Title 17, Title 17 — Corporation Commission

A. No purchased power adjustment clause of any kind shall apply nor be used in computing bills for retail electric service which has not been first approved by the Commission. B. If the Commission finds that the changed price of purchased wholesale power required for distribution…

Whenever the Commission approves a purchased power adjustment clause pursuant to Section 258 of this title, the clause shall apply to all similar distribution cooperatives affected by such increased costs. In addition, the Commission shall continually monitor and oversee the appl…

Each electric distribution cooperative applying a purchased power adjustment charge in its bills shall separately disclose the per unit rate of the purchased power adjustment charge. Upon request by any individual consumer, such cooperative shall also disclose for the month for w…

Any purchased power adjustment clause approved and in effect for any electric distribution cooperative 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 ac…

Nothing in this act shall prevent similarly situated electric distribution cooperatives from making, or the Commission from accepting, filings and applications as shall be required simultaneously and through a common representative. Laws 1977, c. 252, § 13, emerg. eff. June 15, 1…

A. In order to assure that the rates charged to their customers by public utilities and electric distribution cooperatives which utilize fuel adjustment clauses or purchased power adjustment clauses are just and reasonable, the Commission shall periodically conduct detailed rate …

Article headings contained in this act shall not be deemed to govern, limit or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or section therein. Laws 1977, c. 252, § 15, emerg. eff. June 15, 1977.

Corporation Commission - Applications for determinations - Fees. In order to implement the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-621), the Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to process applications for determinations as provided for in the rules and regulations i…

Appellate jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of this state to review the procedures employed by the Commission to carry out the provisions of this act and the Federal Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, in the same manner and time as appeals are allowed by law fr…

A. In a public utility proceeding subject to subsection B of Section 152 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes, responses to any document request, data request or interrogatory shall be due within ten (10) business days from the date of receipt, unless an objection is filed or the…

A. In any contested public utility rate proceeding, the Corporation Commission shall at the request of any of the parties, order a settlement conference among the parties, to be held at a time and place to be fixed by the Commission. Provided, however, that the Commission may ter…

The Public Utility Division Director shall designate personnel with at least five (5) years' experience in public utility ratemaking, and with managerial responsibility for and knowledge of the issues raised in the audit, to conduct an exit conference on behalf of the Public Util…

measurable changes. In its review and examination of an application by a utility to change its rates and charges pursuant to Sections 137, 152 or 158.27 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and in any order resulting therefrom, the Corporation Commission shall give effect to kno…

For purposes of communicating information to a customer, including delinquent and termination notices, the Corporation Commission shall allow a utility to use either written or oral communications by the utility to the customer. Oral communications may be over the telephone or in…

recoverable – Applications for capital expenditures, facilities. A. 1. The portion of costs incurred by an electric utility, which is subject to rate regulation by the Corporation Commission, for transmission upgrades approved by a regional transmission organization to which the …

and return associated with qualifying electric plants — Review of regulatory asset balances. A. 1. On and after the effective date of this act, a public utility shall defer to a regulatory asset ninety percent (90%) of all depreciation expenses and return associated with all qual…

capacity. A. The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest to promote the development of a robust transmission grid to facilitate delivery of renewable energy and improve reliability of the electric transmission system. It is further in the public interest, in cooper…

As used in this act: 1. "Commission" means the Corporation Commission; 2. "Incumbent electric transmission owner" means any Oklahoma electric public utility, as recognized by the Commission, or its affiliates, or subsidiaries or any electric cooperative, any municipal power agenc…

A. An incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to construct, own and maintain a local electric transmission facility that has been approved for construction in a Southwest Power Pool transmission plan and will interconnect to facilities owned by that incumbent electric…

A. If the Southwest Power Pool has approved a local electric transmission facility in a Southwest Power Pool transmission plan and has formally directed the incumbent electric transmission owner or owners, if there is more than one owner, to construct, own and maintain the local …

report. A. The Corporation Commission shall coordinate with the regional transmission organization known as the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to develop and provide a reporting of the regulatory and statutory frameworks addressing the rule of the SPP as it pertains to this state. Th…

If the defendant shall fail to appear or file answer on the day mentioned in the citation, such failure to appear or file answer shall be deemed an admission of the truth of each and every material allegation in such affidavit, or information, and the Commission may render judgme…

Consolidation Act - Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Division – Responsibilities of Division. A. Sections 301 through 348.9 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act". B. For the purposes of implementing the Oklahoma Pe…

A. The Legislature finds that the release of regulated substances from storage tanks into the surface water, groundwater, air and subsurface soils of this state poses a potential threat to the environment, health, safety and welfare of the residents of this state. Therefore the L…

As used in the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act: 1. "Abandoned system" means a storage tank system which: a. has been taken permanently out of service as a storage vessel for any reason or is not intended to be returned to service, b. has been out of service for …

The provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act shall not apply to: 1. Septic tank systems; 2. Pipeline facilities; 3. Surface impoundments, pits, ponds or lagoons; 4. Stormwater and wastewater collection systems; 5. Flow-through process tank systems; 6. L…

Promulgation of new rules. A. All aboveground storage tanks utilized by marinas which are required to be upgraded before July 15, 2007, pursuant to the provisions of permanent Rule OAC 165:26-8-2 and required to meet certain design requirements pursuant to the provisions of perma…

Quality designated as state agencies to administer certain federal programs. Within their respective jurisdictional areas, the Corporation Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality are hereby designated as the state agencies to administer subtitle I of Title VI of th…

Powers and duties. Within its jurisdictional areas of responsibility, the Corporation Commission Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall have the power and duty to: 1. Issue, renew, deny, modify, suspend, refuse to renew and revoke licenses, registrations and permits pursuant to th…

agricultural purposes - Permit fee. Owners of storage tank systems over eleven hundred (1100) gallons containing regulated substances when the regulated substances are used for agricultural purposes and not for resale shall be required to pay a permit fee of not more than Ten Dol…

systems. A. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules governing storage tank systems. The Commission's rules shall, at a minimum, include the following provisions: 1. Requirements that release detection methods or equipment or both such methods and equipment, adequate to …

responsibility coverage. A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no storage tank system or facility shall be operated without a permit from the Corporation Commission. 2. A storage tank system is not required to be permitted if the tank system: a. does not contain …

fees - Penalties. A. An annual permit fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per tank shall be assessed by the Corporation Commission upon each owner or operator of a storage tank system for regulated substances. Such fee shall be assessed upon each storage tank or sto…

A. No person including but not limited to the owner or operator, employee or agent of such owner or operator, or transporter shall knowingly allow a release or suspicion of a release from a storage tank system to occur or continue to occur without reporting the release or suspici…

The Corporation Commission shall employ two Senior Utility Rate Analysts. Said positions shall be in the unclassified service and shall have a maximum annual salary, payable monthly, which shall be specified in the Commission's annual appropriation bill. Any person filling said p…

Failure to take corrective action - Hearings - Orders. A. If upon inspection or investigation, or whenever the Corporation Commission determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a storage tank system owner, operator or responsible person is in violation of the Ok…

Compensation. A. 1. The Commission shall provide notice and an opportunity for hearing to: a. the surface owner of real property where any corrective action is to be taken if such person is not the owner or operator of the storage tank system, and b. the owner of real property ad…

A. Any person who has been determined by the Corporation Commission to have violated any provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act or any rule promulgated or order issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act…

relief - Jurisdiction - Relief. A. Enforcement of any action for an injunction or recovery of any administrative fine or civil penalty assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act, Section 301 et seq. of this title, or rule promulgated thereto may be…

Confidentiality - Disclosure to federal or state representatives. A. Any records, reports or information obtained pursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act shall be available to the public except as provided in subsection B of this section. B. Upon a showi…

The Corporation Commission shall prepare an annual compilation of new reported releases at the end of the fiscal year, make available to the public and provide that report to the Storage Tank Advisory Council, the Legislature and to the Governor. The report shall contain: 1. The …

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission, to be designated the "Corporation Commission Storage Tank Revolving Fund", (Storage Tank Revolving Fund). The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, an…

No county, incorporated or nonincorporated municipality, state agency or political subdivision shall enact ordinances or promulgate any rules, ordinances, regulations or requirements governing any aspect of petroleum storage tank system regulation within the State of Oklahoma tha…

required to meet training and other requirements of federal and state laws and regulations. A. 1. The Corporation Commission is authorized to implement a program for the licensing of petroleum storage tank professionals. Persons licensed by the Commission as environmental consult…

A. The Corporation Commission is authorized to implement an Underground Storage Tank Operator Training Program as required to comply with the provisions of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005. B. The Commission shall develop a training program within their agency it deems appro…

A. The Corporation Commission shall employ one (1) Director of Administration. Said position shall be in the unclassified service. B. The Director of Administration shall be required to hold at least a bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, accounting, personnel…

A. It is the intent of the Legislature that the regulation of spills and releases from petroleum storage tanks, oversight of petroleum storage tank environmental cleanups, and the reimbursement of claims for costs incurred for petroleum storage tank environmental cleanups be admi…

- Powers and duties. A. 1. Effective July 1, 1998, there is hereby established the Petroleum Storage Tank Division within the Corporation Commission, which shall have separate budget activities and subactivities from any other division of the Commission. 2. The Petroleum Storage …

Administrator – Composition of fund. A. Monies in the Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund shall only be expended for: 1. Reimbursements to eligible persons, unless duly assigned to another, for eligible expenses including the costs to identify and confirm the existence of a sus…

A. The Director of the Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall make a written report on an annual basis to the Corporation Commissioners, the Storage Tank Advisory Council, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate detailing the followi…