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By Janelle Stecklein/ CNHI State Reporter Feb 22, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY â The natural gas costs incurred by utility providers trying to keep the heat and lights on in Oklahoma during the past two weeks are expected to cost consumers billions of dollars, officials said Monday.
During the polar snap, natural gas prices skyrocketed from the normal range of $2 to $3 to as high as $1,100 per thousand cubic feet, officials said. Those costs will likely have to be divvied up among Oklahoma s gas and electric consumers unless state or federal lawmakers step in.
State leaders on Monday tried to reassure Oklahomans that most wouldnât suddenly wake up to a hefty bill that would âsend their life into a frenzyâ or into bankruptcy as a result of the waves of winter weather, failing power infrastructure and polar temperatures that pounded the state last week.
Oklahoma’s Secretary of Energy and Environment Kenneth Wagner said the “vast majority” of Oklahomans will not see a “dramatic increase” in their energy bills following last week’s winter storm in
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By JJ Ryan
Feb 15, 2021
Southwest Power Pool has moved its Energy Emergency Alert to Level 3. SPP is the Regional Transmission Operator for the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority according to and they are operating with reserves below the required minimum. As a result SPP may direct power suppliers to curtail energy use through controlled interruptions of service, like rolling outages.
Some OG&E customers are already experiencing outage which are already underway. OG&E says customers should be prepared for temporary outages at anytime. No warning will be given if your power is about to go out and there s no estimated time for the rolling outages to end. This is the first time that OG&E has ever had to do controlled service interruptions.