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17 OK Stat § 17-519 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§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 in instances where there are non-state resident surface owners, non-state resident surface tenants, unknown heirs, imperfect titles, surface owners, or surface tenants whose whereabouts cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, the operator shall give to the surface owner a written notice of his intent to drill containing a designation of the proposed location and the approximate date that the operator proposes to commence drilling. |Such notice shall be given in writing by certified mail to the surface owner. If the operator makes an affidavit that he has conducted a search with reasonable diligence and the whereabouts of the surface owner cannot be ascertained or such notice cannot be delivered, then constructive notice of the intent to drill may be given in the same manner as provided for the notice of proceedings to appoint appraisers set forth in Section 22 of this act.Within five (5) days of the date of delivery or service of the notice of intent to drill, it shall be the duty of the operator and the surface owner to enter into good faith negotiations to determine the surface damages.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-520 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-520. Security for location damages - Filing - Entry upon property - Increase in security.

|A. Every operator doing business in this state shall file a corporate surety bond, letter of credit from a banking institution, cash, or a certificate of deposit with the Secretary of State in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) conditioned upon compliance with Sections 20 through 26 of this act for payment of any location damages due which the operator cannot otherwise pay. The Secretary of State shall hold such corporate surety bond, letter of credit from a banking institution, cash or certificate of deposit for the benefit of the surface owners of this state and shall ensure that such security is in a form readily payable to a surface owner awarded damages in an action brought pursuant to Sections 20 through 26 of this act. Each corporate surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or certificate of deposit filed with the Secretary of State shall be accompanied by a filing fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00). |B. The bonding company or banking institution shall file, for such fee as is provided for by law, a certificate that said bond or letter of credit is in effect or has been canceled, or that a claim has been made against it in the office of the court clerk in each county in which the operator is drilling or planning to drill. Said bond or letter of credit must remain in full force and effect as long as the operator continues drilling operations in this state. Each such filing shall be accompanied by a filing fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00).C. Upon deposit of the bond, letter of credit, cash or certificate of deposit, the operator shall be permitted entry upon the property and shall be permitted to commence drilling of a well in accordance with the terms and conditions of any lease or other existing contractual or lawful right.D. If the damages agreed to by the parties or awarded by the court are greater than the bond, letter of credit, cash or certificate of deposit posted, the operator shall pay the damages immediately or post an additional bond, letter of credit, cash or certificate of deposit sufficient to cover the damages. Said increase in bond, letter of credit, cash or certificate of deposit shall comply with the requirements of this section.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-522 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§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 court on exceptions to the report of the appraisers or the verdict rendered upon jury trial. Such appeal shall not serve to delay the prosecution of the work on the premises in question if the award of the appraisers or jury has been deposited with the clerk for the use and benefit of the surface owner. In case of review or appeal, a certified copy of the final order or judgment shall be transmitted by the clerk to the appropriate county clerk to be filed and recorded. |When an estate is being probated, or when a minor or incompetent person has a legal guardian or conservator, the administrator or executor of the estate or guardian of the minor or incompetent person or the conservator, shall have the authority to execute all instruments of conveyance provided for in this act on behalf of the estate or minor or incompetent person with no other proceedings than approval by the judge of the court of jurisdiction being endorsed on the instrument of conveyance.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-523 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§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 rights nor shall it prohibit parties from contracting to establish correlative rights on the subject matter contained in this act. |This act shall not be applicable to nor affect in any way property held by an Indian whose interest is restricted against voluntary or involuntary alienation under the laws of the United States or property held by an Indian tribe or by the United States for any Indian tribe.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-524 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-524. Jurisdiction of Corporation Commission - Exception from repeal or limits.

|Nothing in this act shall be construed as repealing or limiting the jurisdiction, authority and power of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-525 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§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 operator willfully and knowingly entered upon the premises for the purpose of commencing the drilling of a well before giving notice of such entry or without the agreement of the surface owner, the court may, in a separate action, award treble damages. The issue of noncompliance shall be a fact question, determinable without jury, and a de novo issue in the event of appeal. |Any operator who willfully and knowingly fails to keep posted the required bond or who fails to notify the surface owner, prior to entering, or fails to come to an agreement and does not ask the court for appraisers, shall pay, at the direction of the court, treble damages to the surface owner.Damages collected pursuant to this act shall not preclude the surface owner from collecting any additional damages caused by the operator at a subsequent date.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-608 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§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 in this state of compressed natural gas to the state or any county, municipality or public trust authority located within this state, the State Department of Education or any school district within this state, if the compressed natural gas is utilized in a government vehicle or a school vehicle as defined in Section 2 of this act. |B. Any entity engaged in the sale of compressed natural gas, in the manner specified in subsection A of this section, and not otherwise determined to be a public utility pursuant to Section 151 of this title, shall be required to give notice to the Commission prior to increasing the price of compressed natural gas more than five percent (5%). The Commission shall either approve the increase within five (5) business days of the notification or notify the entity of the suspension of the price increase pending further investigation of such increase. The Commission shall give notice and conduct hearings concerning such price increases as the Commission deems appropriate and the Commission shall notify the Attorney General of the time and place any such hearings are to be held. In determining whether the increase should be granted, the Commission shall consider:1. the costs of the entity to provide the compressed natural gas;2. the availability of alternate fuel supplies to consumers; and3. the potential impact of the proposed increase on the availability of compressed natural gas.Any public utility engaged in the sale of compressed natural gas in the manner specified in subsection A of this section shall not sell such compressed natural gas at a price greater than the applicable tariff rate for commercial customers of such public utility plus the costs of compressing such gas.C. Notice to the Commission shall be given by filing a verified statement with the Director of the Public Utility Division which sets forth:1. the name and address of the entity;2. the current price and the proposed price;3. documentation which supports the need for the increase; and4. the proposed date of the increased price.D. The Commission shall have the authority to promulgate any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary concerning the regulation of compressed natural gas prices pursuant to the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 1990, c. 336, § 8, operative July 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-701 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§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 employees and potential employees in sensitive or law enforcement positions to supply photographs, descriptions, fingerprints, measurements and other pertinent information necessary for a criminal history search by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The Commission may designate national criminal history searches as defined in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes if it deems such information necessary. |2. The Commission shall be authorized to require enforcement officers to be fingerprinted for submission of the fingerprints through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check. The Commission shall be the recipient of the results of the record check.B. The Commission shall request searches of the online and off-line files of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), or any successor federal agency which supplies such information, to identify apportioned motor vehicles or apportioned motor vehicle license plates which have been reported stolen.C. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules or issue orders to prohibit any person or company from conducting business or participating in any manner of business with the Commission as the Commission deems necessary. Any orders or rules pertaining to the provisions of the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act which were issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, on or after January 1, 2002, shall be deemed to be in effect and transferred to the authority of the Corporation Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Trucking One-Stop Shop Act.D. The Commission is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 2005, c. 418, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2005. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 238, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.1. Electric Usage Data Protection Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Electric Usage Data Protection Act”. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.2. Legislative findings.

|The Legislature finds that smart grid and smart meter technologies have the potential to provide substantial benefits to consumers and the environment, including reduced energy costs, increased energy efficiency, and increased reliability of the electric grid. The Legislature recognizes, however, that the use of advanced metering technology may give electric utilities and consumers access to more detailed usage data than that collected by conventional electric utility services. The purpose of the Electric Usage Data Protection Act is to establish standards to govern the access to and use of usage data, as defined in Section 3 of this act by electric utilities, customers of electric utilities, and third parties. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.3. Definitions.

|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 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; and11. “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, andb.the characteristics of that consumption, as generated, recorded, stored or transmitted by the electric utility infrastructure or supporting technology.Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.4. Electric utilities – Customer information.

|A. An electric utility shall provide customers with reasonable access to and shall maintain the confidentiality of customer information as provided for in Sections 5 through 8 of this act. |B. Electric utilities may utilize customer-identifiable usage data for their internal regulated business purposes which may include, but are not limited to, the:1. Provision of services in an effective and efficient manner;2. Collection of charges and other fees from customers for services provided;3. Planning, operation, maintenance, repair or optimization of the electric utility infrastructure; and4. Subject to approval by the Commission, or in the case of a self-regulated cooperative subject to approval of its board of trustees, development, enhancement, marketing, provision of energy-related products and services or promotion of public policy objectives.C. The use of customer-identifiable usage data under the provisions of subsection B of this section shall not require customer consent.Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.5. Electric utilities – Usage data.

|A. Upon request, electric utilities shall provide the customer with a copy of or access to the standard usage data for that customer. The provision of standard usage data to a customer shall be provided as a component of basic service provided by an electric utility. |B. Upon written request, electric utilities shall, to the extent feasible, provide the nonstandard usage data of the customer to the customer. Electric utilities may charge a reasonable fee for the provision of nonstandard usage data to cover the actual costs incurred in providing the data.Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.6. Customer information - Affiliates.

|A. An electric utility may provide customer information without customer consent to affiliates and third parties who, under contract, assist the electric utility in providing regulated services or otherwise carrying out its business objectives as outlined in subsection B of Section 4 of this act, provided however that the disclosure is limited to the specific information necessary for the third party to carry out its responsibilities to the electric utility. Prior to the disclosure of any customer information to a third party under this subsection, a responsible representative of the third party shall agree in writing that it will maintain the security and confidentiality of all customer information to which it has access and limit the use of customer information to the provision of such services to the electric utility. |B. In addition to providing customer information to affiliates and third parties as described in subsection A of this section, electric utilities may disclose customer information to third parties in the following circumstances:1. As required by law;2. Pursuant to a warrant, subpoena duces tecum, or other court order;3. In the event of a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or similar transaction involving the electric utility;4. In the event of an emergency situation; or5. When the customer provides written consent to the disclosure.Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.7. Aggregate customer usage information.

|A. Electric utilities may use aggregate usage data for their internal business purposes. The use of aggregate usage data by electric utilities shall not require customer consent. |B. 1. Subject to the restrictions in paragraph 2 of this subsection and without customer consent, electric utilities may disclose aggregate usage data to third parties and may make aggregate usage data generally available to the public for purposes such as promoting energy assistance, conservation, environmental advocacy, research, or measuring company performance.2. Any aggregate usage data disclosed as authorized in paragraph 1 of this subsection shall contain a sufficient number of similarly situated customers within a particular geographic area so that the daily usage routines or habits of an individual customer could not reasonably be deduced from the data.Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-710.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-710.8. Promulgation of rules.

|In the case of an electric utility, other than a self-regulated cooperative, the Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of the Electric Usage Data Protection Act. In the case of a self-regulated cooperative, the board of trustees shall have the authority to promulgate rules or procedures to implement the provisions of the act. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 291, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-801 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-801. Legislative intent - Use of cedar trees and residue as renewable energy source.

|A. The Legislature declares that it is in the interest of Oklahoma to promote the use of cedar tree wood products and residue as an energy source in the state in order to take advantage of the abundance of cedar trees growing in the state and its natural compatibility with other renewable energy sources. |B. It is hereby declared the intent of the State of Oklahoma to promote use of cedar tree wood products and residue as a renewable energy fuel.Added by Laws 2010, c. 454, § 14, eff. July 1, 2010.
17 OK Stat § 17-801.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-801.1. Oklahoma Energy Security Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Energy Security Act”. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 283, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
17 OK Stat § 17-801.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-801.2. Legislative intent.

|It is the goal of the State of Oklahoma to reduce the dependence of Oklahoma and the United States on foreign oil, to improve the security of the United States in the world and to improve the economic well-being of the citizens of Oklahoma. The Legislature hereby expresses its intent to take steps to increase the energy independence of the United States by increasing the use of domestic energy and renewable energy sources in Oklahoma, expand development of domestic energy and renewable energy production and increase the ability to export Oklahoma’s domestic energy and renewable energy resources to the rest of the United States. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 283, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
17 OK Stat § 17-801.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-801.3. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Energy Security Act: |1. "Commission" means the Corporation Commission;2. "Demand side management" means the management of customer consumption of electricity, or the demand for electricity, through the implementation of:a.load management or demand resource technologies, management practices or other strategies in residential, commercial, industrial, institutional or government customers that shift electric loads from periods of higher demand to periods of lower demand, orb.industrial by-product technologies consisting of the use of a by-product from an industrial process, including the reuse of energy from exhaust gases or other manufacturing by-products that are used in the direct production of electricity at the facility of a customer; and3. "Energy efficiency" means technologies, management practices or other strategies in residential, commercial, institutional, or government customers that reduce electricity use by those consumers.Added by Laws 2010, c. 283, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.