Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-710.3 — OK Code / Title 17 / Section 17-710.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Electric Usage Data Protection Act:

1. “Aggregate usage data” means any usage data from which all

identifying information has been removed such that the individual

usage data of a customer cannot without extraordinary effort and

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expertise be associated with the identifying information of that

customer;

2. “Commission” means the Corporation Commission;

3. “Customer” means an individual or a business partnership,

limited liability company, corporation, or other legal entity

receiving service from an electric utility in the name of the

individual or the entity. A customer may be residential, commercial

or industrial;

4. “Customer-identifiable usage data” means usage data that is

stored or presented in a format that associates the usage data with

identifying information of a customer or could be manipulated to

identify a customer without extraordinary effort;

5. “Customer information” means both identifying information

and customer-identifiable electric usage data. Aggregate usage data

shall not be considered customer information;

6. “Electric utility” means any person, firm, partnership,

corporation, association or cooperative corporation furnishing

retail electric service to the public in Oklahoma. Electric utility

shall not mean a municipal corporation or beneficial trust of a

municipal corporation;

7. “Identifying information” means any information that

directly or indirectly identifies or is uniquely associated with a

customer or an authorized representative of a customer, including

but not limited to the name, social security or taxpayer

identification number, street address, telephone number, electric

utility account number, meter number, or financial account

information of the customer or authorized representative of the

customer;

8. “Nonstandard usage data” means any usage data that is not

standard usage data or aggregate data;

9. “Standard usage data” means usage data, as defined in

paragraph 11 of this section, that is used internally and is

generally made available by the electric utility to customers in

each of its customer classes on a regular basis, delivered by the

electric utility in a standard format and with standard frequency,

including without limitation the usage data collected by the meter

or obtainable on an as-available basis by the customer;

10. “Self-regulated cooperative” means an Oklahoma rural

electric cooperative whose members have elected to exempt the

cooperative from certain regulation by the Commission as described

in Section 158.27 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

11. “Usage data” means information, on an as-available basis,

relating to both:

a. the amount of electricity consumed at a residence or

premises of a customer, and

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b. the characteristics of that consumption, as generated,

recorded, stored or transmitted by the electric

utility infrastructure or supporting technology.
Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-56 — OK Code / Title 17 / Section 17-56
Inspections - Devices complying with act - Injunctions
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall make periodic

inspections to insure compliance with the provisions of this act.

Any device which will halt unexpected ingress or egress from the

interior of a frac tank shall be deemed to comply with this act. The

Corporation Commission may institute, in the name of the State of

Oklahoma, upon the relation of the Commission, any necessary action

or proceeding to enjoin such persons, firm, association or

corporation from continuing operations until such time when there

exists compliance with the provisions of this act, and in all proper

cases injunction shall be issued without a bond being required from

the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-259 — OK Code / Title 17 / Section 17-259
Monitoring of application of adjustment clauses
Status: in_force

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 application of the adjustment clauses. The Commission

shall hold a public hearing thereon whenever it deems it necessary,

but no less frequently than once every twelve (12) months. The

Commission shall undertake such other investigation thereof as is

necessary to determine whether:

1. Charges or credits made under the adjustment clauses are

based upon the actual prices paid for purchased power, are properly

computed in accordance with the applicable adjustment clause, and

that portion representing fuel adjustment charges made by an

electric generation cooperative are fair, equitable and properly

computed; or

2. Whether the purchased power adjustment clause should be

amended, suspended or discontinued.

If the Commission finds that the charges or credits are not based

upon the actual prices paid for purchased power, or are not properly

computed in accordance with the applicable adjustment clause, it

shall recompute the charges or credits. Appropriate adjustments

shall then be ordered by the Commission in the amount used in

calculating the power adjustment charge for one (1) or more

succeeding months under the purchased power adjustment clause by the

electric distribution cooperative making the error. The purchased

power adjustment clause may be amended upon a finding of changed

circumstances by the Commission, but shall not be wholly

discontinued or suspended except by order of the Commission after

due notice and hearings for the cooperatives affected have been

rendered.
Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-191.6 — OK Code / Title 17 / Section 17-191.6
Notice of hearing - Bond for payment of expenses
Status: in_force

Notice, in a form to be specified by the Corporation Commission,

of the public hearing to be held pursuant to Section 5 of this act

shall be mailed, or shall be given in such other manner as may be

determined by the Commission, by the domestic public utility to its

customers within ten (10) business days after it has received notice

of the hearing from the Commission. The expenses of preparation and

mailing and giving of such notice shall be borne by the person

filing the statement required by Section 2 of this act. As security

for the payment of such expenses, the Commission may require such

person to file with the Commission an acceptable bond or other

deposit in an amount to be determined by the Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-293 — OK Code / Title 17 / Section 17-293
Local electric transmission facility
Status: in_force

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 electric transmission facility, the incumbent

electric transmission owner or owners shall give notice to the

Southwest Power Pool, in writing, within ninety (90) days of receipt

of the direction to construct by the Southwest Power Pool, regarding

its intent to construct, own and maintain the local electric

transmission facility. If notice is not provided, the incumbent

electric transmission owner shall surrender its right to construct,

own and maintain the local electric transmission facility.

B. If an incumbent electric transmission owner or owners give

notice of intent not to construct the local electric transmission

facility or fail to provide notice as required in subsection A of

this section, then the Southwest Power Pool may determine whether

the incumbent electric transmission owner or owners or other entity

will construct, own and maintain the local electric transmission

facility.

C. Nothing in this section is intended to limit the ability of

any person to notify the Southwest Power Pool that it believes an

incumbent electric transmission owner with the right to construct,

own and maintain a local electric transmission facility originally

approved by the Southwest Power Pool has failed to exercise its

right to construct, own and maintain the local electric transmission

facility within a reasonable period of time and request that the

Southwest Power Pool rescind the right to construct, own and

maintain the local electric transmission facility and assign the

rights to another incumbent electric transmission owner.