“As a result of market manipulation by Defendants, during Winter Storm Uri Oklahoma’s natural gas prices ballooned exponentially compared to states similarly impacted by the weather,” said Drummond in a Jan. 9 court filing in Osage County District Court.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed two lawsuits in Osage County District Court, about Uri utility rates. This month, he filed a third
In his third related lawsuit, Attorney General Gentner Drummond claims more companies unlawfully increased prices during the freezing temperatures.
A sprawling winter storm that is pushing slowly across the United States will bring a risk of severe weather and excessive rainfall to a large part of the south-central United States from Wednesday into Friday. Isolated thunderstorms, flooding rains and damaging winds are all possible in an area between East Texas and western Kentucky.
A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall.
The agency forecasts snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches during this time for areas above 6,000 feet, while areas over 4,000 feet should expect 3 to 6 inches. On Saturday, wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour in speed, with travel becoming "very difficult to impossible."
The cold air will be somewhat limited, but enough arctic air will wrap around the system that a snowstorm could break out in parts of Arizona, New Mexico and portions of the Plains.
After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than Omaha, Des Moines and New York.
Dangerous cold temperatures remained across Oklahoma, with the lowest temperatures in nearly four years hitting the state.
Dangerous cold air settles in and will be locked in place this week, dropping temperatures well below average.
After a freak winter storm crossed the Gulf Coast this week, some typically warm locations saw more snow than Oklahoma did.
Winter storm warnings issued by the National Weather Service have ... Sub-zero wind chills are forecast to reach as far south as Oklahoma and the Tennessee Valley. The cold weather forecasted for Monday for Washington, D.C., prompted President-elect ...