Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony is sworn in for fifth term

Since Anthony started at the commission, programs have been added to monitor, maintain and clean underground fuel storage tanks and restore abandoned well sites. The commission also now oversees rebate programs for compressed natural gas conversions, and regulates quickly changing oil and natural gas drilling techniques.

Anthony's experience has helped shape commission decisions and regulations, Commissioner Dana Murphy said.

“Commissioner Anthony's historical commission knowledge can often be a useful component in developing modern solutions and decisions on issues we currently face,” Murphy said.

In recent years, Anthony has served on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the National Petroleum Counsel. He has been invited to speak throughout the country, particularly about regulating horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

“People are looking at Oklahoma,” state Energy Secretary Mike Ming said. “They're looking at our low unemployment and economic development. They're looking at a lot of the things we do and are calling them best practices. Commissioner Anthony has given a lot of exposure to the state for how we have worked with and regulated the industry.”