Utility Rate Hike Requests Double in 2025, PowerLines Finds A nationwide non-profit organization says utility rate increases continued to accelerate in 2025, placing growing pressure on consumers across the country — including Oklahoma ratepayers who are already paying higher monthly bills tied to past storm-related fuel costs. In a year-end analysis titled “Utility Bills Are …
Oklahoma regulators are being asked to grant approval for construction of a major electric transmission project that would cross the Oklahoma Panhandle and connect the eastern and western U.S. power grids. Three Corners Connector seeks Oklahoma approval Three Corners Connector LLC has filed an application with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission seeking authority to construct a …
CWIP Dispute Leaves OG&E Request Under Advisement at OCC Another fight over Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) unfolded this week before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) as Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) pressed regulators for approval to begin recovering construction costs from customers while new power projects are still under development. After hearing arguments from …
Corporation Commissioners in Oklahoma will meet Wednesday to handle their normal signing agendas but some rulemaking changes as well. In the 1:30 p.m. meeting, the three commissioners will take votes on their daily signing agenda and their 24-hour signing agenda cases. The rulemaking changes will deal with Gas & Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety, Motor Carriers, …
Public Service of Oklahoma has taken the Rogers County Commissioners to court, suing them for preventing the utility from construction of more structures on company-owned land. The projects, as detailed by PSO in a September 2025 application for Corporation Commission pre-approval of construction, were denied by the County Commission and the Rogers County Board of …
Corporation Commissioners Revisit CWIP Law in Closed-Door Meeting More than a year after Oklahoma lawmakers approved a controversial utility financing measure, members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission appear to be reassessing the impact of the law they once strongly opposed. According to a filing for a meeting exempt from the state’s Open Meeting Act, Commissioners …
Transmission expansion supports Beaver Creek Solar development As AEP Oklahoma advances construction of a $260 million transmission project across southern Oklahoma, the utility has asked state regulators for approval to build a new electrical substation in Stephens County to support a major solar development. AEP recently filed an application with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) …
Consumer groups challenge OG&E financing request Two consumer advocacy groups — Oklahoma Industrial Energy Consumers and AARP Oklahoma — are sharply criticizing OG&E over its latest effort to recover financing costs tied to the Horseshoe Lake power plant expansion. The dispute centers on financing related to Horseshoe Lake Units 14 and 15, which are part …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will consider approving a series of new rules ranging from hazardous pipeline safety to transportation when they meet Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The new rules will be considered during technical conferences on each of the topics, as revealed in the commission’s agenda. AGENDA Item Topic I. A. Call to order B. …
(one similar to Creek County well) One of the latest attempts by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to plug an abandoned well involves a Creek County oil well drilled nearly 100 years ago. The Walter H. Ford Well No. 2 is identified in a move by Jeremy Hodges, Director of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division …
