Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett received nearly $75,000 from PACs and some of Oklahoma’s largest utilities,energy groups and oil and gas companies as he campaigned to win his primary election this week.
Campaign contribution reports filed in late June with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission showed Hiett, a Republican seeking his second full term on the regulatory agency spent $77,360 in the primary campaign. Expenses included $71,000 on a TV media buy made June 12, 2020.
As of June 22, Hiett still had a balance of more than $93,000 remaining in his campaign fund. Documents show he personally loaned $50,000 to his campaign in March of this year after transferring more than $10,000 left over from the 2014 campaign.
Major contributions of $5,000 each came from NextEra Energy PAC, the Oklahoma Petroleum Alliance PAC, ATT Oklahoma PAC, BNSF Rail PAC, Continental Resources Inc. PAC, OGE Energy Corp. Employees PAC, the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives PAC, and OVINTIV USA Inc. PAC.
NextEra Energy is the wind farm company with several operations in the state.
In addition to the $5,000 contribution from the OGE Energy Corp. Employees PAC, individuals including executives of OGE contributed a total of nearly $22,000. OGE Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Trauschke personally contributed $2,700 to Hiett’s re-election campaign.