Dive Brief:

• The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) tightened the state's energy efficiency rules for its major utilities.
• The OCC agreed to delay the rules by a year to 2016 so Public Service Co. of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. can finish their current multi-year efficiency program cycle.
• The new rules must be approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and governor before they can take effect.

Dive Insight:

State regulators have every incentive to make efficiency rules as effective as possible because, as a least-cost resource, efficiency can help keep rates down. In Oklahoma, at least one of the three OCC commissioners thinks the utilities can do more on efficiency.