News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Matt Skinner, Public Information

Phone: (405) 521-4180, FAX: (405) 521-6945 m.skinner@occemail.com

 

 

September 8, 2005

 
MEDIA ADVISORY

 

(Oklahoma City) There have been requests from the media for Commissioner Denise Bode’s address today to the American Petroleum Institute, in which she issued a call for action regarding the nation’s refineries in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

 

The address is attached, as are letters sent today to Governor Henry and President Bush containing specific recommendations.

 

Commissioner Bode is chairman of the critical infrastructure subcommittee of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), past-president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and served as a member of the energy advisory committee of the Bush transition team.

 

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The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is a constitutional body composed of three-state wide elected officials regulating oil and natural gas production, electric utilities, natural gas utilities, telecommunications and water utilities, transportation, gasoline and above and below ground storage tanks.

 

(All OCC advisories and news releases are available at the Commission web site www.occ.state.ok.us)