International clean energy company eyes Oklahoma as lawmakers weigh incentives
Enel is considering the Tulsa Port of Inola as a potential site for a solar panel plant, which would create an estimated 1,500 jobs.
Reese Gorman April 13, 2023
Enel is considering the Tulsa Port of Inola as a potential site for a solar panel plant, which would create an estimated 1,500 jobs.
Reese Gorman March 28, 2023
Some officials blame a combination of a lack of qualified workers, infrastructure and incentives that haven’t kept pace with other states. Others say Oklahoma’s conservative politics are holding the state back. A new committee will look for answers.
Reese Gorman February 21, 2023
Oklahoma is trying to use the LEAD Act to compete with Canada and convince Volkswagen to build a battery plant in Oklahoma.
Brianna Bailey Kayla Branch Reese Gorman April 15, 2022
A state oversight board once had the power to approve Tourism contracts, but legislation in 2018 stripped its powers.
Brianna Bailey April 7, 2022
“There’s risk in every venture you have,” says Canoo CEO Tony Aquila.
Ben Felder March 31, 2021
A bill opposed by big tech that would give Oklahoma the nation’s toughest data-privacy protection laws will not receive a Senate hearing, its author says.
Kayla Branch March 21, 2021
Lawmakers say they won’t allow tax restructuring to impact education funding, but the bills are continuing through the legislative process without details on how money now dedicated for schools will be replaced.
Clifton Adcock February 26, 2021
Documents show that many of the natural gas and electric purchase price increases in early and mid-February sent several utilities that serve Oklahoma scrambling to find funds and open new lines of credit to pay for the increased fuel and electrical costs, most of which begin coming due by the end of March.
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