Oklahoma’s Gas Market Probe ‘A Good Thing,’ FERC Chair Says
- ‘Rest assured, we will get you’: FERC Chair Willie Phillips
- FERC investigations ongoing into manipulation during storm
A natural gas flare near an oil pump jack in Grayville, Illinois.
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The top US energy regulator said he welcomes a recent decision by the Oklahoma attorney general to pursue potential litigation following an investigation into natural gas market manipulation during a 2021 winter storm that left millions without power.
“I think that’s a good thing,” Willie Phillips, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg News. “Look, we need all the help we can get, but rest assured, we will get you.”