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Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners hold hearing on PSO application to preapprove generation acquisitions
Summary
An Administrative Law Judge opened the record Feb. 17 in Case No. PUD2025-000064, an application by Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) seeking preapproval to acquire generation facilities and recover costs under OAC 165:35-25-3(e); witness testimony was heard over Feb. 17–19 and the record was closed Feb. 19; no public comment was offered.
An administrative hearing was opened Feb. 17, 2026, before Administrative Law Judge Carly Ortel on Case No. PUD2025-000064, in which Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) sought Commission preapproval to acquire generation facilities and recover associated costs pursuant to OAC 165:35-25-3(e). ALJ Ortel opened the record and called appearances from the parties; the minutes state that no public comment was offered during the authorized public-comment period.
Witness testimony and related procedural matters were heard over three days. The hearing record was opened on Feb. 17 and, after multiple recesses and reconvenings, ALJ Ortel closed the record and turned the meeting back to Chairman Kim David at 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 19, 2026. The minutes show repeated short recesses and adjustments to which Commissioners were present while testimony proceeded, but they do not record any formal Commission vote or final decision on the application within the minutes of this special meeting.
The application references cost recovery under OAC 165:35-25-3(e). The minutes note that parties made appearances and that a pretrial conference raised no issues requiring discussion at that time. Specific exhibits, witness statements, or evidentiary rulings were not detailed in the minutes provided; the minutes state only that witness testimony was heard.
