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Utility CEO Serving Oklahoma's Prairie and Plains

OGE Energy

“Our service area is among the lowest cost of living in the country, and we play a big role with our low rates. Our rates need to stay attractive. We’re investing in opportunities to make our communities better so we can continue to widen that competitive advantage we have with our rates.”
Byline: 

Sean Trauschke

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April's Electric and Gas Rates

April’s Consumer Price Index was reported on May 15. The overall CPI, for all goods and services, was up 3.4 percent as compared with a year earlier – April 2023.

This follows the recent trend of inflation that is moderate. Though not as low as desired.

Better news about average weekly earnings. They’re now 3.9 percent greater than a year earlier.

The average price or rate per therm for utility natural gas service was down 1.9 percent as compared with a year earlier.

Achieving the Long-Standing Promise of Battery Storage

Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

“To achieve integration and widespread adoption of BESS requires a collaborative and multi-pronged approach. In addition to technological innovation, there needs to be regulatory support, financial investment, and cultivation of a skilled workforce adept in managing these new systems.”
Byline: 

Elizabeth Cook

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