by - March 4, 2016 6:32 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– SOLAR POWER TO ADD MOST GENERATING CAPACITY TO U.S. ENERGY GRID IN 2016…
by - March 4, 2016 6:29 am
Arkansas and U.S. pump prices have ratcheted up at the fastest pace since early November as independent and branded gasoline station owners are raising local prices for regular unleaded and…
by - March 3, 2016 9:40 am
While declining crude oil prices have roiled international markets from Beijing to New York’s Mercantile Exchange, natural gas futures have quietly plummeted to levels not seen in this century and…
by - March 2, 2016 5:16 pm
Billionaire Aubrey McClendon, the founder and former chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., died in a single-car on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, according to multiple media reports. The accident…
by - March 2, 2016 5:16 pm
Billionaire Aubrey McClendon, the founder and former chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., died in a single-car on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, according to multiple media reports. The accident…
by - February 29, 2016 3:42 pm
Shares in Southwestern Energy declined more than 9% in trading Monday following the company’s disappointing fourth quarter and yearly earnings results last week and a decision by the company’s new…
by - February 25, 2016 4:15 pm
A Wisconsin company will work with Arkansas State University on a project to improve lighting, waste and energy management among other things throughout the university’s system, officials with the company…
by - February 23, 2016 1:49 pm
The lighting evolution continues. Wal-Mart Stores plans to transition the light bulbs it sells this year away from compact fluorescent to the higher priced LED varieties, citing gained efficiencies and…
by - February 22, 2016 3:40 pm
Last week, Talk Business & Politics reported on a $3.7 billion potential liquids-to-gas (LTG) project that could locate in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Energy Security Partners, led by Arkansans Ret. General…
by - February 19, 2016 12:31 pm
International rig operator Transocean Ltd. has laid off 140 workers after El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. canceled a deepwater rig contract that explores for oil and gas in the Gulf…
by - February 19, 2016 6:59 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. DALLAS-BASED UTILITY GIANT OFFERS VIRTUAL SOLAR POWER TO TEXAS HOMEOWNERS: Dallas-based TXU…
by - February 16, 2016 9:32 am
Little Rock-based Energy Security Partners LLC and Pine Bluff officials announced Tuesday (Feb. 16) that Jefferson County is being considered as the top location to build and operate a potential…
by - February 15, 2016 7:48 pm
Entergy Arkansas Inc. reiterated Monday (Feb. 15) that its annual “fuel and purchased power cost” adjustment for declining energy expenses will largely offset a projected increase from the utility giant’s…
by - February 15, 2016 7:48 pm
Entergy Arkansas Inc. reiterated Monday (Feb. 15) that its annual “fuel and purchased power cost” adjustment for declining energy expenses will largely offset a projected increase from the utility giant’s…
by - February 15, 2016 11:35 am
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) has approved an optional tariff for Ouachita Electric Cooperative that allows the utility to invest in energy efficiency upgrades for members, like insulation and…
by - February 15, 2016 11:35 am
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) has approved an optional tariff for Ouachita Electric Cooperative that allows the utility to invest in energy efficiency upgrades for members, like insulation and…
by - February 12, 2016 5:19 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. U.S. MINING AND EXPLORATION INVESTMENT DECLINED 35% IN 2015 Mining and exploration…
by - February 9, 2016 6:24 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday (Feb. 9) issued a stay of President Obama’s historic Clean Power Plan, blocking the federal Environmental Protection Agency from implementing the far-reaching rules that…
by - February 9, 2016 4:40 pm
Motorists in Arkansas and the rest of the nation should get used to filling up their tanks for less after the U.S. Department of Energy forecasted on Tuesday that average…
by - February 9, 2016 3:22 pm
Natural gas use in the electric power sector has averaged 25.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) so far this winter, up 17% from last year’s average of 21.4 Bcf/d…
