Exploration Llc Savanna(2410): Oil 14 Water 40 Pump 33 6N 9E Jessica 1-33, January 06, 2023 SH, OIL, TD: 3440 ft Lat: 34.94339, Long: -96.35567 API: 35063249570000 MCCLAIN COUNTY Charter Oak Production Co Llc Woodford(6434): Oil 163 Gas 101 Water 2314 Flow 3 5N 1W Sharp 5n 1w 10 1hx, January 01, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: …

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Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board to meet

  Oklahoma’s Broadband Governing Board will meet Tuesday afternoon at the state capitol. The latest broadband map released recently by the Federal Communications Commission will likely get serious discussion by board members during the 3 p.m. meeting.   The board will receive an update from the National Telecommunications and Information …

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Kansas will keep two-person crew mandate for railroad operations

  As some railway companies make moves toward a one-person crew n the engine cab of locomotives, all in the name of saving money, it won’t happen in Kansas. That’s because Gov. Laura Kelly is recommending the state be added to the list of states mandating railroad companies keep two-person …

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Environmentalists sue to suspend natural gas operations of New Mexico energy company

  A lawsuit has been filed by a conservation group to force the federal government to bring an end to natural gas flaring by one energy company in New Mexico. The suit by WildEarth Guardians seeks to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to correct alleged flaws in the oil company’s …

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AERO not giving up in electrical restructuring efforts in Oklahoma

  The head of a consumer-oriented group that advocates a restructuring of the way Oklahomans buy electricity vowed over the weekend not to give up in the effort, despite recent failure in the legislature. Writing in The Oklahoman’s Viewpoints section, Mike Boyd with the Alliance for electrical Restructuring (AERO) declared, …

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