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Eureka Springs Resident Secures $4.2 Million SWEPCO Settlement for Arkansas Electric Customers

courtesy FERC

On June 13th, Martha Peine of Eureka Springs settled a complaint she filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission based in Washington D.C. for $4.2 million dollars against American Electric Power Service subsidiaries Southwestern Electric Power Company—SWEPCO--as well as the Public Service Company of Oklahoma.  Rate payers will see a credit on their electric bills later this summer.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.