Legislators file another Supreme Court challenge of Commissioner Todd Hiett

Another lawsuit has been filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court by State Rep. Tom Gann in his bid to stop Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett from voting in rate cases and fuel adjustment matters for utilities.

He was joined by Rep. Kevin West in a suit filed in the past several days regarding Hiett’s participation in a case involving Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. It is similar to the lawsuit Rep. Gann filed earlier in the year challenging Hiett’s participation in a rate case for Public Service Company of Oklahoma. The latest supreme court lawsuit by Gann and West stated they are challenging the commission’s approval of some $530 million in charges incurred under ONG’s purchased gas adjustment clause for calendar year 2023.

The two lawsuits stem from what the legislators call criminal actions by Commissioner Hiett involving public drunkenness and alleged groping of a man during a national convention at a Minneapolis, Minnesota hotel last year. Hiett later admitted he had a drinking problem and was undergoing treatment. But he refused to resign from the commission and to stop taking part in the rate cases for the utilities.

Legislators file another Supreme Court challenge of Commissioner Todd Hiett - Oklahoma Energy Today