Oklahoma AG wants law firms to investigate winter storm natural gas costs
Oklahoma State Attorney General Gentner Drummond said his office plans to contract with outside law firms to help with a possible lawsuit against energy market manipulators. Drummond made the announcement at a press conference Tuesday. (Paul Monies/Oklahoma Watch)
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Tuesday promised the “largest lawsuit in state history” if natural gas marketers manipulated the trading market during a massive winter storm that hit the central United States in February 2021.
Ratepayers of the state’s top investor-owned utilities are paying billions of dollars in higher bill surcharges for decades stemming from natural gas purchased …