State lawmakers in Oklahoma are appealing the recent order by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that approved a $120 million rate increase for customer of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma.
Court documents filed by Representatives, Tom Gann, Kevin West, and Rick West argue that Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett violated state ethics rules by participating in the case involving an attorney with direct knowledge of alleged criminal conduct by Hiett.
The petition also argues that the OCC failed to provide a required audit of PSO’s $1.1 billion of ratepayer-backed bonds issued after the February 2021 Winter Storm. Extra charges to pay off those bonds are expected to appear on customers’ monthly bills for 20 years.
The O-C-C will meet tomorrow and its agenda will include a discussion about the OG&E rate case and possible votes to reopen the record “to determine whether discovery, further hearing, and/or additional testimony is necessary to address the issues raised.”
The OCC and PSO have 20 days to respond to Gann’s new appeal petition at the Supreme Court.
Read the pleadings in the new PSO rate case appeal at the Oklahoma Supreme Court here:
https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=appellate&number=122861
Read the pleadings and orders in the original OG&E rate case appeal at the Oklahoma Supreme Court here:
https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=appellate&number=122735
