Title 17 — Title 17 — Corporation Commission

Government Telecommunications Network. A. Except for the provisions of this section, nothing in this act shall be construed as applicable to the telecommunications network known as OneNet or to any other component of the Oklahoma Government Telecommunications Network. Neither One…

2016.

Competitive bidding - Funding. A. The following services are hereby declared to be Special Universal Services: 1. Each eligible healthcare entity in this state as defined in Section 139.102 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be eligible to receive Special Universal Servic…

Regulation by Corporation Commission prohibited – Requirements of local exchange telecommunications service providers – Taxation. A. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall not, by entering any order, adopting any rule, or otherwise taking any agency action, impose any regulati…

Inclusion of law in directories of subscribers. A. The Corporation Commission shall, by rule or order, promulgate and enforce operating requirements for every corporation or person, other than a telephone corporation authorized by the Commission to operate within a service area, …

§ 12, emerg. eff. May 6, 2022.

§ 13, emerg. eff. May 6, 2022.

§ 14, emerg. eff. May 6, 2022.

6, 2022.

As used in this act: 1. "Approved Broadband Provider" shall mean a provider of Broadband Services, including subsidiaries or affiliates, with a valid pole attachment agreement with an Electric Provider to which it is attaching; 2. "Broadband Services" shall mean and include fiber…

broadband services. A. Any easement owned, held or otherwise used by an Electric Provider for the purpose of electric services may also be used by that Electric Provider or its broadband subsidiary, Telecommunications Provider or other Approved Broadband Provider, for the purpose…

The Oklahoma Legislature finds that Electric Providers, their broadband subsidiaries, Telecommunications Providers and Approved Broadband Providers shall be permitted to use existing electric utility easements owned, held or otherwise used by that Electric Provider to provide or …

unincluded exchanges. A. The Corporation Commission shall take action as necessary to cause the expansion of Wide Area Calling Plans to include every local telephone exchange which is the sole unincluded exchange seated in a county where all the other exchanges seated in said cou…

Constitution, Article IX, Section 28. If any officer of any railroad company or other public service corporation, or of any other corporation or any other person, in violation of the provisions of Article 9, Section 28, of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, shall refuse t…

1996.

As used in this act: 1. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other legal entity; 2. "Pay-per-call service" means any passive, interactive, polling, conference or other similar audiotext service that i…

interactive programs. The Corporation Commission shall prohibit any local exchange company or interexchange carrier from billing a subscriber on the subscriber's telephone bill for a pay-per-call service or interactive program whose message content contains: 1. Vulgar language, e…

A. An information provider that does business in this state shall not direct information delivery services to children under the age of twelve (12) years unless the information provider complies with the following provisions: 1. Interactive calls where children under the age of t…

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. Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.

Constitution. If this act 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, to the extent of any such conflicts …

intent. It is the intention of the Legislature that this act is an amendment to and alteration of Sections 18 through 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, as authorized by Section 35 of Article IX of said Constitution. Added by Laws 1992, c. …

17 O.S. § 141 Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 356, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998

17 O.S. § 142 Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 356, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998

17 O.S. § 143 Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 356, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998

17 O.S. § 144 Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 356, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998

17 O.S. § 145 Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 356, § 13, eff. July 1, 1998

Constitution, Article II, Section 28. If any officer of any corporation in violation of Article 2, Section 28 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma shall refuse to permit any person authorized by the state, to examine its papers, books and files, such officer or other pers…

A. 1. The term “public utility” as used in Sections 151 through 155 of this title shall be taken to mean and include every corporation, association, company, individuals, their trustees, lessees, or receivers, successors or assigns, except as hereinafter provided, and except citi…

Disclosure – Penalties - Enforcement. 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 intere…

Examination of requests for review of rates and charges. A. The Commission shall have general supervision over all public utilities, with power to fix and establish rates and to prescribe and promulgate rules, requirements and regulations, affecting their services, operation, and…

In addition to the powers enumerated, specified, mentioned or indicated in this act, the Commission shall have all additional implied and incidental powers which may be proper and necessary to carry out, perform and execute all powers herein enumerated, specified, mentioned, or i…

In case the owner or operator of any public utility is engaged in carrying on any other business in connection with the operation of such public utility, the Commission may require the cost of the operation and gross revenues of such joint business to be kept in such form and man…

The Commission may, from time to time, adopt or promulgate, such orders, rules, regulations or requirements, relative to investigations, inspections, tests, audits, and valuations of the plants and properties relative to inspection and tests of meters as in its judgment may be ne…

rates or surcharges - Subsidization. A. As used in this section: 1. "Distributed generation" means: a. a device that provides electric energy that is owned, operated, leased or otherwise utilized by the customer, b. is interconnected to and operates in parallel with the retail el…

17 O.S. § 157 Repealed by Laws 2018, c. 18, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act. Laws 1971, c. 113, § 1.

Constitution - Amendment to Constitution. If this act, 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, to the …

For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the meanings given them: 1. The term "retail electric supplier" means any person, firm, corporation, association or cooperative corporation, exclusive of municipal corporations or beneficial trusts thereof, engaged in t…

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that, in order to encourage the orderly development of coordinated statewide retail electric service, to avoid wasteful duplication of distribution facilities, to avoid unnecessary encumbering of the landscape of the State of Okl…

Hearings by Commission. A. Except as otherwise provided, no retail electric supplier shall furnish retail electric service in the certified territory of another retail electric supplier. B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the boundaries of the certified territory of…

consuming facilities. A. Except as otherwise provided herein, each retail electric supplier shall have the exclusive right to furnish retail electric service to all electric-consuming facilities located within its certified territory, and shall not furnish, make available, render…

Notwithstanding the effectuation of certified territories established by or pursuant to this act, and the exclusive right to service within such territory, a retail electric supplier may contract with another retail electric supplier for the purpose of allocating territories and …

- Notice of proposed rate increases - Petition by member-consumers - Exemption of rural electric cooperatives. A. The Corporation Commission shall have general supervision over all associations or cooperative corporations as defined herein with power to fix and establish rates an…

The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to municipal corporations, or beneficial trusts thereof, owning or operating electric lines or generating facilities, or the financing of a rural electric cooperative or association; and nothing in this act shall prohibit or shal…

When an area, which is included in whole or in part in any territory or territories certified to a retail electric supplier or suppliers under this act, is annexed to and becomes a part of an incorporated city or town, the certification of the territory or territories under this …

The provisions of this act shall not apply to Grand River Dam Authority. Laws 1971, c. 113, § 10.

This act shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things. Laws 1971, c. 113, § 11.

cumulative. This act shall not be construed to repeal Title 18, Section 437.2, and shall be cumulative to existing law. Laws 1971, c. 113, § 13.

Sections 2 through 5 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety and Service Efficiency Act”. Added by Laws 2008, c. 263, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

The purposes of the Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety and Service Efficiency Act are to encourage the orderly development of coordinated statewide retail electric service, conserve natural resources and materials, minimize unnecessary use of the public rights-of-way…