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In Canada, a public utilities commission (PUC) is a public utility regulator, typically a semi-independent quasi-judicial tribunal, owned and operated within a municipal or local government system under the oversight of one or more elected commissioners. [1] Its role is analogous to a municipal utility district or public utility district in the US.
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission consists of three commissioners, each of at least 30 years, serving staggered six-year terms. The three commissioners regulate public utility rates and supervise public utilities doing business within the State. The commission also regulates cotton gin, trucking, and public transportation businesses.
The Division can also provide information about complaints that have been filed against businesses, and provide publications to help you make good decisions in the marketplace. The Division also brings law enforcement actions against businesses that harm large numbers of Oklahoma consumers through unfair and deceptive practices.
Following the storm, the Oklahoma corporation commission agreed to let Oklahoma utility companies use state bonds to pay off the nearly $3 billion in costs and recoup that money from customers ...
A smaller regulated utility, Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp., won an $18 million judgment against global energy company BP over winter storm costs. The utility, which has 58,000 customers in eastern ...
Oklahoma Corporation Commission has faced scrutiny over handling of 2021 winter storm ... Bingman said he wants to examine if the public utilities are better equipped today than they were in 2021 ...
The commission was established in 1907 and the First Oklahoma Legislature gave the commission authority to regulate public service corporations. [4]Railroad, telephone and telegraph companies were the companies first regulated by the commission, which also collected records of the stockholders, officers and directors of corporations chartered or licensed to do business in Oklahoma. [4]
As of Oct. 16, no individual or organization has reported spending on State Question 833, according to Oklahoma Ethics Commission filings. Pre-election spending reports are due on Oct. 28.