Tuesday, June 30, 2026 • Hot and windy. It’s summer. Mid-90s. 💨

☀️ Weather: Cooling stations open with extreme temperatures in this week's forecast (Tulsa World)*

🏀 Basketball Update: Oklahoma City Thunder keep Lu Dort after exercising 2026-27 option (KOCO)

🏈 Sooner Football: OU football moves home opener vs. UTEP to Friday night game (KOCO)

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By Libby Hobbs, Tulsa Flyer
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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.

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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:

• 2 killed in McClain County plane crash; investigation ongoing (News 9)

• State, federal agencies not following law in Oklahoma turnpike expansion, lawsuit alleges (Oklahoma Voice)

• Coweta police chief clears city officials over now-dead data center (Tulsa World)*

• Voters can’t trust their own eyes as political ads evolve with AI; experts weigh in (Tulsa World)*

• Housing voucher inspections are slowing Oklahoma City's effort to close encampments (Oklahoma Watch)

• Tulsa has a sidewalk problem. See how your neighborhood ranks on the walkability scale. (Tulsa Flyer)

• Oklahoma education, foster care bills take effect July 1 (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma's SNAP error rate increased, officials are working to cut it down (KOSU)

• Puentes y Puertas: Putnam City district’s first charter school to offer English-Spanish immersion (NonDoc)

• Surviving art from Oklahoma City bombing returning to OKC Memorial and Museum (KOSU)

• Funding needed to bring Dolly Parton to Oklahoma, says Oklahoma Partnership of School Readiness (KFOR)

• '30 feet in the air': Mustang fireworks show leads to flames, but quick action keeps crowd safe (KOCO)

• Police find more than 20 pounds of meth in search where 500 animals seized (The Oklahoman)*

• Two OKC women accused of selling $3 million in fake luxury items (News 9)

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