July 5, 2020 archive

Opponent still questions Commissioner’s bank board membership

  While Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett says he has the legal advice of former State Attorney General Susan Loving that it’s legal for him to also sit on the board of a Tulsa bank, his Libertarian opponent still questions the legality of it. Todd Hagopian responded to Hiett’s recent explanation to OK Energy Today …

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A mountain of paperwork in Chesapeake Energy’s bankruptcy filing

  Chesapeake Energy’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last weekend resulted in more than the usual number of legal responses in the Southern District of Texad Bankruptcy court. Dozens and dozens of filings were made in the case in the ensuing days as the bankruptcy had been anticipated for months by other energy companies that had …

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Chesapeake Energy’s civic contributions to OKC total nearly $1 billion

  Since Chesapeake Energy filed for reorganization bankruptcy in Houston, thoughts of community leaders in Oklahoma City no doubt turned to speculation about what it will mean to the city’s economy and the company’s contributions to the city’s growth. The Oklahoman’s Steve Lackmeyer reported on Sunday how the oil and gas company’s contributions to the …

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Energy news in brief

** The  New England group claiming status as a ratepayer advocacy group in its attempt to get federal regulators to override state net-metering regimes has finally revealed the identity of one of its members. But that revelation appears to strengthen claims by its opponents that it is representing energy industry interests rather than those of ratepayers. …

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