Hot days are ahead, and your electricity bill isn’t cooling down. The Public Service Company of Oklahoma will charge an estimated $11 more to your monthly bill starting July 1 through an interim rate increase.
This comes as part of the ongoing rate case filed in January, in which the utility is asking for an extra $25 a month. That request is currently being reviewed by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
“It is a standard part of rate cases,” Matt Rahn, PSO spokesman, said about the interim increase. “This usually happens because of the timing of the regulatory process and how these work.”
Rahn says this interim rate will support “ongoing investments and maintain financial stability,” and it is not related to any future purchases.
He says commission rules allow for an interim increase to be implemented if commissioners haven’t made a decision 180 days after the request is filed.
PSO had an interim rate increase in October 2024, adding about $12 to monthly bills for around three months before the commission reached a decision on a pending rate case in January 2025.
State Rep. Amanda Clinton, D-Tulsa, directed the Flyer to her letter to the commission last week about “PSO’s continued and ongoing rate increase requests.” She referenced her and other lawmakers’ efforts to avoid passing on the costs of adding large data centers to the power grid to residents.
“At a time when Oklahoma families are already struggling with the rising costs of groceries, housing, childcare and health care, another significant utility rate increase deserves the highest level of scrutiny,” Clinton wrote in the letter. “Economic development is important, but it cannot come at the expense of the people who have faithfully paid their electric bills for decades.”
There are resources on the PSO website for bill assistance and energy-saving programs that can help customers lower their monthly electric costs.
“We see summer spikes in electricity and things like that every summer,” Rahn said. “We’re very well prepared to assist customers with any financial assistance needs they may have.”
If the commission approves PSO’s pending rate case, you could see another $14 on your bills on top of the $11. Alternatively, PSO will refund any overages if the commission approves a lesser rate increase.
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