News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Jim Palmer, Director of Information

Phone: (405) 522-2100, FAX: (405) 522-1623, www.occ.state.ok.us

May 2, 2000

Contact: Kevin Knutson or Linda Guthrie at 405-521-2267

NEWS ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

ATTN: NEWS DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

Live on the internet Wednesday, May 3 from 12 to 1 p.m. EDT. , 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT

COMMISSIONER BODE INVITED TO LECTURE AT NATION’S TOP CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK

AMERICA’S HEAVY (60%) DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL IS AN INCREASE OF 20% IN 10 YEARS. IT IMPACTS NATIONAL SECURITY AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES

BODE WILL ADDRESS PRESTIGIOUS HERITAGE FOUNDATION IN WASHINGTON D.C. LIVE ON THE INTERNET

SHE WILL SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANT BUT OVERLOOKED CONNECTION BETWEEN ENERGY POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Bode joins former Secretary of Energy Donald Hodel at the Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium at 214 Massachusetts Ave, N.E. in the nation’s capital.

The lecture will be carried live on the internet at WWW.HERITAGE.ORG. which will also be linked on the commission’s web site at WWW.OCC.STATE.OK.US

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