Oklahoma Statutes
Title 17. Corporation Commission

§17-1. Violating rules, orders or other requirements of Commission - Switching service provider without consent of customer - Fines. - A. 1. Upon a determination by the Corporation Commission of...

§17-6.1. Penalties - Willfully and knowingly injuring or destroying pipeline transportation system. - A. Any person who has been determined by the Commission...

§17-7. Judgment of Supreme Court on appeal. - In cases appealed to the Supreme Court, as provided in...

§17-8. Moneys to be paid into state treasury. - All moneys collected by the Corporation Commission, under this article,...

§17-9. Taxation of costs and fees. - In all cases where fines or judgments are assessed against...

§17-10. Attorney General to prosecute. - It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to...

§17-11. Proceedings when no quorum present. - At any time a cause is set for hearing and...

§17-12. Depositions. - The Commission is authorized to have depositions taken upon the...

§17-13. Admission of evidence. - The Corporation Commission shall in the trial of cases and...

§17-14. Penalty for refusing examination of books in violation of Constitution, Article IX, Section 28. - If any officer of any railroad company or other public...

§17-15. Penalty for refusing examination of books in violation of Constitution, Article II, Section 28. - If any officer of any corporation in violation of Article...

§17-16. Penalty for destroying records. - Any person who shall conceal, destroy, or mutilate or attempt...

§17-17. Penalties cumulative. - Nothing herein contained shall be construed to cancel or alter...

§17-18. Expert witnesses - Documentation of justification. - The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ expert witnesses to...

§17-31. Senior Utility Rate Analysts - Salary - Qualifications. - The Corporation Commission shall employ two Senior Utility Rate Analysts....

§17-32. Director of Administration - Qualifications - Duties. - A. The Corporation Commission shall employ one (1) Director of...

§17-33. Administrative Aide - Salary - Powers and duties - Office location. - Each Corporation Commissioner is hereby authorized to employ one (1)...

§17-34.1. Implementation and administration of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and Residential Energy Conservation Program. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall have the power to implement...

§17-34.2. Employees under Federal Underground Injection Control Project. - A. Prior to July 1, 1991, full-time-equivalent employee positions filled...

§17-35. Data Processing Division - Responsibilities - Support services - Director. - There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission a Data...

§17-37. Certain federal rules and regulations not to be enforced - Exceptions. - The Corporation Commission shall not enforce any federal administrative rule...

§17-39. Petty cash fund – Maximum amount - Administration. - There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the...

§17-39.2. Remittances of taxes and fees – Service charges - Receipts - Deposit of money. - A. All remittances of taxes and fees required to be...

§17-40. Transportation Division. - There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Corporation Commission a...

§17-40.1. Regional service areas - Regional service offices - Services provided - Staffing - Reports - Telephonic communication services. - A. For the purpose of accepting, processing and hearing applications...

§17-40.2. Electronic signatures. - A. In the event any provision of the Oklahoma Statutes...

§17-41. Cotton gins declared public utilities. - Cotton gins maintained and operated for the purpose of ginning...

§17-42. License from Corporation Commission - Necessity - Showing - Fee. - No person or persons, or corporation, in this state shall...

§17-43. Matters considered in issuing license - Existing gins - Showing to obtain license - Cooperative gins - Inspectors. - The Corporation Commission in issuing such license shall have the...

§17-44. Powers and authority of Corporation Commission - Rates - Department of Cotton Gin Utilities - Fiscal year and reports of cotton gins. - The Corporation Commission shall have the same power and authority...

§17-45. Appeals to Supreme Court. - Section 45. The orders made by said Commission fixing rates,...

§17-46. Regulations - Enforcement of orders. - Section 46. In all matters pertaining to the regulation and...

§17-47. Partial invalidity. - If it shall be held that any section or part...

§17-48. Transportation, presents, or gratuities to Corporation Commissioners or employees prohibited - Exceptions - Penalty. - A. No person who is subject to the regulations of...

§17-51. Oil and gas department established. - The Corporation Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to create...

§17-52. Corporation Commission - Jurisdiction, power and authority - Environmental jurisdiction of Department of Environmental Quality. - A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the...

§17-53. Promulgation of rules - Plugging wells. - The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate rules for...

§17-53.1. Removal of surface trash and debris - Rules and regulations. - A. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate rules and...

§17-53.2. Removal of operating equipment, production and storage structures, supplies and equipment, surface debris, abutment or obstacle - Filling of certain pits - Grading or terracing certain disturbed land - Release - Extension of time. - A. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate rules and...

§17-53.3. Abandoned oil and gas well-site equipment - State lien. - A. The State of Oklahoma shall have a lien upon...

§17-54. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Frac tank" means any...

§17-55. Use of frac tanks with unprotected manways prohibited. - No employer in this state shall use any frac tanks...

§17-56. Inspections - Devices complying with act - Injunctions. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall make periodic inspections to insure...

§17-57. Oil and Gas Division Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§17-71. Passenger rate regulation - Power conferred upon commission. - The Corporation Commission shall have the power and authority to...

§17-72. Effect of act - Amendment of Constitution - Vested rights. - This act shall have the effect of amending Section 37,...

§17-73. Right of appeal. - From any action of the Commission prescribing rates and charges...

§17-81. Jurisdiction of Corporation Commission over crossings. - The Corporation Commission is given full jurisdiction over all public...

§17-82. Expense of crossings. - The expense of construction and the maintenance of public highway...

§17-83. Procedure before Commission - Appeals. - In all actions arising before the Corporation Commission the same...

§17-84. Location and kind of crossing. - The Corporation Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine and...

§17-85. Partial invalidity. - The invalidity of any section, subdivision, clause or sentence of...

§17-86. Extra hazardous crossings - Protective devices - Costs. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall have the authority, after having...

§17-87. Payment of state costs. - All such division of costs that become an obligation of...

§17-91. Power of Corporation Commission respecting fences. - Where application is made to the Corporation Commission for fence...

§17-92. Procedure - Appeals. - In all actions arising before the Corporation Commission, the same...

§17-115. Rules and regulations relating to safety, sanitation and shelter. - The Oklahoma State Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate...

§17-116.1. Definitions. - As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise:...

§17-116.2. Railroad company motor vehicles used to transport workers - Safe condition and operation. - Every motor vehicle provided by a railroad company and used...

§17-116.3. Rules and regulations establishing minimum standards. - The Commission shall make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations...

§17-116.4. Hearings - Suggestions. - Before formulating such rules and regulations, the Commission shall conduct...

§17-116.5. Amendment of rules and regulations. - The Commission may amend the rules and regulations at any...

§17-116.6. Inspections. - The Commission may, in enforcing the rules and regulations, inspect...

§17-116.7. Orders of commission. - Whenever the Commission finds that a motor vehicle used to...

§17-116.8. Enforcement. - The Commission shall have jurisdiction to enforce rules and regulations...

§17-116.9. Penalties. - Violation by the owner of a motor vehicle of any...

§17-121. Commission has power of court of record regarding refunds. - The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with the power of...

§17-122. Judgment for overcharge - Lien - Collection. - Upon ascertaining the amount of overcharge due from any public...

§17-123. Appealed orders - Additional judgment for expenses of commission. - In all cases where an order fixing rates to be...

§17-124. Appeal regarding refunds. - Any party in interest shall have a right to appeal...

§17-125. Unclaimed refunds - Administrations. - All refunds not paid out by the Commission, or unclaimed,...

§17-131. Certificate of convenience and necessity – Notice by new providers – Availability of emergency telephone services - Fines. - A. No person, firm, association, corporation or cooperative shall provide...

§17-132. Application for certificate - Notice. - The application for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity pursuant...

§17-133. Grant or refusal of certificate - Protests. - The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as...

§17-134. Repair, maintenance or reconstruction - Injury to or interference with shade trees. - Nothing in this act shall prevent the repair, maintenance or...

§17-136. Extension of telephone service to open territories - Petition - Notice and hearing. - Upon the petition of any citizens residing in territory which...

§17-137. Rates - Telephone companies not subject to local exchange rate regulation. - A. Except as otherwise hereafter provided, any proceeding under Section...

§17-137.3. Universal service fee. - The Corporation Commission may, after notice and hearing, assess a...

§17-138. Enforcement. - In addition to the power to punish for contempt already...

§17-139.1. Coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones - Operating requirements. - The Corporation Commission shall, by rule or order, promulgate and...

§17-139.2. Operator-assisted services - Operating requirements - Inclusion of law in directories of subscribers. - A. The Corporation Commission shall, by rule or order, promulgate...

§17-139.101. Short title - Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-139.102. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997: 1....

§17-139.103. Commission approval of changes in regulated telecommunications service rates required - Charges for basic local exchange service rates limited - Application and effect of act - Alternative form of regulation - Enforcement of quality of s... - A. Except as provided as follows, no company shall increase...

§17-139.104. Compensation of Attorney General for enforcement duties - Oversight by Consumer Services Division. - A. For the exercise of duties and performance of responsibilities...

§17-139.105. Credit of End User Common Line Charge for qualifying customers - Oklahoma Lifeline Fund - Documentation. - A. Each local exchange telecommunications service provider who receives funding...

§17-139.106. Oklahoma Universal Service Fund. - A. There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission the...

§17-139.107. Administration of funds. - A. The Oklahoma Lifeline Fund (OLF) and the Oklahoma Universal...

§17-139.108. Provisions applicable to OneNet and the Oklahoma Government Telecommunications Network. - A. Except for the provisions of this section, nothing in...

§17-139.109.1. Special Universal Services – Eligibility – Competitive bidding - Funding. - A. The following services are hereby declared to be Special...

§17-139.110. High speed Internet access or broadband service – Regulation by Corporation Commission prohibited – Requirements of local exchange telecommunications service providers – Taxation. - A. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall not, by entering any...

§17-139.601. Wide Area Calling Plans - Expansion to include sole unincluded exchanges. - A. The Corporation Commission shall take action as necessary to...

§17-140.1. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Person" means a natural...

§17-140.2. Prohibition of certain pay-per-call services or interactive programs. - The Corporation Commission shall prohibit any local exchange company or...

§17-140.3. Services to children under 12 years - Requirements. - A. An information provider that does business in this state...

§17-140.4. Rules and regulations. - The Corporation Commission is authorized to adopt all reasonable and...

§17-140.5. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with Oklahoma Constitution. - If this act or any provision hereof is, or may...

§17-140.6. Amendments and alterations to constitution - Legislative intent. - It is the intention of the Legislature that this act...

§17-151. Public utility defined - Exemption of nonprofit water and sewer corporations - Washington County - Authority of certain beneficiaries to condemn property. - The term "public utility" as used in Sections 151 through...

§17-151.1. Resale of water or sewage service – Maximum charges – Disclosure – Penalties - Enforcement. - A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service...

§17-152. Commission's jurisdiction over public utilities - Examination of requests for review of rates and charges. - A. The Commission shall have general supervision over all public...

§17-153. Implied and incidental powers of Commission - Contempt. - In addition to the powers enumerated, specified, mentioned or indicated...

§17-154. Records of public utility business. - In case the owner or operator of any public utility...

§17-155. Orders and rules of Commission - Scope - Right of appeal. - The Commission may, from time to time, adopt or promulgate,...

§17-156. Installation of distributed generation devices - Increased rates or surcharges - Subsidization. - A. As used in this section: 1. "Distributed generation" means:...

§17-158.21. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-158.21a. Provisions of act in conflict or inconsistent with Constitution - Amendment to Constitution. - If this act, or any provision hereof is, or may...

§17-158.22. Definitions. - For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall...

§17-158.23. Geographical areas. - It is hereby declared to be in the public interest...

§17-158.24. Fixing boundaries of certified territories - Protests - Hearings by Commission. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no retail electric supplier shall...

§17-158.25. Exclusive rights within territory - New electric-consuming facilities. - A. Except as otherwise provided herein, each retail electric supplier...

§17-158.26. Contracts between suppliers. - Notwithstanding the effectuation of certified territories established by or pursuant...

§17-158.27. General supervision by Commission - Rate investigations - Notice of proposed rate increases - Petition by member-consumers - Exemption of rural electric cooperatives. - A. The Corporation Commission shall have general supervision over all...

§17-158.28. Applicabilty of act. - The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to...

§17-158.29. Annexation of area to city or town. - When an area, which is included in whole or in...

§17-158.30. Grand River Dam Authority excepted. - The provisions of this act shall not apply to Grand...

§17-158.31. Liberal construction. - This act shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any...

§17-158.32. Section 437.2 of Title 18 not repealed - Provisions as cumulative. - This act shall not be construed to repeal Title 18,...

§17-158.41. Short title. - Sections 2 through 5 of this act shall be known...

§17-158.42. Purpose. - The purposes of the Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety...

§17-158.43. Affected area division procedure. - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

§17-158.44. Furnishing of retail electricity continued. - Subject to the provisions of the Retail Electric Consumer Cost...

§17-158.45. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with Constitution. - If the Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety and Service...

§17-158.50. Definitions. - 1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof...

§17-158.51. Offers, requests, invitations and acquisitions - Conflict of interests - Statement - Approval. - No person shall make an offer for, or enter into...

§17-158.52. Statement - Contents - Oath or affirmation - Amendments. - A. The statement to be filed with the Corporation Commission...

§17-158.53. Approval of acquisition of control - Public hearing. - A. The Corporation Commission shall approve any acquisition of control...

§17-158.54. Notice of public hearing - Expenses and security. - Notice, in a form to be specified by the Corporation...

§17-158.55. Domestic public utility - Filing application for approval - Exemption. - If the acquiring party is a domestic public utility, and...

§17-158.56. Jurisdiction - Copies of lawful process. - The courts of this state are hereby vested with jurisdiction...

§17-158.57. Corporation Commission power - Expenses of conducting analysis or investigation. - The Corporation Commission shall have power to perform any and...

§17-158.58. Violations - Injunctions - Transmitting evidence - Criminal proceedings. - Whenever it shall appear to the Corporation Commission, the Attorney...

§17-158.59. Fines and penalties. - A. Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes...

§17-158.60. Appeals - Precedence. - Any party adversely affected by any action of the Corporation...

§17-158.61. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with Constitution. - If this act, or any provision hereof is, or may...

§17-158.66. Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act – Pole attachment rates. - A. As used in subsection B of this section, the...

§17-159.11. Definitions. - As used in this act: (a) "Water Transportation Company" means...

§17-159.12. Certificate of convenience and necessity required for water transportation lines. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,...

§17-159.13. Rules and regulations for applications. - The application for any such certificate provided for in Section...

§17-159.14. Information to be furnished with application. - In addition to any other requirements of the Commission, the...

§17-159.15. Notice of receipt of application. - Upon receipt of an application for such certificate, the Commission...

§17-159.16. Power to issue or refuse certificate - Protests. - The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as...

§17-159.17. Provisions of certificate - Defaults. - Each certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Commission...

§17-159.18. Assignment of certificate. - Certificates of convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this act...

§17-159.19. Rates. - In any proceeding to issue a certificate and in any...

§17-159.20. Petition for service. - Upon the petition of any person not served by an...

§17-159.21. Administrative Procedures Act to govern - Review. - In the exercise of the authority granted by this act,...

§17-159.22. Exceptions. - The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to...

§17-159.23. Restriction on owning or holding water rights. - No holder of a certificate hereunder shall own or hold...

§17-160.1. Ratemaking authority and general jurisdiction of Corporation Commission. - A. The Corporation Commission shall have ratemaking authority and general...

§17-160.2. Existing trusts to submit certain information - Rate orders. - All existing trusts subject to this act shall submit information,...

§17-160.11. Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-160.12. Legislative findings. - The Legislature finds that: 1. Oklahoma’s wind energy resources are...

§17-160.13. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act: 1....

§17-160.14. Decommissioning of wind energy facility. - A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall be...

§17-160.15. Required filing - Evidence of financial security. - A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall submit...

§17-160.16. Statement to landowner. - For those landowners who are paid based on the amount...

§17-160.17. Inspection of records. - A. Any landowner who has, through a lease, easement, or...

§17-160.18. Report to Corporation Commission. - A. The owner or operator of any wind turbine or...

§17-160.19. Insurance policies. - A. Prior to commencing construction of a wind energy facility,...

§17-160.20. Setback requirements. - A. After August 21, 2015, no wind energy facility may...

§17-160.21. See the following versions: - OS 17-160.21v1 (HB 3561, Laws 2018, c. 4, § 2)....

§17-160.21v1. Notification of intent to build a facility. - A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall submit...

§17-160.21v2. Notification of intent to build a facility. - A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall submit...

§17-160.22. Authority to promulgate rules and set fees. - The Corporation Commission shall have authority to promulgate rules as...

§17-161.1. Restrictions on charges for reselling electric current or natural gas. - A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service...

§17-162. Administrative law judges - Powers - No additional compensation. - The Corporation Commission is authorized and empowered to assign persons...

§17-163.1. Wage rates, benefits, working conditions or other terms or conditions of employment subject to collective bargaining agreements - Disallowance or change. - In establishing rates, unless there is evidence that wage rates,...

§17-164. Fees for rebates or refunds. - For all rebates or refunds made through the intervention or...

§17-166.1. Fees - Rules and regulations. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission may promulgate rules and regulations prescribing...

§17-166.1a. Fee schedule for permits, licenses, certificates and other authorizations - Service fee schedule - Disposition of fees collected. - A. The Corporation Commission may establish a schedule of fees...

§17-166.2. Purchase of transcripts - Utilization of Oil and Gas Revolving Fund. - In addition to other purposes now authorized by law, the...

§17-166.3. Conferences. - A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to sponsor and...

§17-167. Certificate of record showing as to oil and gas leases - Filing. - Any person, firm or corporation desiring to ascertain such facts...

§17-168. Certificate as prima facie evidence - Burden of proof. - If, and when a certificate, as provided in Section 1...

§17-179. Acts in conflict of interest by Commission members prohibited. - It shall be unlawful for any member of the Corporation...

§17-180. Penalties. - After the effective date of this act, any person who...

§17-180.1. Advertising expenses by public utilities. - A. Advertising expenses shall not be included by a public...

§17-180.2. Public utilities - Promotional payments. - A. No public utility which has for one of its...

§17-180.4. Political activities prohibited - Exception. - No employee of the Corporation Commission in the unclassified service,...

§17-180.5. File of applications for motor carrier operating authority - Carriers of commodities - Certificates or permits - Rate-making procedure - Divisions combined. - A. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall maintain a separate file,...

§17-180.6. Intrastate transmission of telephone communication or message. - Any telephone communication or message which is transmitted and received...

§17-180.7. Corporation Commission Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§17-180.10. Corporation Commission Plugging Fund - Minimum maintenance level - Additional excise tax. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

§17-180.11. Assessment upon public utilities. - A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to assess a...

§17-181. Definitions. - In this act unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Public...

§17-182. Issuance of securities and creation of liens declared a privilege - Power of supervision and regulation. - The power of public utilities to issue securities, in case...

§17-183. Certificate to be obtained from Commission. - No securities shall be issued by a public utility organized...

§17-184. Purposes for which securities may be issued - Issuance of short term securities - Foreign public utilities. - (1) A public utility organized under laws of this state...

§17-185. Application - Filing - Examination - Issuance of certificate. - (1) Any public utility desiring to issue securities, or to...

§17-186. Validation of securities or liens when certificate not obtained. - Securities issued or liens created by any public utility, for...

§17-187. Appeals. - Any public utility may appeal from any order, finding or...

§17-188. Securities title not applicable. - Securities issued by public utilities, as defined in this act,...

§17-189. Rural electric cooperative corporations - Law not applicable. - This act shall not be construed to affect any cooperative...

§17-190. Addition of optical fiber to electric towers - Additional easement or license. - The addition of optical fiber as part of the static...

§17-190.1. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-190.2. Purpose of act - Goals of restructured electric utility industry. - The purpose of this act is provide for the orderly...

§17-190.3. Definitions. - As used in the Electric Restructuring Act of 1997: 1....

§17-190.4. Study of and development of framework for electric utility industry restructuring. - A. To ensure an orderly and equitable restructuring of the...

§17-190.5. Study of impact of restructuring on tax revenues. - To ensure full evaluation and consideration of the impact of...

§17-190.7. Furnishing of retail electric service to facilities currently being served - Extension of distribution service by municipalities - Prohibitions. - A. Electric distribution providers governed by the Retail Electric Supplier...

§17-190.8. Nondiscriminatory equivalent access to transmission and distribution facilities. - Any person, firm, association, government agency, authority, cooperative, corporation or...

§17-190.9. Collection of municipal taxes by retail service distributors. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all retail electric service...

§17-190.21. Joint Electric Utility Restructuring Task Force. - A. There is hereby created a Joint Electric Utility Restructuring...

§17-191.1. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Acquiring party" means a...

§17-191.2. Procedure for acquisition, control or merger of certain domestic public utilities. - No person, other than the issuer of the securities of...

§17-191.3. Statement to be filed with Corporation Commission - Oath or affirmation - Contents - Amendments. - A. The statement to be filed with the Corporation Commission...

§17-191.4. Combination of statements. - If any offer, request, invitation, merger or acquisition referred to...

§17-191.5. Conditions for disapproval of acquisition of control or merger - Hearing. - A. The Corporation Commission shall approve any merger or other...

§17-191.6. Notice of hearing - Bond for payment of expenses. - Notice, in a form to be specified by the Corporation...

§17-191.7. Certain domestic public utilities to file application 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...

§17-191.8. Court jurisdiction - Agent for service of process. - The courts of this state are hereby vested with jurisdiction...

§17-191.9. Powers of Corporation Commission - Expenses of conducting analysis or investigation. - The Corporation Commission shall have power to perform any and...

§17-191.10. Injunctions - Bond not required - Evidence. - Whenever it shall appear to the Corporation Commission, the Attorney...

§17-191.11. Violations - Penalties. - A. Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes...

§17-191.12. Appeal to Supreme Court. - Any party adversely affected by any action of the Corporation...

§17-191.13. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with Oklahoma Constitution. - If this act, Section 191.1 et seq. of this title,...

§17-200. Legislative intent - Competition. - It is the intent of the Legislature that competition be...

§17-201. Definition. - The term "radio common carrier" shall include every person, firm,...

§17-202. Authorization to enter business. - Every radio common carrier shall be authorized, without proving public...

§17-205. Rules and regulations. - The Corporation Commission is authorized to adopt all reasonable and...

§17-206. Amendments and alterations to Constitution - Legislative intent. - It is the intention of the Legislature that Sections 1...

§17-250. Terms defined. - As used in this act: 1. “Affiliated person, subsidiary, firm...

§17-251. Change in price of fuels or power - Approval of fuel adjustment clauses - Rules for making determination. - A. No fuel adjustment clause of any kind shall hereafter...

§17-252. Monitoring of fuel adjustment clauses. - Whenever the Commission approves a fuel adjustment clause pursuant to...

§17-253. Rules for considering adjustment applications. - A. No proposed monthly fuel adjustment, purchased power adjustment or...

§17-254. Disclosure in customer bills. - Each public utility subject to a fuel adjustment clause shall...

§17-255. Preexisting clauses to continue. - Any fuel adjustment clause approved and in effect for any...

§17-256. Sections 251 to 255 not applicable to electric cooperatives. - The provisions of Sections 2 through 6 of this act...

§17-257. Electric generation cooperatives - Report of fuel adjustment clauses. - Electric generation cooperatives which determine to utilize a fuel adjustment...

§17-258. Approval of purchased power adjustment clauses. - A. No purchased power adjustment clause of any kind shall...

§17-259. Monitoring of application of adjustment clauses. - Whenever the Commission approves a purchased power adjustment clause pursuant...

§17-260. Disclosure of per unit rate in consumer's bill. - Each electric distribution cooperative applying a purchased power adjustment charge...

§17-261. Preexisting purchased power adjustment clauses. - Any purchased power adjustment clause approved and in effect for...

§17-262. Applications through common representative. - Nothing in this act shall prevent similarly situated electric distribution...

§17-263. Periodic detailed rate investigations. - A. In order to assure that the rates charged to...

§17-264. Article headings. - Article headings contained in this act shall not be deemed...

§17-270. Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 - Power and duties of Corporation Commission - Applications for determinations - Fees. - In order to implement the Natural Gas Policy Act of...

§17-271. Appeals. - Appellate jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of...

§17-281. Responses to discovery requests. - A. In a public utility proceeding subject to subsection B...

§17-282. Settlement conferences. - A. In any contested public utility rate proceeding, the Corporation...

§17-283. Exit conferences. - The Public Utility Division Director shall designate personnel with at...

§17-284. Rate increase applications - Effect given to known and measurable changes. - In its review and examination of an application by a...

§17-285. Communications between utilities and customers. - For purposes of communicating information to a customer, including delinquent...

§17-286. Electric utility – Transmission upgrade costs presumed recoverable – Applications for capital expenditures, facilities. - A. 1. The portion of costs incurred by an electric...

§17-287. Development of wind energy - Expansion of transmission capacity. - A. The Legislature declares that it is in the public...

§17-291. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Commission" means the Corporation...

§17-292. Rights of electric transmission owner. - A. An incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to...

§17-293. Local electric transmission facility. - A. If the Southwest Power Pool has approved a local...

§17-301. Short title – Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act - Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Division – Responsibilities of Division. - A. Sections 301 through 348.9 of this title shall be...

§17-302. Legislative intent - Public policy. - A. The Legislature finds that the release of regulated substances...

§17-303. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act:...

§17-304. Exemptions. - The provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act...

§17-304.1. Exemption from certain aboveground tank requirements - Promulgation of new rules. - A. All aboveground storage tanks utilized by marinas which are...

§17-305. Corporation Commission and Department of Environmental Quality designated as state agencies to administer certain federal programs. - Within their respective jurisdictional areas, the Corporation Commission and the...

§17-306. Corporation Commission Petroleum Storage Tank Division - Powers and duties. - Within its jurisdictional areas of responsibility, the Corporation Commission Petroleum...

§17-306.1. Tanks containing petroleum products used for agricultural purposes - Permit fee. - Owners of storage tank systems over eleven hundred (1100) gallons...

§17-307. Corporation Commission - Rules governing storage tank systems. - A. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules governing storage tank...

§17-308. Permits - Registration - Fees - Inspection - Financial responsibility coverage. - A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no...

§17-308.1. Storage tank systems for regulated substances - Permit fees - Penalties. - A. An annual permit fee of not more than Twenty-five...

§17-309. Release from storage tank system - Corrective action. - A. No person including but not limited to the owner...

§17-310. Inspections and investigations - Violations - Notice - Failure to take corrective action - Hearings - Orders. - A. If upon inspection or investigation, or whenever the Corporation...

§17-310.1. Notice to real property owners – Access to property - Compensation. - A. 1. The Commission shall provide notice and an opportunity...

§17-311. Fines - Criminal violations. - A. Any person who has been determined by the Corporation...

§17-312. Enforcement of actions and remedies - Action for equitable relief - Jurisdiction - Relief. - A. Enforcement of any action for an injunction or recovery...

§17-313. Records, reports and information - Public inspection - Confidentiality - Disclosure to federal or state representatives. - A. Any records, reports or information obtained pursuant to the...

§17-314. Annual report of new releases. - The Corporation Commission shall prepare an annual compilation of new...

§17-315. Corporation Commission Storage Tank Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§17-316. Ordinance or regulations in conflict with act prohibited. - No county, incorporated or nonincorporated municipality, state agency or political...

§17-318. Licensing of storage tank professionals - Contractors required to meet training and other requirements of federal and state laws and regulations. - A. 1. The Corporation Commission is authorized to implement a...

§17-319. Underground Storage Tank Operator Training Program. - A. The Corporation Commission is authorized to implement an Underground...

§17-321. Short title - Purpose - Scope. - A. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

§17-322. Petroleum Storage Tank Division - Jurisdiction - Director - Powers and duties. - A. 1. Effective July 1, 1998, there is hereby established...

§17-324. Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund – Expenditures – Administrator – Composition of fund. - A. Monies in the Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund shall...

§17-325. Annual reports. - A. The Director of the Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall...

§17-327. Approval requirements for certain bills to change the Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund. - A. Any Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund bill which would...

§17-327.1. Assessment on motor fuel – Exemptions - Allocation. - A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, there shall...

§17-327.2. Duty to precollect assessment – Collection report. - A. It shall be the duty of every supplier, licensed...

§17-327.3. Reimbursement for allowable costs from an eligible release. - A. The Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Program shall provide...

§17-327.4. Confidential records, reports or information. - Upon a showing satisfactory to the Corporation Commission by any...

§17-327.5. Indemnity Fund claim payments - Subrogation. - A. Payment of any claim from the Indemnity Fund shall...

§17-328. Oklahoma Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund - Oklahoma Leaking Underground Storage Tank Revolving Fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

§17-330. Required procedures for hearing of protests. - A. In every case requiring the exercise of its adjudicative...

§17-340. Storage Tank Advisory Council - Members - Quorum - Authority - Rules - Expenses. - A. 1. There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission...

§17-341. Unlawful to sell, offer for sale, use or consume regulated substances not in compliance. - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...

§17-341.1. Fuel inspection and compliance personnel. - For the purpose of enforcing the fuel inspection laws of...

§17-341.2. Division employees – Prohibited from jobs or businesses in regulated field. - The employees of the Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall not...

§17-341.3. Severability. - If any section, paragraph, sentence, or phrase of Section 301...

§17-342. Authority to promulgate rules and specifications. - A. Jurisdiction is conferred upon the Corporation Commission, and the...

§17-343. Inspection required for regulated substances and mixtures - Penalties. - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell,...

§17-344. Refusal to admit inspector - Penalties. - A. Any dealer in or manufacturer or other person in...

§17-345. Authority to promulgate tests, standards, specifications and rules – Voluntary calibration program. - A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to...

§17-346. Duty to inspect fueling facilities. - A. It shall be the duty of the Petroleum Storage...

§17-346.1. Duty to inspect measuring devices. - It shall be the duty of the Corporation Commission Petroleum...

§17-346.2. Applicability to regulated substances in transit to other states. - The provisions of Section 341 of this title shall not...

§17-346.3. Noncompliance – Tampering with sign, lock or seal - Penalties. - Any person, firm or corporation who sells, offers for sale,...

§17-346.4. Noncompliance of measuring device – Tampering with sign, label, seal or lock – Violation of rule or order - Penalties. - Any person who owns or has custody or control of...

§17-347. Ethanol or methanol label requirements. - A. No person shall sell or offer for sale motor...

§17-347.1. Retail facilities not required to post information on fuel activities – Label required for aircraft fuel with alcohol. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, retail facilities that...

§17-348. Definitions. - As used in this act, unless the context or subject...

§17-348.1. Adulterated antifreeze. - An antifreeze shall be deemed to be adulterated: 1. If...

§17-348.2. Misbranded antifreeze. - An antifreeze shall be deemed to be misbranded: 1. If...

§17-348.3. Sample analysis of antifreeze prior to sale – Annual permit application and fee. - Before any antifreeze shall be sold, exposed for sale or...

§17-348.4. Enforcement by Petroleum Storage Tank Division. - The Petroleum Storage Tank Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission...

§17-348.5. Authority to promulgate rules. - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall have the authority to promulgate...

§17-348.6. List of brands and trademarks of antifreeze permitted. - The Petroleum Storage Tank Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission...

§17-348.7. Advertising of antifreeze – Restricted statements. - No advertising literature relating to any antifreeze sold or to...

§17-348.8. Fees deposited to credit of Corporation Commission Revolving Fund. - All fees collected by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission under the...

§17-348.9. Violations - Penalties. - Any person or persons violating the provisions of Sections 348...

§17-500. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-501. Purpose. - The Legislature finds that it is desirable and necessary to...

§17-502. Definitions. - As used in this act: 1. "Commission" shall mean the...

§17-503. Corporation Commission - Jurisdiction - Rules and regulations - Exceptions. - A. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction over:...

§17-504. Utilization of brine rights - Application - Solution gas owners as respondents. - A. A party desiring to unitize brine rights shall file...

§17-505. Unitization of brine rights - Notice of application. - Notice of the filing of an application to create a...

§17-506. Commission's findings - Evidence required - Orders. - A. If, after proper application and notice, the Commission in...

§17-507. Delineation of unit area - Allocation of production. - The order of the Commission shall define the area of...

§17-508. Plan of unitization - Provisions - Ratification by record owners - Election to sell. - A. The plan of unitization for each such unit and...

§17-509. Amendment and modification of property rights and obligations - Distribution of production. - Property rights, leases, contracts and all other obligations shall be...

§17-510. Increase or decrease of unit area size. - A. The Commission shall have jurisdiction to increase the size...

§17-511. Liability of owner or lessee - Liens. - The obligation or liability of the lessee or other owners...

§17-512. Appeal from orders. - Any person aggrieved by any order of the Commission may...

§17-513. Participation in plans by state and local land management boards. - The Commissioners of the Land Office, or other proper board...

§17-514. Taxation of unit production or sale proceeds. - Neither the unit production nor proceeds from the sale thereof...

§17-515. Purchasing priority of solution gas. - If at any time the Commission has designated priorities for...

§17-516. Pre-existing brine, solution gas or brine and solution gas units - Effect of Act. - Sections 2 through 16 of this act shall not have...

§17-517. Payment of proceeds - Times - Information accompanying payment - Violation - Jurisdiction of district court - Court costs and fees. - A. The proceeds derived from the sale of brine, solution...

§17-518. Compliance by operator with rules - Evidence of financial ability - Neglect, failure or refusal to plug and abandon or replug well, etc. - Forfeiture or payment - Transfer of title. - A. Any person who drills or operates any well or...

§17-519. Notice to surface owner of intent to drill - Exceptions - Duty to negotiate surface damages. - Before entering upon a site for brine well drilling, except...

§17-520. Security for location damages - Filing - Entry upon property - Increase in security. - A. Every operator doing business in this state shall file...

§17-521. Failure to negotiate damages agreement - Petition for appointment of appraisers - Notice - Selection of appraisers - Report by appraisers - Filing of exceptions or demand for jury trial - Assessment of costs and attorney fees. - A. Prior to entering the site with heavy equipment, the...

§17-522. Appeal from court review or jury verdict of appraiser's report - Probate - Authority to execute instruments of conveyance. - Any aggrieved party may appeal from the decision of the...

§17-523. Impairment of existing contract rights or contracting for correlative rights - Indian property rights. - Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair existing contractual...

§17-524. Jurisdiction of Corporation Commission - Exception from repeal or limits. - Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing or...

§17-525. Willful and knowing entry upon premises, failure to post bond, failure to request appraisers, etc. - Treble damages - Trial de novo. - Upon presentation of clear, cogent and convincing evidence that the...

§17-608. Corporation Commission - Jurisdiction over sales of compressed natural gas - Notice of price increases - Hearing. - A. The Corporation Commission shall have jurisdiction over all sales...

§17-701. Background information of employees or potential employees - NCIC searches for stolen vehicles - Transfer of authority. - A. 1. The Corporation Commission may promulgate rules to require...

§17-710.1. Electric Usage Data Protection Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-710.2. Legislative findings. - The Legislature finds that smart grid and smart meter technologies...

§17-710.3. Definitions. - As used in the Electric Usage Data Protection Act: 1....

§17-710.4. Electric utilities – Customer information. - A. An electric utility shall provide customers with reasonable access...

§17-710.5. Electric utilities – Usage data. - A. Upon request, electric utilities shall provide the customer with...

§17-710.6. Customer information - Affiliates. - A. An electric utility may provide customer information without customer...

§17-710.7. Aggregate customer usage information. - A. Electric utilities may use aggregate usage data for their...

§17-710.8. Promulgation of rules. - In the case of an electric utility, other than a...

§17-801. Legislative intent - Use of cedar trees and residue as renewable energy source. - A. The Legislature declares that it is in the interest...

§17-801.1. Oklahoma Energy Security Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-801.2. Legislative intent. - It is the goal of the State of Oklahoma to...

§17-801.3. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Energy Security Act: 1. "Commission"...

§17-801.4. Renewable energy standard. - A. The Legislature declares that it is in the public...

§17-801.5. Natural gas energy standard. - A. The Legislature declares that it is in the public...

§17-801.6. Utilization of energy efficiency and demand side management measures to meet renewable energy standard. - Energy efficiency and demand side management are important components to...

§17-801.7. Construction of act. - Nothing in the Oklahoma Energy Security Act shall be construed...

§17-801.8. Legislative declaration on natural gas – Corporation Commission report and recommendations. - A. The Legislature declares that renewable natural gas is a...

§17-801.9. Hydrogen fuel production standard – Annual report. - A. The State of Oklahoma shall set a hydrogen fuel...

§17-802.1. Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§17-802.2. Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative - Duties. - A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy...

§17-802.3. Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board. - A. The Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative shall be administered...

§17-802.4. Oklahoma Energy Initiative Revolving Fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

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