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 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…

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