Utility bills to increase in wake of storm By: Kathryn McNutt The Journal Record February 17, 2021
People walk down a street during a winter storm in Oklahoma City, Sunday. The storm will mean higher utility bills in the coming months. (AP photo/Sue Ogrocki)
OKLAHOMA CITY – Customers will see higher utility bills for February but how much higher is unknown.
Oklahoma utility companies are allowed by law to pass their costs along to customers, and the extended extremely cold temperatures over the past week have sent energy costs soaring.
Natural gas traded as high as $600 per million British thermal units in Oklahoma during the weekend, up from just $3 two weeks earlier, said Steve Agee, Oklahoma City University business dean.
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Governor Parson announced, on Tuesday, that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Energy Crisis Intervention Program will improve assistance offered to eligible low-income Missourians.
“We are very pleased to announce this improvement to the Energy Crisis Intervention Program, especially given the extreme winter weather our state is currently facing,”
Governor Parson said. “Since many Missourians remain in crisis for subsequent months, paying only the minimum to keep a low-income household out of crisis tends to prolong the situation. Now, we can make it faster and easier to resolve a household’s crisis situation.”
According to information received from Governor Parson’s office, when a household’s energy source has been shut off or is at risk of disconnection, the winter Energy Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP), which runs November through May, pays the minimum amount needed on the fuel bill to get the household out of crisis. Starting this winte
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