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17 OK Stat § 17-158.25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.25. Exclusive rights within territory - New electric-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 or extend its retail electric service to a consumer for use in electric-consuming facilities located within the certified territory of another retail electric supplier; provided that any retail electric supplier may extend its facilities through the certified territory of another retail electric supplier, if such extension is necessary for such supplier to connect any of its facilities or to serve its consumers within its own certified territory. |B. Except as provided in Section 5 C and Section 5 E, any new electric-consuming facility located in an unincorporated area which has not as yet been included in a map issued by the Commission, pursuant to Section 4C(1), or certified, pursuant to Section 4 D, shall be furnished retail electric service by the retail electric supplier which has an existing distribution line in closer proximity to such electric-consuming facility than is the nearest existing distribution line of any other retail electric supplier. Any disputes under this Section 5 B shall be resolved by the Commission. C. If the Commission, after hearing, shall determine that the retail electric service being furnished or proposed to be furnished by a retail electric supplier to an electric-consuming facility is inadequate and is not likely to be made adequate, the Commission may authorize another retail electric supplier to furnish retail electric service to such facility.D. Except as provided in Section 5 C, no retail electric supplier shall furnish, make available, render or extend retail electric service to any electric-consuming facility to which such service is being lawfully furnished by another retail electric supplier on the effective date of this act, or to which retail electric service is lawfully commenced thereafter in accordance with this section by another retail electric supplier.E. The provisions of this act shall not preclude any retail electric supplier from extending its service after the effective date of this act (1) to its own property and facilities, in an unincorporated area, and (2) subject to Section 5 D, to an electric-consuming facility requiring electric service, in an unincorporated area, if the connected load for initial full operation of such electric-consuming facility is to be 1,000 kw or larger.Laws 1971, c. 113, § 5.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.26. Contracts between suppliers.

|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 consumers between such retail electric suppliers and designating which territories and consumers are to be served by which of said retail electric suppliers. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a contract between retail electric suppliers as herein provided when approved by the Commission shall be valid and enforceable. The Commission shall approve such contract if it finds that the contract will promote the purposes of Section 3 and will provide adequate and reasonable service to all areas and consumers affected thereby. |Laws 1971, c. 113, § 6.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.28. Applicabilty of act.

|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 shall ever be construed to prohibit any municipal corporation, or beneficial trusts thereof, owning or operating electric lines, from furnishing electric service to any territory thereafter annexed to and incorporated into the corporate limits of said municipal corporation, or from acquiring the electric distribution facilities of any association or cooperative corporation as now provided in Title 18, Section 437.2. Provided further that it shall not be necessary for any such municipal corporation, or beneficial trusts thereof, to secure the prior order, consent or authorization of the Commission to proceed under said Title 18, Section 437.2, but after the acquisition of any such electric distribution facilities of any association or cooperative corporation, the Commission shall be notified by such municipal corporation as to the description of the territory annexed and incorporated into the corporate limits in order that the Commission may adjust its required maps. |Laws 1971, c. 113, § 8.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.29. Annexation of area to city or town.

|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 act shall be subject to the provisions of the Retail Electric Consumer Cost Reduction, Safety and Service Efficiency Act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 113, § 9. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 263, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.30. Grand River Dam Authority excepted.

|The provisions of this act shall not apply to Grand River Dam Authority. |Laws 1971, c. 113, § 10.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.31. Liberal construction.

|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.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.32 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.32. Section 437.2 of Title 18 not repealed - Provisions as 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.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.41. Short title.

|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.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.42 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.42. Purpose.

|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, avoid needless and wasteful duplication of electric distribution facilities within the State of Oklahoma and provide safe, economical and cost-efficient electric service to retail electric consumers. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 263, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.44 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.44. Furnishing of retail electricity continued.

|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 transmission and distribution lines and related facilities along, upon, under and across all existing and future public thoroughfares in an area that has been or shall be included, as a result of incorporation or annexation, within the boundaries of a municipality if the retail electric supplier was furnishing electricity or was constructing or operating electric facilities in the area prior to its incorporation or annexation without obtaining the consent, franchise, license, permit or other authority of the municipality, subject, however, to compliance with the lawful safety requirements of the municipality as to the matter of constructing and maintaining facilities along, upon, under and across thoroughfares. Provided that, if any such retail electric supplier is or has been operating under a franchise granted by the voters of the municipality, upon expiration of such franchise, this section shall not be construed as a grant of a right to continue and extend the furnishing of electricity within the boundaries of the municipality other than as granted with regard to the annexed area referred to in this section. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 263, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 46, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 2009.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.45 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.45. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with 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 the State of Oklahoma, then, to the extent of any such conflicts or inconsistencies, it is hereby expressly declared this entire act and this section are amendments to and alterations of said sections of the Constitution, as authorized by Section 35 of Article IX of said Constitution. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 263, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.50 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.50. Definitions.

|1. "Acquiring party" means a person and all affiliates thereof by whom or on whose behalf an acquisition of control referred to in Section 2 of this act is to be effected; |2. "Affiliate" means a person who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by or is under common control with the person specified including any corporation created at the direction of the person specified for purposes of corporate reorganization;3. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Corporation Commission;4. "Control" (including the terms "controlling", "controlled by", and "under common control with") means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership, by contract, purchase of assets, or otherwise, unless such power is the result of an official position with, or corporate office held in, such person. Control shall be presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns or controls the assets of such rural electric cooperative. This presumption may be rebutted by showing that control does not exist in fact. The Commission may determine, after furnishing all persons in interest notice and opportunity to be heard and making specific findings of fact to support such determination, that control exists in fact, notwithstanding the absence of a presumption to that effect;5. "Domestic public utility" means a person doing business in the state, including any other person controlling such a domestic public utility, any substantial portion of the revenues of which, either directly or indirectly, are derived from the business of providing utility service in this state, except that such term does not include agencies, authorities or instrumentalities of the United States or a state or political subdivision of a state;6. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any similar entity or any combination of the foregoing acting in concert, but shall not include any securities broker performing no more than the usual and customary broker's function;7. "Rural electric cooperative" means a person doing business in the state, pursuant to Section 437.1 et seq. of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes;8. "Utility service" means the distribution, delivery or furnishing of electric current for sale to the public for light, heat or power;9. "Assets" in the case of a rural electric cooperative means the physical plant, equipment, accounts receivable, accounts payable, capital credits and all other assets of such rural electric cooperative.Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 1, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.51 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.51. Offers, requests, invitations and acquisitions - 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 person would directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise of any right to acquire, be in control of such rural electric cooperative, and no person shall merge with or otherwise acquire control of a rural electric cooperative, except pursuant to Section 437.13 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless, at the time any such offer, request or invitation is made or prior to the acquisition of assets, such person has filed with the Commission and has sent to such rural electric cooperative a statement containing the information required by Section 3 of this act and such offer, request, invitation, or acquisition has been approved by the Commission in the manner prescribed in Section 4 of this act. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 2, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.53 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.53. Approval of acquisition of control - Public hearing.

|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 shall disapprove such acquisition of control and the same shall not be consummated: |1. The acquisition of control would adversely affect the contractual obligations of the rural electric cooperative or its ability or commitment to render the same level of service to its customers that the rural electric cooperative is currently rendering;2. The effect of the acquisition of control would be substantially to lessen competition in the furnishing of public utility service in this state;3. The financial condition of any acquiring party is such as might jeopardize the financial stability of the rural electric cooperative or otherwise prejudice the interest of the rural electric cooperative's customers;4. The plans or proposals which an acquiring party has to liquidate the rural electric cooperative, sell its assets, or a substantial part thereof, or consolidate or merge it with any person, or to make any other material change in its investment policy, business or corporate structure or management, would be detrimental to the customers of the rural electric cooperative and not in the public interest; or5. The competence, experience and integrity of the persons who would control the operation of the rural electric cooperative are such that it would not be in the interest of its customers and the public to permit the acquisition of control.B. The public hearing referred to in subsection A of this section shall be commenced within thirty (30) days after the statement required by Section 2 of this act is filed. The place, date and time for such public hearing shall be set by the Commission and notice thereof shall be given by the Commission to the person filing the statement and to the rural electric cooperative at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the public hearing. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by the person filing the statement to such other persons and in such manner as may be directed by the Commission at least fifteen (15) days prior to such public hearing. The rural electric cooperative shall give notice to its customers as provided in Section 5 of this act. The public hearing referred to in subsection A of this section shall be concluded within thirty (30) days after the commencement of such hearing. The Commission shall make a determination on the factors specified in subsection A of this section within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of such hearing, and any acquisition of control within the purview of this section shall be deemed approved unless the Commission has, within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of such hearing, entered its order disapproving the acquisition of control.Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 4, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.54 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.54. Notice of public hearing - Expenses and security.

|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 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. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 5, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.55 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.55. Domestic public utility - Filing application for 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 act, is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, an application for approval containing such information as the Commission may prescribe by rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this act, shall be filed with and heard by the Commission after such notice as the Commission may prescribe, and the transaction approved or disapproved based upon the factors enumerated in paragraphs 1 through 5 of subsection A of Section 4 of this act, subject to judicial review as provided in Section 11 of this act, but the other provisions of this act shall not apply to such transaction. This act shall not apply to mergers or consolidations of rural electric cooperatives governed by Section 437.13 or 437.14 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 6, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.56 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.56. Jurisdiction - Copies of lawful process.

|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 actions involving such person arising out of violations of this act. Copies of all such lawful process shall be served on the Commission and transmitted by certified or registered mail, with return receipt requested, by the Commission to such person at his last-known address. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 7, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.57 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.57. Corporation Commission power - Expenses of conducting 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 conducting an analysis or investigation by the Commission of the information required to be filed under Section 3 of this act shall be paid by the acquiring party within fifteen (15) days of the public hearing required by Section 4 of this act. Expenses of conducting the analysis or investigation may include, but not be limited to, the cost of acquiring expert witnesses, consultants and analytical services. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 8, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.58 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.58. Violations - Injunctions - Transmitting evidence - 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 engaged or about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of the provisions of this act, or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder, the Commission, the Attorney General or the rural electric cooperative may bring an action in the district court in and for Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma, to enjoin such acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this act or any rule, regulation or order or temporary or permanent injunction shall be granted without bond. The Commission, the Attorney General and the rural electric cooperative shall transmit such evidence as may be available concerning such acts or practices or concerning apparent violations of this act to the District Attorney for Oklahoma County, who, in his discretion may institute appropriate criminal proceedings. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 9, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.59 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.59. Fines and penalties.

|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 causes such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, such violation shall be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each day during which such offense occurs. |B. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule, regulation, restriction, condition or order made or imposed by the Corporation Commission under authority of this act, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each day during which such offense occurs.Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 10, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 138, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 64, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 138 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.