Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | ONEOK Inc. provides extensive detail on every aspect of its climate-related lobbying. It names multiple specific legislative or regulatory initiatives it has worked on, including legislation in Oklahoma requiring municipalities to join the state One Call system, proposed statutory changes to North Dakota’s One Call regime, the work of the North Dakota Flaring Task Force that led to gas-capture requirements and production limits for non-compliant wells, and similar legislation monitored in Montana. The company also explains how it lobbied: it met with state and local officials, educated policymakers, promoted draft bills, and built consensus through an interim Economic Impact Committee, and it identifies its targets down to individual decision-makers such as the North Dakota Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, and Public Service Commissioners, as well as Oklahoma municipalities. Finally, it is explicit about the outcomes it sought: full compliance with One Call requirements to reduce underground-utility damage, mandatory municipal participation in Oklahoma’s system, adoption of the task force’s recommendations, implementation of gas-capture plans before drilling, and NDIC-imposed production limits on operators that fail to comply. This level of specificity about the policies addressed, the channels used to influence them, and the concrete policy changes pursued demonstrates a very high level of transparency in the company’s climate lobbying disclosures. | 4 |