OKPNS has been on top of the developing story regarding the proposed coal-fired power plant near Red Rock. News outlets are reporting that OG&E and PSO power companies are ’shocked’ by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s plans to reject the application for the facility.

“They used their opponent’s ad agency, they had no advocacy program, they were simply naive’ and foolish,” says one insider. Chesapeake Energy, who worked hard to get Gov. Brad Henry to place Commissioner Jim Roth on the commission after Denise Bode’s resignation, simply outmaneuvered the utilities. “OG&E and PSO are typically ignorant, as are most Oklahoma businesses, about the new modern rules of political engagement. If they’re shocked, they’re dumber than we think.”

Here’s the story from today’s Journal Record: http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=81629