News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
September 8, 2005
(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)