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 …
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AEP files Oklahoma request for $260M transmission rebuild
AEP transmission rebuild filing American Electric Power (AEP) recently started the formal request process seeking Oklahoma Corporation Commission approval of its proposed $260 million project to improve an electric transmission line from Lawton to west of Ardmore in southern Oklahoma.Additionally, Oklahoma Energy infrastructure expansion remains a core grid modernization focus statewide. At the same time, …
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 Corporation Commission Must Deliver 7,000 Pages
Supreme Court demands physical delivery The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will have to deliver more than 7,000 pages of documents to the Supreme Court as it considers the filing of a lawsuit by three legislators challenging 2021 winter storm rate hikes and votes by Commissioner Todd Hiett. This confrontation now sits in one of the most …
Oklahoma Oil Wastewater Pollution Exposed
Oklahoma oil field wastewater, OCC oversight, and investigation In a bold headline, “Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it,” reported the non-profit Oklahoma journalism group, The Frontier. The news group based its investigation on the claims of a retired petroleum engineer who worked for the …
Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds OGE Territory Ruling
Supreme Court Confirms OG&E’s Right to Serve Cherokee Nation Facilities The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission made the correct decision five years ago in allowing Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) to offer electrical service in another utility’s region. Lake Region Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Hulbert, Oklahoma, challenged the August 18, 2020 …
NextEra and Google to Restart Iowa Nuclear Plant
Nuclear Power Deal Highlights Data Center Energy Demands A deal between NextEra Energy and Google will restart a nuclear power plant in Iowa that has been shut down for five years. The move underscores the growing energy demand from data centers and marks a significant revival of interest in nuclear power as a stable and …
Coweta chosen as site for state’s next data center
Beale Infrastructure Confirms Coweta Data Center “Project Atlas” Oklahoma’s next data center will be built in Coweta, where the city recently sold 200 acres of land to data center developer Beale Infrastructure. While there was public speculation last week over the sale of the city-owned land, confirmation of the intentions of Beale Infrastructure came this …
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 …
Oklahoma Supreme Court Faces Utility Rate Hike Challenges
Lawmakers Challenge PSO Rate Increase Before the Oklahoma Supreme Court can decide on the legal challenges of three state legislators to rate hikes approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, it first must decide on a growing number of other issues in the challenges. In recent weeks following the January filiing of a lawsuit by Rep. …