Title 17 — Title 17 — Corporation Commission

Subsidies. A. A retail electric supplier or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof that provides, owns, operates, or maintains a direct current fast charging station or hydrogen fueling station directly to the public shall do so only through a separate, unregulated entity and must do …

A retail electric supplier shall not discriminate among electric vehicle charging providers, and the same fees, terms, and conditions shall apply to every electric vehicle charging provider, including the retail electric supplier’s separate, unregulated entity, subsidiary, or aff…

or fueling stations. A municipality that owns or operates an electric charging station or hydrogen fueling station that begins operations after November 1, 2023, shall not use revenues derived by the municipality from the sale of electric power delivered through a municipally own…

A. The Commission shall have authority to enforce violations of this act for retail electric suppliers that are rate-regulated by the Corporation Commission. A complaint may be brought to the Commission at any time. If the Commission determines, after investigation and an evident…

The Corporation Commission may promulgate rules to implement and ensure compliance with the provisions of this act. Added by Laws 2023, c. 330, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

charging or fueling stations — Applicability date. A. Nothing in Sections 160.33, 160.34, 160.35, or 160.36 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be construed to prohibit an electric supplier or municipal corporation from operating, leasing, installing, or otherwise procurin…

or natural gas. A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission, or a municipal utility, or a public trust which has as its beneficiary the municipality, no owner of any interest in real property in…

compensation. The Corporation Commission is authorized and empowered to assign persons in its regular employ as administrative law judges who shall have power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence and report the same to the Corporation Commission, under suc…

or conditions of employment subject to collective bargaining agreements - Disallowance or change. In establishing rates, unless there is evidence that wage rates, benefits, working conditions or other terms or conditions of employment are not comparable to other collective bargai…

For all rebates or refunds made through the intervention or agency of the Corporation Commission, a fee of ten per cent on such rebates or refund shall be charged and deducted from such amount rebated or refunded through such intervention or agency of the Corporation Commission, …

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission may promulgate rules and regulations prescribing reasonable fees for: 1. The filing and duplication of documents by the Commission, and such fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Corporation Commission Revolving Fun…

other authorizations - Service fee schedule - Disposition of fees collected. A. The Corporation Commission may establish a schedule of fees to be charged for applications for, or the issuance of, new, modified or renewed permits, licenses, certificates and other authorizations an…

Revolving Fund. In addition to other purposes now authorized by law, the Corporation Commission is authorized to utilize the Oil and Gas Revolving Fund for the purpose of purchasing transcripts of proceedings before the Commission, or before any other court, agency or board. Adde…

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to sponsor and implement conferences to promote the dissemination of knowledge regarding the Commission's regulatory activities. The Commission is hereby authorized to charge registration and other fees necessary to cover the cos…

Filing. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to ascertain such facts may make application in writing to the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma for a certificate setting forth what the records of the Corporation Commission, returned and compiled under its lawfully…

If, and when a certificate, as provided in Section 1 hereof, has been filed and recorded in the land records of the county in which the tract of land described in said certificate is located, and such certificate disclosed that no notice of intention to drill an oil well or gas w…

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to cancel or alter the penalty now prescribed by the Constitution against such corporations for refusing to permit an investigation and examination of its books, records and files. R.L.1910, § 1207.

prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any member of the Corporation Commission to own any interest in or to assist in the financing of any firm, corporation or business or to associate himself with any firm, corporation or business which is subject to regulation by the Corporation…

The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ expert witnesses to prepare and present testimony in matters pending before the Commission or in matters concerning the Commission pending in other state or federal forums. The selection and compensation of expert witnesses by th…

After the effective date of this act, any person who with wrongful intent acquires an interest in or assists in financing any firm, corporation or business of the type specified in Section 1, or who actually uses such influence to benefit such firm, corporation or business, shall…

A. Advertising expenses shall not be included by a public utility in its operating expenses for ratemaking purposes. B. For purposes of subsection A of this section: 1. "Advertising" means: a. the commercial use by a public utility of any media including, but not limited to, news…

maintenance level - Additional excise tax. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Corporation Commission to be designated the “Corporation Commission Plugging Fund”. The plugging fund shall consist of monies received by the Corporation Commission as requi…

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to assess a fee upon each public utility to provide adequate funding to the Public Utility Division of the Corporation Commission for the regulation of public utilities in this state and for providing for timely and expeditious r…

violence. A. A customer or applicant who has been determined to be a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or harassment, as defined in Section 109 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, by any of the following: 1. An existing p…

A. While the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Corporation Commissioners are exempt from and may discuss administrative, operational, and procedural matters of the Corporation Commission between or among Commissioners, even if a quorum i…

A. No public utility which has for one of its purposes the sale or distribution of energy may include promotional payments in its operating expenses for ratemaking purposes. B. For purposes of subsection A of this section: 1. "Promotional payment" means any payment, gift or other…

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…

17 O.S. § 190.20 Repealed by Laws 2005, c. 108, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005

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 …

17 O.S. § 190.6 Repealed by Laws 2003, c. 8, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003

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 …