OklahomaHB 2756Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouse

Electric transmission facilities; definitions; applications; certificates; information; hearings; notice; meetings; public; plans; approval; rules; codification; emergency.

Sponsored By: Trey Caldwell (Republican)

Became Law

Senate Committee

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Notice and cleanup safeguards for power lines

Developers must publish newspaper notice within 30 days of applying and show proof before or at the certificate hearing. Within 60 days of applying, they must send certified-mail notice to specified local governments, surface landowners, and oil and gas operators. Developers must document a diligent search when they cannot find required addresses. They must hold a noticed public meeting in an affected county within 90 days after newspaper publication. Developers must attest to sufficient insurance, address environmental and public-safety impacts, and show public benefit. They must maintain a safety plan and provide updates to the Commission on request. Their cleanup plan must cover component removal, land and road restoration, and abandonment during construction or operation. Developers must show they can fund cleanup, including any financial guarantee the Commission requires, which remains until released.

New oversight for transmission project changes

Developers must send the Commission certain later filings about route changes or changes in individual structure heights. These copies are due within 10 days after filing with federal regulators or another agency or organization. Public notice must restart only when a later application expands the project beyond its original state application boundaries. A sale, assignment, or other ownership transfer cannot take effect until the Commission approves it by order.

State approval rules for major power lines

Effective immediately upon passage and approval, the law requires state approval before developers build or significantly modify covered facilities above 300 kilovolts. Oklahoma retail electric suppliers and rural electric cooperatives are exempt when extending, rebuilding, or upgrading facilities. Applications must identify developers, routes, counties, energy resources, project costs, expected customer costs or savings, and development timelines. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has 200 days after an original or amended application to issue an order. A completed application is treated as approved if the Commission does not issue an order within that deadline. The Commission may charge developers an application fee of up to $1,000; households are not charged directly. The law gives developers no new power to take private land.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Trey Caldwell
Republican • House

Cosponsors

Brad Boles
Republican • House
Mike Dobrinski
Republican • House
Grant Green
Republican • Senate
Kyle Hilbert
Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 241 • No: 19

House vote • 5/21/2025

FOURTH READING

Yes: 85 • No: 4

Senate vote • 5/7/2025

THIRD READING

Yes: 43 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/24/2025

Committee vote: Energy

Yes: 8 • No: 2

House vote • 3/26/2025

THIRD READING

Yes: 84 • No: 10

House vote • 2/26/2025

DO PASS

Yes: 12 • No: 3

House vote • 2/20/2025