Utilities Adequate, reliable sources of electricity, natural gas and water are essential to a community’s quality of life and to its economic prosperity. Tulsa’s utility needs are met by dedicated providers attuned to the future.
Electricity For more than 100 years, Tulsa-based Public Service Company of Oklahoma has been empowering the people of Oklahoma. PSO serves more than 30,000 square miles of eastern and southwestern Oklahoma, and over a half million customers — 300,000 in the Tulsa metropolitan area alone. PSO is part of the American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) family, one of the nation’s largest utility companies. In Oklahoma, PSO and AEP employees total 1,600, including some 1,100 in the Tulsa area. PSO and AEP are active corporate citizens, making $13.6 million in contributions to Oklahoma causes
Oklahoma Natural Gas serves nearly 900,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the state.
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TUL SA UTILIT Y COSTS / T Y P IC A L MON T HLY BIL L
E L E C T R I C I T Y - 2 0 2 0 A N N U A L AV E R A G E E L E C T R I C I T Y P R I C E Public Service Company of Oklahoma
U.S. Average
Commercial customers
6.58
10.59
Industrial customers
3.87
6.67
N AT U R A L G A S S E R V I C E
1
- 2 0 2 0 A N N U A L AV E R A G E N AT U R A L G A S P R I C E
(DOLLARS PER THOUSAND CUBIC FEET)
Oklahoma
U.S. Average
Commercial customers
6.93
7.49
Industrial customers
2.29
3.32
WAT E R A N D S E W E R C O M M E R C I A L S E R V I C E
2
INSIDE CITY
OUTSIDE CITY
Water
$3.68
$4.75
Sewer
$9.36
$13.38
WAT E R A N D S E W E R I N D U S T R I A L S E R V I C E
2
INSIDE CITY
OUTSIDE CITY
Water
$2.68
$3.37
Sewer
$9.36
$13.38
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COURTESY OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS
(CENTS PER KILOWATTHOUR)
1 ONLY A MINORITY OF VOLUMES ARE SOLD DIRECTLY BY THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY TO THE END-USERS. LARGE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS SHOULD CONTACT OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE FOR SPECIFIC COSTS. MOST VOLUMES ARE TRANSPORTED, MEANING OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTS THE GAS TO CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASE THE GAS FROM A THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIER. 2 WATER AND SEWER RATES ARE BASED ON COST PER THOUSAND GALLONS. ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY APPLY. RATES DO NOT INCLUDE MONTHLY METER CHARGES, WHICH DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE METER. SOURCES: U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION AND CITY OF TULSA WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, 2021. REPORT PREPARED BY RESEARCH WIZARD, TULSA CITYCOUNTY LIBRARY.
