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Letter to the Editor:
Courageous Commissioner
Tulsa World - February 10, 2001
We are grateful for Bob Anthony, a
corporation commissioner with the courage and honesty to speak up against
the corporate greed of Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.
I'd like reassurance that ii isn't
involved in a "profit paperwork shuffle," wherein a utility buys natural gas
at a reasonable rate then inflates the price and sells it to other companies
who further inflate the price and sell it back to the original utility --
who then passes the inflated price on to consumers.
How could we give ONG the right to pass on
any price it decides to pay for natural gas without restrictions to
negotiate lowest prices? Saying it can't tack a profit onto the price
of gas -- only to the delivery -- is ludicrous when there are large
loopholes which ensure profitability. ONG's abuse requires immediate
revocation of this license to steal. Its greed is crippling Oklahoma's
economy -- putting small companies out of business and skyrocketing the
unemployment and inflation rates and preventing new companies from locating
here.
Thanks to Commissioner Anthony for
following a course of thorough investigation despite the pressure from
utilities and fellow commissioners. We are behind him 100 percent!
J.V. Erwin, Tulsa
© 2001 The Tulsa World
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