News from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission
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THE REGULATORS ARE COMING!
THE REGULATORS ARE COMING!
Corporation Commission hosting annual conference dealing with
pocketbook, government issues
How
can consumers be empowered and protected when it comes to their utility bill?
What changes are in store for your telephone bill? How should regulators
respond to sharply rising natural gas prices?
Members
of the National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys (NCRA) will be tackling
these and many other consumer-related questions at the organization’s upcoming
convention in Oklahoma City. The
Oklahoma Corporation Commission is hosting the event. Commission Administrative Law Judge Robert Goldfield is NCRA
President.
“The
fact that the OCC has been given the honor of hosting such an event speaks
volumes for the caliber of our staffers,” said Corporation Commission Chairman
Denise Bode.
Bode
will be a keynote speaker at the conference.
She will speak on the need for regulators to critically examine their
duties and functions in light of the needs of consumers, and to be more
pro-active in redefining their role in today’s changing regulatory environment.
Commissioner
Jeff Cloud will also address the conference.
“This
is an absolutely critical time for state and federal utility regulators,” said
Cloud. “New technologies, changes in the marketplace, and competing calls for
consumer protection and deregulation have turned what was once considered a
rather mundane task into an awesome responsibility.”
Other
speakers at the event include officials with the Federal Communications
Commission, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Oklahoma Supreme
Court.
The
conference will begin on Monday, June 9 and run through Wednesday, June 11 at
the Renaissance Hotel in Oklahoma City.
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All OCC advisories and releases are
available at www.occ.state.ok.us
EDITORS: A CONFERENCE AGENDA IS ATTACHED. IT
IS ALSO ON THE OCC WEBSITE.