Title 17, Title 17 — Corporation Commission

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. …

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…

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…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when as a result of annexation by a municipality, two or more retail electric suppliers, excluding the Grand River Dam Authority but including investor-owned utilities, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities that…

Subject to the provisions of the Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety and Service Efficiency Act, any retail electric supplier shall be entitled to continue and extend the furnishing of electricity, including the right to construct, maintain and operate electric transm…

Constitution. If the Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety and Service Efficiency Act, or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be, in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Sections 18 through 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of t…

1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof by whom or on whose behalf an acquisition of control referred to in Section 158.51 of this title is to be effected; 2. "Affiliate" means a person who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control…

Conflict of interests - Statement - Approval. No person shall make an offer for, or enter into any agreement to exchange, seek to acquire, or acquire the assets of a rural electric cooperative regulated by the Corporation Commission if, after the consummation of such action, such…

Amendments. A. The statement to be filed with the Corporation Commission as required by Section 2 of this act shall be made under oath or affirmation and shall contain the following information: 1. The name and address of each acquiring party and all affiliates thereof; and a. if…

A. The Corporation Commission shall approve any acquisition of control referred to in Section 2 of this act unless, after a public hearing thereon, it finds that one or more of the following conditions will exist if such acquisition of contol is consummated, in which event it sha…

Notice, in a form to be specified by the Corporation Commission, of the public hearing to be held pursuant to Section 4 of this act shall be mailed, or shall be given in such other manner as may be determined by the Commission, by the rural electric cooperative to its customers w…

approval - Exemption. If the acquiring party is a domestic public utility, and the rural electric cooperative, control of which is sought to be acquired in a transaction described in Section 2 of this act which would require the filing of a statement pursuant to Section 2 of this…

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…

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 expense of…

Criminal proceedings. Whenever it shall appear to the Corporation Commission, the Attorney General or a rural electric cooperative which reasonably believes itself to be the object of an offer or attempt to obtain control as described in Section 2 of this act, that any person is …

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 Section 20 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. All cases appealed to the Supreme Court f…

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…

Act – Pole attachment rates. A. As used in subsection B of this section, the term "attaching entity" shall include the electric attachments of rural electric cooperatives and their subsidiaries. B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a rural electric cooperative an…

As used in this act: (a) "Water Transportation Company" means any person carrying water for compensation through a water transportation line. (b) "Water Transportation Line" means a pipe or canal or combination thereof and facilities and appliances thereto used for the purpose of…

water transportation lines. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, build or equip any water transportation line to serve the public as a common carrier of water without having first obtained from the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma a certificate tha…

The application for any such certificate provided for in Section 2 shall be under such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe; provided, however, that the Commission shall not act upon any application whether now pending or hereafter filed until it shall first have…

In addition to any other requirements of the Commission, the rules of the Commission shall require the applicant to submit with its application the following: (a) Plans, specifications, maps, surveys, and field notes in such detail and form as the Commission shall prescribe to de…

Upon receipt of an application for such certificate, the Commission shall cause notice thereof to be given by certified mail or personal service to the chief executive officer of the municipality or municipalities affected, if any, to the board of county commissioners in any coun…

The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as prayed for, or to refuse to issue the same, or to suspend or revoke the same, or to issue it for construction, operation, or acquisition of some portion only of the proposed water transportation line. No certificate sha…

Each certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Commission shall establish time limits within which construction must be started but in no case shall this exceed six (6) calendar months. The certificate shall also establish a time limit within which the certificated w…

Certificates of convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this act or amendments thereto shall not be assigned, leased or alienated in any way except with the consent of the Commission upon the petition of the holder of the certificate, and only then when the physical assets o…

In any proceeding to issue a certificate and in any other proceeding to regulate the rates of a water transportation line subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission, said Commission shall prescribe and enforce rates to provide a fair return on the fair value of the…

Upon the petition of any person not served by an existing transportation line or by a transportation line for which a certificate has been issued, the Commission may cause the same to be set for hearing and give due and proper notice in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the…