Energy and Natural Resources

Purpose

Review and analyze all legislation and proposed rules and regulations that impact Oklahoma’s energy and natural resource sector.

2025 Policy Positions

  1. Oppose any efforts to introduce exemptions to the Underground Damage
    Prevention Act, as they create unnecessary risks to public safety by allowing
    excavation without marking of underground facilities.
  2. Support the development of a hydrogen economy in Oklahoma.
  3. Support policies to streamline the permitting process at the Oklahoma
    Corporation Commission.
  4. Monitor any PFAS legislation/regulations and ensure that the best available
    science is used in any public policy debate.
  5. Support state primacy over energy and environmental regulations and energy
    and natural resource industry operations.
  6. Support the retention and protection of the rights and private property aspects of
    Oklahoma’s surface and groundwater laws.
  7. Support the rights of industry, public and private land, and mineral owners to be
    free from burdensome regulations due to migratory birds, candidate, threatened,
    and endangered species.
  8. Support voluntary carbon capture and sequestration strategies in the energy
    industry.
  9. Oppose proposals to destabilize the current electrical structure in Oklahoma for
    any customers.
  10. Support protection and buildout of critical energy infrastructure in Oklahoma,
    including upgrades to existing transmission infrastructure.
  11. Oppose policies that threaten consumer’s right to choose their fuel source based
    on free market principles.
  12. Support innovation in the electric grid to support economic development.

Staff & Committee Contacts

Staff Contact:
Dalton Miller
Government Affairs
Manager
dalton@okstatechamber.com

Committee Chair:
Craig Perry
Government Affairs Manager
OneGas

Joining a Committee

State Chamber members are invited to join one or more of our committees and be a part of helping shape our policy agenda. Using the link below, you can fill out a committee application form.

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LOCATION:

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