Data centers across the United States are increasingly grappling with one of the most pressing challenges facing the digital economy: securing reliable electricity. With grid interconnection queues stretching for years, developers are looking to temporary yet scalable solutions. Bridge power, a mix of natural gas generators and large-scale batteries, is emerging as a critical tool […]| OklahomaMinerals.com
Ian M. Stevenson | EENews.net | Falling royalty rates for oil and gas production are poised to strike one state more than any other: New Mexico. Congress this year cut federal oil and gas royalty rates by 25 percent, reducing the income that states earn for leased mineral rights on public lands in their territory. […]| OklahomaMinerals.com
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, | California regulators fearing a dramatic drop in gasoline supply placed a five-year pause on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s penalty on oil industry profits Aug. 29. The decision is a blow to Newsom’s legislation aimed at penalizing the oil industry for allegedly driving up the state’s gas prices in 2022. […]| OklahomaMinerals.com
Reporting by Gavin Maguire | (Reuters) – U.S. power developers are planning to sharply boost natural gas and hydropower generation capacity as they are cutting back on plans to add new solar and wind farms, according to recent data on the U.S. power capacity pipeline. As of mid-2025, U.S. power developers had just over 114,000 […]| OklahomaMinerals.com