Oklahoma Supreme Court takes up PSO rate dispute In a brief filed Monday, State Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, reiterated his challenge to $250 million in recent rate increases and more than $1 billion of bond payments approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) and currently being collected from customers of electric utility Public Service Company …
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Retirees Say ESG Blacklist Threatens Financial Security
ESG Blacklist legal fight remains active at the Oklahoma Supreme Court More than a year after an Oklahoma County District Court judge enjoined the state from enforcement of its anti-ESG law and ordered State Treasurer Todd Russ to stop creating a ESG Blacklist, the case remains before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.However, legal friction continues building …
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 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 …
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. …