Title 17, Title 17 — Corporation Commission

No employee of the Corporation Commission in the unclassified service, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit, receive, or in any manner be concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political organization, candidacy or other politic…

authority - Carriers of commodities - Certificates or permits - Rate-making procedure - Divisions combined. A. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall maintain a separate file, listing by commodity group all applications for motor carrier operating authority or transfer thereof…

message. Any telephone communication or message which is transmitted and received within the boundaries of the State of Oklahoma shall be an intrastate transmission, regardless of whether such transmission crosses state boundaries prior to reaching its receiving point. Added by L…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission, to be designated the "Corporation Commission Revolving Fund". The revolving fund shall consist of all fees and monies received by the Corporation Commission as required by law to be dep…

In this act unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Public utility" means and embraces every corporation organized or doing business in this state, (except a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state), that now owns or hereafter may own, operate or ma…

privilege - Power of supervision and regulation. The power of public utilities to issue securities, in case of public utilities organized under the laws of this state, and to create liens on property in this state to secure the payment of evidences of indebtedness in case of publ…

No securities shall be issued by a public utility organized under the laws of this state, nor shall any liens on property in this state be created by a public utility organized under the laws of another state or foreign country, to secure the payment of evidences of indebtedness …

short term securities - Foreign public utilities. (1) A public utility organized under laws of this state may, when authorized by order of the Commission, and not otherwise, issue securities when necessary for the acquisition of property, the construction, extension or improvemen…

certificate. (1) Any public utility desiring to issue securities, or to create liens to secure evidences of indebtedness, shall file with the Commission an application verified by its president or vice- president, (or by the signers of its articles of organization if it has not y…

obtained. Securities issued or liens created by any public utility, for the issuance or creation of which a certificate should have been, but through excusable neglect or mistake was not, applied for, may be validated by the Commission upon application of such public utility, sig…

Any public utility may appeal from any order, finding or judgment of the Commission in the manner provided in Article IX, Section 20 and 22 of the Constitution of Oklahoma. Laws 1947, p. 84, § 7.

Securities issued by public utilities, as defined in this act, shall not be subject to any of the provisions of Title 71 of the Oklahoma Statutes relating to the Oklahoma Securities Commission. Added by Laws 1947, p. 84, § 8, emerg. eff. May 21, 1947. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 77,…

applicable. This act shall not be construed to affect any cooperative corporation created under the Rural Electric Cooperative Act, Title 18, Sections 437 to 437.30, O.S. 1941. Laws 1947, p. 84, § 9.

easement or license. The addition of optical fiber as part of the static wire attached to electricity towers and appurtenant structures together with all associated equipment for the transmission of communications and information services by optical fiber shall be considered a pa…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Electric Restructuring Act of 1997". Added by Laws 1997, c. 162, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997.

industry. The purpose of this act is provide for the orderly restructuring of the electric utility industry in the State of Oklahoma in order to allow direct access by retail consumers to the competitive market for the generation of electricity while maintaining the safety and re…

A. There is hereby created a Joint Electric Utility Restructuring Task Force which shall be composed of the members of the Oklahoma State Senate Energy and Environment Committee and the Oklahoma House of Representatives Energy and Technology Committee and the Chair of the Corpora…

As used in the Electric Restructuring Act of 1997: 1. "Commission" means the Corporation Commission; 2. "Consumer" means a person or entity purchasing or seeking to purchase electric energy for other than resale; 3. "Direct access consumer" means a consumer who chooses to procure…

utility industry restructuring. A. To ensure an orderly and equitable restructuring of the electric utility industry in this state and achieve the goals outlined in Section 190.2 of this title, the Legislature hereby directs the Joint Electric Utility Task Force to undertake a st…

To ensure full evaluation and consideration of the impact of restructuring of the electric utility industry on municipal and state tax revenues the Legislature hereby directs the Joint Electric Utility Task Force to study and fully assess the impact of restructuring on state tax …

currently being served - Extension of distribution service by municipalities - Prohibitions. A. Electric distribution providers governed by the Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act, Section 158.21 et seq. of this title or municipal corporations or beneficial trusts th…

distribution facilities. Any person, firm, association, government agency, authority, cooperative, corporation or any affiliate thereof seeking to use electric transmission and distribution facilities of any retail electric service distributor for the purpose of supplying retail …

distributors. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all retail electric service distributors shall, within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, on or after the effective date of full implementation of retail consumer choice, on a nondiscriminatory basis, collect and r…

As used in this act: 1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof by whom or on whose behalf a merger or other acquisition of control referred to in Section 191.2 of this title is to be effected; 2. "Affiliate" means a person who directly, or indirectly through …

Whenever it shall appear to the Corporation Commission, the Attorney General or a domestic public utility which reasonably believes itself to be the object of a tender offer or attempt to obtain control as described in Section 2 of this act, that any person is engaged or about to…

A. Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes to be done any act, matter or thing prohibited or declared to be unlawful by this act, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter or thing required by this act to be done, or willfully and knowingly…

Any party adversely affected by any action of the Corporation Commission under the provisions of this act may appeal to the Supreme Court in the manner now provided in Article IX, Section 20 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. All cases appealed to the Supreme Court fro…

Constitution. If this act, Section 191.1 et seq. of this title, or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be, in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section 18 through Section 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, then…

domestic public utilities. No person, other than the issuer of the securities of the domestic public utility or an affiliate of such an issuer, shall make a tender offer for, request or invite tenders of, or enter into any agreement to exchange, seek to acquire, or acquire, in th…

or affirmation - Contents - Amendments. A. The statement to be filed with the Corporation Commission as required by Section 191.2 of this title shall be made under oath or affirmation and shall contain the following information: 1. The name and address of each acquiring party and…

If any offer, request, invitation, merger or acquisition referred to in Section 2 of this act is proposed to be made by means of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. Sections 77a through 77aa, as amended, including rules and regulations promulgated…

merger - Hearing. A. The Corporation Commission shall approve any merger or other acquisition of control referred to in Section 191.2 of this title upon such terms and conditions as it deems necessary or appropriate in the public interest unless, after a public hearing thereon, i…

Notice, in a form to be specified by the Corporation Commission, of the public hearing to be held pursuant to Section 5 of this act shall be mailed, or shall be given in such other manner as may be determined by the Commission, by the domestic public utility to its customers with…

for approval of acquisition, control or merger with Commission - Factors for approval or disapproval - Review - Exemption from certain provisions of act. If the acquiring party is a domestic public utility, and the domestic public utility, control of which is sought to be acquire…

The courts of this state are hereby vested with jurisdiction over every person not resident, domiciled or authorized to do business in this state who files or is required to file a statement with the Corporation Commission as required by Section 2 of this act, and over all action…

conducting analysis or investigation. The Corporation Commission shall have power to perform any and all acts, and to prescribe, issue, make, amend and rescind such orders, rules, and regulations as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this act. The…

prosecution - Notice. In case of failure of any corporation, person or firm to obey or comply with any order or requirement of the Corporation Commission, the Commission may punish such corporation, person or firm, as for contempt. Such contempt proceedings may be instituted by a…

It is the intent of the Legislature that competition be allowed in all areas of radio common carrier communications. Added by Laws 1987, c. 16, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1987. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 331, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.

The term "radio common carrier" shall include every person, firm, corporation or other legal entity operating or managing a radio system engaged in the business of furnishing for public use one-way or two-way radio communications and cellular telephone service and paging service.…

Every radio common carrier shall be authorized, without proving public convenience and necessity, to enter into such business in the State of Oklahoma to the extent that the authority to do so has been granted by the Federal Communications Commission. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 16,…

The Corporation Commission is authorized to adopt all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations to implement any powers and duties of the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this act. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 16, § 4, emerg. eff. April 13, 1987.

intent. It is the intention of the Legislature that Sections 1 through 4 of this act are amendments to, and alterations of Sections 18 through 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, as authorized by Section 35, Article IX of said Constitution. …

As used in this act: 1. "Affiliated person, subsidiary, firm or corporation" means any person, subsidiary, firm or corporation which: a. controls or is controlled by a public utility, b. is controlled by an entity that also controls the utility, or c. the utility or an entity con…

adjustment clauses - Rules for making determination. A. No fuel adjustment clause of any kind shall hereafter be authorized by the Corporation Commission if such clause operates automatically to permit charges, assessments or amendments to existing rate schedules to be made which…

Whenever the Commission approves a fuel adjustment clause pursuant to this act, the clause shall apply to all similar public utilities affected by such increased costs. In addition, the Commission shall continually monitor and oversee the application of the fuel adjustment clause…

A. No proposed monthly fuel adjustment, purchased power adjustment or purchased gas adjustment shall become effective until after the Corporation Commission has had an opportunity to determine that the adjustment is calculated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the ap…

Each public utility subject to a fuel adjustment clause shall separately disclose in its customer bills the per unit cost of its fuel, purchased power or purchased gas adjustment. Upon request by any individual consumer, such utility shall also disclose for the month for which th…

Any fuel adjustment clause approved and in effect for any public utility immediately prior to the effective date of this act shall remain in effect in its present form and method of operation until procedures conforming to the requirements of this act have been approved, establis…

cooperatives. The provisions of Sections 2 through 6 of this act shall not be construed to apply to electric cooperatives. Laws 1977, c. 252, § 7, emerg. eff. June 15, 1977.

adjustment clauses. Electric generation cooperatives which determine to utilize a fuel adjustment clause shall report such fuel adjustment clause to the Commission. The Commission shall promulgate reasonable rules requiring each such cooperative to file monthly with the Commissio…