News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Jim Palmer, Director of Information

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

 

March 1, 2001

 

 

 

NEWS ADVISORY FOR NEWS DIRECTORS AND ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

 
Commission Continues Scrutiny of Utility Fuel Costs Passed to Customers

 

(OKLAHOMA CITY) – The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) on Friday, March 2, is scheduled to review applications involving the purchased gas adjustment clause of Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. (ONG) and the OG&E Electric Services retail monthly fuel costs adjustment report.

 

Both matters deal with the base cost of fuel, including natural gas, that is passed through to customers. This will be the Commission’s second monthly review of ONG’s natural gas cost pass-through, a commitment made by the Commission to the people of Oklahoma in light of unusually high natural gas bills.

 

Representatives from both utility companies will appear before the Commission. OG&E, meanwhile, opposes a February 23 Commission order to hold tomorrow’s public hearing on OG&E’s fuel adjustment pass-through. OG&E has failed to provide any pre-filed testimony with the Commission in connection with its application.

 

The Commission will hear these matters starting Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the main courtroom 301 on the third floor of the Jim Thorpe Building at 2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City.

 

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All news advisories and releases are available for review and downloading on the OCC web site at www.occ.state.ok.us