Oklahoma Gas & Electric

I'll have that.

Plus, OG&E is looking for a rate hike after investments in new power generation and other projects.

And Oklahoma is coming off the hottest September on record.

All that ahead on the KOSU Daily.

Applicants must be more than 18 years old, have a high school diploma, and hold a valid Oklahoma driver's license.

The event is taking place at the jail on October 6th.

Energy regulators are considering a rate increase request from OG&E for state impact.

Chloe Bennett-Steele has more.

In a short letter posted to the case docket, the court said Alito would not continue to participate in the case.

According to his most recent financial disclosures, Alito holds stock in seven oil, gas and mining sector companies such as ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 and OGE Energy Corp.

And Alito has also faced scrutiny for his connections to Paul Singer, whose investment firm is a major investor in Suncor Energy.

Alito accepted private jet flights totaling over $100,000 from Singer, according to reporting from ProPublica, and those flights included a 2008 fishing trip to Alaska.

the industry and how you came into it and stuff like that.

So Nicole, I know before you were at Centerface, you were at, you started off in some manufacturing, right? You did the utility side with OG&E for a while, and then you went to the contractor side of things, right? So kind of tell us that involvement, how you kind of got to where you are.

Yeah, so I'm an engineer by trade.

Probably shouldn't say that because I'm going to catch a lot of grief for that, right? But so, yeah, I started out in manufacturing, really leaned into, like, lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, so really process, which is my background anyway.

Loved it.

You know, great experiences, really learned how to outline processes, cut fat, things like that.

Actually went to work for OG&E as business performance improvement.

And so really great opportunity with the utility.

That's a tension at the heart of the electric utility industry right now.

And for Kirby Brindley, OG&E's Director of Customer Experience, it means answering a pressing question.

How do you bring customers along?

It's not just about keeping the lights on.

And increasingly, they're turning to purpose-built AI tools that can pinpoint where the grid is under stress, how customers are using energy, and where support is needed most.

Through conversations with utility leaders and Bidgely experts, the series explores how those tools are being applied in practice and what they reveal about the future of the grid.

In this episode, our third in the series, Stephen Lacey talks with Kirby Brindley of OG&E and Abhay Gupta of Bidgely.

They discuss how load growth is reshaping the utility-customer relationship, why personalization matters, and how AI is helping OG&E give more power to customers.

I know that we've got, for the city manager side, I believe Mike Miller is going to be given our welcome to that.

We'll have, Sarah, who do we have? Jim Eldridge from OG&E.

Yeah, Jim Eldridge.

And we've got David