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Tulsa County via FacebookA lightning strike at a tank farm caused a fire that spread to two other tanks. -
Andrea Eger/Oklahoma WatchOklahomans are reporting sticker shock at the mailbox when opening their electric bills this summer. While artificial intelligence and the data centers needed to support them have become major subjects of public discourse, state lawmakers and regulators say they are only one part of a much larger explanation.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion to pause development on an aluminum smelter proposed for the northeast Oklahoma town of Inola. -
To help meet growing electricity demand, Oklahoma’s largest utilities are investing in battery energy storage systems. The facilities store extra energy and discharge it when the grid needs it. -
Oklahoma passed a law last year allowing energy-hungry facilities to build their own power. But as data center announcements sprout up across Oklahoma, most include plans to work with local utilities. -
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Bob McNally, a former White House energy adviser, about roller-coaster oil prices amid the U.S. war with Iran.
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Tech giant Google and energy company RWE Americas have signed an agreement to build a solar power facility in southeast Oklahoma. -
Chevron reported its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell had its second-biggest quarter, and ExxonMobil doubled its earnings compared with the same time last year. -
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced five states, including Oklahoma, are being reviewed for a nuclear energy hub. -
After a Saudi nuclear power deal raised alarm in Israel, President Trump announced online that the arrangement is subject to the kingdom normalizing relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. -
The agreement gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars. -
Higher oil prices since the Iran war began mean many oil companies have brought in excess profits. Some U.S. lawmakers want to tax those windfall profits and give the money to lower-income Americans. -
For some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law aims to solve. -
At a meeting Monday, Inola's mayor and board of trustees officially hit pause on zoning approvals for a proposed $4 billion smelter.
