Regulators Approve Major Generation Projects Without CWIP Oklahoma Gas and Electric notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that Oklahoma regulators approved hundreds of millions of dollars in new energy projects. The utility filed a Current Report on Form 8-K after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission issued its order late last week. However, state regulators rejected OG&E’s …
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Hiett critical of OGE’s involvement in CWIP order
Hiett Explains His Opposition to CWIP Denial Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett says he voted against a plan to deny Construction Work in Progress for Oklahoma Gas and Electric not because he was against denial of CWIP but because there was no cost cap on one of the utility’s energy expansion projects. Commissioners approved the …
Consumer Groups Challenge OGE’s CWIP Rate Request
OIEC and AARP Renew Opposition to OG&E Request Two consumer groups fighting Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) over its plan to use a controversial new law to make ratepayers fund energy expansion projects while under construction have renewed their arguments that the request should be denied. In a filing with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), …
OCC to vote whether to deny OGE request to raise rates
Commission to Rule on Controversial Construction Cost Recovery Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) will learn Thursday whether Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will approve or deny the utility’s request for Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) on major energy improvement projects. If approved, CWIP would allow OG&E to charge its nearly 900,000 customers for project costs while construction …
Oil group fights OGE battery project
CWIP request triggers new internal energy divide One of the groups that signed on in support of the controversial CWIP request by Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company to cover construction costs for added electric generation projects is also putting up a strong fight against one part of the utility’s request. Additionally, this dispute puts a …
OGE and CWIP—What will Oklahoma regulators do?
CWIP will face its first major test CWIP…will it stand its first legitimate test with Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners who proclaimed opposition months ago to the very bill in the legislature that allowed it to become law in Oklahoma?Additionally, Oklahoma Energy policy watchers consider this the largest regulatory fight since securitization. CWIP request heads to OCC …
Commission review of PSO preapproval could stretch into 2026
Case Timeline Before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission It could be March, 2026 perhaps before the preapproval request totaling $1.2 billion in new energy generation projects by Public Service Company of Oklahoma goes before Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners.However, the official docket identifies the PSO “Generation Preapproval (includes CWIP)” matter under PUD 2025-000064, signaling a lengthy procedural path …
Oklahoma, Missouri Ratepayers Face CWIP Utility Hikes
Oklahoma and Missouri Ratepayers Could See Early Utility Hikes If Oklahomans think they are the only ones facing possible rate hikes to pay for energy projects still under construction, they are not alone. Missouri ratepayers face the same situation because of a new law similar to one recently passed in Oklahoma. Both laws allow utilities …