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17 OK Stat § 17-158.60 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.60. Appeals - Precedence.

|Any party adversely affected by any action of the Corporation Commission under the provisions of this act may appeal to the Supreme Court in the manner now provided in Section 20 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. All cases appealed to the Supreme Court from an action of the Commission as herein provided shall have precedence therein as provided in Article IX, Section 21 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 59, § 11, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.61. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with Constitution.

|If this act, or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be, in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section 18 through Section 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, then, to the extent of any such conflicts 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 1987, c. 59, § 12, emerg. eff. April 30, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.11. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |(a) "Water Transportation Company" means any person carrying water for compensation through a water transportation line.(b) "Water Transportation Line" means a pipe or canal or combination thereof and facilities and appliances thereto used for the purpose of transporting or carrying water therein. It includes the plural lines and extensions thereof. It does not include lines and facilities for retail distribution or sale of water or lines and facilities of nonprofit rural water corporations.(c) "Person" means an individual, firm, association, or corporation.(d) A water transportation company shall be considered to be a public utility and all laws, rules and regulations applicable to a public utility be applicable to a water transportation company and be subject to continuing supervision.Laws 1969, c. 109, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.12. Certificate of convenience and necessity required for water transportation lines.

|(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, build or equip any water transportation line to serve the public as a common carrier of water without having first obtained from the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma a certificate that the present public convenience and necessity require the operation of such business. |(b) The Commission shall not grant a certificate for the proposed water transportation line which will be in competition with or duplication of any other line serving as a common carrier of water unless it shall first determine that the existing common carrier facilities are inadequate to meet the reasonable needs of the public, or that the person operating the same in unable or refuses or neglects, after hearing on reasonable notice, to provide reasonably adequate service.Laws 1969, c. 109, § 2, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.13. Rules and regulations for applications.

|The application for any such certificate provided for in Section 2 shall be under such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe; provided, however, that the Commission shall not act upon any application whether now pending or hereafter filed until it shall first have adopted rules and regulations relating to the issuance of such certificates. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 3, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.14. Information to be furnished with application.

|In addition to any other requirements of the Commission, the rules of the Commission shall require the applicant to submit with its application the following: |(a) Plans, specifications, maps, surveys, and field notes in such detail and form as the Commission shall prescribe to demonstrate the physical feasibility of the proposed water transportation line and the ability of the applicant to complete the same.(b) Financial statements in such form and detail as the Commission shall prescribe to demonstrate the estimated cost of the facilities and present financial ability of the applicant to construct and operate the same.(c) A construction schedule showing the proposed starting and completion dates of the project and its major phases, as well as the date on which the water transportation line will be available for service.(d) Certification by the Oklahoma Water Resourses Board in such form as the Commission shall prescribe that there are, under the laws of Oklahoma, water permits or rights presently vested in that segment of the public sought to be served by the applicant, adequate to provide the applicant with sufficient traffic to make the proposed water transportation line financially feasible.(e) Certification by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in such form as the Commission shall prescribe that the water transportation line to be built, if built in keeping with the proposed plans and specifications, will be safe and not a menace to life and property and will not result in waste through excessive loss of water in transit or storage while in the facilities of the applicant.(f) Certification by the Oklahoma State Department of Health in such form as the Commission shall prescribe that the water transportation line to be built, if built in keeping with the proposed plans and specifications, will be adequate to protect the water from pollution or degradation while in the facilities of the applicant.Laws 1969, c. 109, § 4, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.15. Notice of receipt of application.

|Upon receipt of an application for such certificate, the Commission shall cause notice thereof to be given by certified mail or personal service to the chief executive officer of the municipality or municipalities affected, if any, to the board of county commissioners in any county the line enters or traverses, and to any water transportation company having a water transportation line in any county in which the proposed line is to be built or having a transporation line in any county or counties having a common boundary at any point to any county in which the proposed line is to be built, and shall publish such notice once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in each county affected. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 5, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.16. Power to issue or refuse certificate - Protests.

|The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as prayed for, or to refuse to issue the same, or to suspend or revoke the same, or to issue it for construction, operation, or acquisition of some portion only of the proposed water transportation line. |No certificate shall be issued until the expiration of forty-five (45) days from the date of the first publication of notice, nor shall any certificate be issued without hearing unless no protest is filed to the granting of the certificate by any interested party within such forty-five day period. In the event such protest is filed, then the Commission shall set the matter for public hearing; however, in the event no protest is filed, the Commission, at its discretion, may issue the certificate forthwith or set the matter for public hearing on its own motion.Laws 1969, c. 109, § 6, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.17. Provisions of certificate - Defaults.

|Each certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Commission shall establish time limits within which construction must be started but in no case shall this exceed six (6) calendar months. The certificate shall also establish a time limit within which the certificated water transportation line will be made available for public service. The certificate shall also provide for reports to the Commission at appropriate intervals indicating the progress of construction, the percentage of completion of the major phases of the project, changes in the estimated completion dates, and any other appropriate information which may be required by the Commission. |If the Commission shall determine that the certificate holder appears to be in default as to the time limits set out in the certificate, it shall conduct a hearing, after ten (10) days' notice, and require the certificate holder to show cause why the certificate should not be canceled. If the certificate holder shall show that it is in default for good cause, such as unanticipated engineering difficulty, national emergency making materials unavailable for construction, or other valid reasons over which the certificate holder has no control, the Commission may extend the time set out in the certificate or in any previous extension. In the absence of good cause shown, the certificate shall be canceled.The Commission shall conduct a hearing to extend such time limits upon application of the certificate holder, and may make extension for good cause shown.Added by Laws 1969, c. 109, § 7, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.18. Assignment of certificate.

|Certificates of convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this act or amendments thereto shall not be assigned, leased or alienated in any way except with the consent of the Commission upon the petition of the holder of the certificate, and only then when the physical assets of the water transportation company or that part thereof covered by the certificate are assigned, leased or alienated to the same assignee to assign a certificate of convenience and necessity, the Commission shall cause the same to be set for hearing and give due and proper notice in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing to all persons who are served by the facilities covered by the certificate which is sought to be transferred, and by the publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the line is located. If at such hearing the Commission finds from competent evidence that the transfer is in the best interest of the public convenience and necessity, it shall permit the certificate to be transferred. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 8, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.19. Rates.

|In any proceeding to issue a certificate and in any other proceeding to regulate the rates of a water transportation line subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission, said Commission shall prescribe and enforce rates to provide a fair return on the fair value of the property of the water transportation line. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 9, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.20. Petition for service.

|Upon the petition of any person not served by an existing transportation line or by a transportation line for which a certificate has been issued, the Commission may cause the same to be set for hearing and give due and proper notice in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing to all persons holding certificates nearest to those requesting service and to the municipal officers of all municipalities served or to be served by such water transportation companies, and by publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the county or counties in which the line is proposed to be constructed. If at such hearing the Commission finds from competent evidence that the public convenience and necessity require the furnishing of water transportation service to the petitioners, it shall have the further power to order and direct the person holding a certificate who can most economically extend its service so as to furnish efficient water transportation service to the petitioners to so extend its line. It shall not make an order so requiring unless it finds, from substantial evidence, that the person so ordered to serve is earning a fair return on the fair value of its water transportation line and the rendition of service to the petitioners will not prevent the person so ordered to serve from earning a fair return on the fair value of its water transportation line. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 10, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.21. Administrative Procedures Act to govern - Review.

|In the exercise of the authority granted by this act, except as herein expressly provided, the Commission shall be governed by and shall conform to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, Sections 1 through 25, inclusive, Chapter 371, O.S.L.1963 (75 O.S.Supp.1968, Sections 31-325). Judicial review of the Commission's decisions in individual proceedings shall be through appeal to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the appeal procedure shall be as set forth in said Administrative Procedures Act. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 11, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.22. Exceptions.

|The provisions of this act shall not be applicable to rural water districts created under the provisions of Section 1 et seq., Chapter 266, O.S.L.1963 (82 O.S.Supp.1968, Sections 1301 et seq.) and as thereafter amended; regional water distribution districts created pursuant to 82 O.S., Secs. 1261, et seq.; port authorities; all water conservancy districts; irrigation districts organized for the purpose of transporting water for agricultural purposes; municipal corporations; trusts of which governmental units or subdivisions are beneficiaries; private individuals or corporations operating water transportation lines to carry water for their own use and not for sale to the public; or federal or state agencies involved in water transportation projects. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 12, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-159.23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-159.23. Restriction on owning or holding water rights.

|No holder of a certificate hereunder shall own or hold water rights or apply to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board therefor and any such right is void. |Laws 1969, c. 109, § 13, emerg. eff. April 1, 1969.
17 OK Stat § 17-160.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-160.2. Existing trusts to submit certain information - Rate orders.

|All existing trusts subject to this act shall submit information, within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, showing the rate being charged, along with a complete financial statement, including the names of all trustees, officers, employees and beneficiaries. |The Commission shall determine the reasonableness of such rates, in line with the criteria used in nontrust utilities, and enter appropriate orders by December 31, 1975, to establish the rates that shall be charged by trusts, authorities, companies, persons and entities covered by the provisions of this act.Laws 1975, c. 291, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975.
17 OK Stat § 17-160.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-160.11. Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act”. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 319, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-160.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-160.12. Legislative findings.

|The Legislature finds that: |1. Oklahoma’s wind energy resources are an important asset for the continued economic growth of the state and for the provision of clean and renewable power to both the people of the state and the nation as a whole;2. Promotion of the development of wind energy resources is important to the economic growth of the state;3. The prudent development of wind energy resources requires addressing the relationship of the needs of wind energy developers with those of the mineral estate owners who have the historical right to make reasonable use of the surface estate, including the right of ingress and egress therefor, for the purpose of exploring, severing, capturing and producing the minerals as reflected in the Exploration Rights Act of 2011, Sections 3 through 7 of this act, and balancing the needs of wind energy developers with those of the landowners who provide access to the wind energy resource, including assurances that wind turbines and wind energy facilities will be properly decommissioned, that they will have access to adequate information to verify the accuracy of their payments, and that they will be adequately protected against hazards and accidents that may arise from the wind turbines or wind energy facilities;4. The conversion of wind energy into power for utility-scale systems frequently requires large wind energy systems consisting of wind turbines, electrical substations, electrical lines, and other supporting systems;5. Wind energy facilities, if abandoned or not properly maintained, could pose a hazard to public health, safety, and welfare through mechanical failures, electrical hazards, or the release of hazardous substances; and6. To protect the public against health and safety hazards, standards for the safe decommissioning of wind energy facilities should be established and assurance of adequate financial resources should be given so that the wind energy systems can be properly decommissioned at the end of their useful life.Added by Laws 2010, c. 319, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 197, § 2.
17 OK Stat § 17-160.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-160.13. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act: |1. “Abandonment” means the failure to generate electricity from commercial wind energy equipment for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months for reasons other than curtailment, repowering, a valid judicial order or other governmental regulatory action, with no pending negotiations for purchase. A wind energy facility shall not be considered abandoned if the owner or operator has elected not to run the facility, but it has been maintained in proper working order and is capable of generating electricity;2. “Commencement of construction” means beginning excavation of wind turbine foundations or other actions relating to the actual erection and installation of commercial wind energy equipment. It shall not include erection of meteorological towers, environmental assessments, surveys, preliminary engineering or other activities associated with assessment of development of the wind resources on a given parcel of property;3. “Commercial generation date” means the date on which the wind turbine in question first generates electrical energy in commercial quantities;4. “Commercial wind energy equipment” means a wind tower and turbine with five hundred kilowatts (500kw) or greater of total nameplate generating capacity;5. “Commercial quantities” means an amount of electrical energy sufficient for sale or use off-site from a wind turbine or wind energy facility, and shall not include amounts of electrical energy used only for the maintenance or testing of the wind turbine or wind energy facility itself;6. “Owner” means the entity having a majority equity interest in commercial wind energy equipment, including their respective successors and assigns;7. “Useful life” means the time during which a wind turbine or wind energy facility is generating electricity in commercial quantities;8. “Wind turbine” means a wind energy conversion system which converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator and includes the turbine, blade, tower, base and pad transformer, if any; and9. “Wind energy facility” means an electrical generation facility consisting of one or more wind turbines under common ownership or operating control, and includes substations, meteorological data towers, aboveground and underground electrical transmission lines, transformers, control systems, and other buildings or facilities used to support the operation of the facility, and whose primary purpose is to supply electricity to an off-site customer or customers. Wind energy facility shall not include a wind energy facility located entirely on property held in fee simple absolute estate by the owner of the wind energy facility.Added by Laws 2010, c. 319, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-160.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-160.14. Decommissioning of wind energy facility.

|A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall be responsible, at its expense, for the proper decommissioning of the facility upon abandonment or the end of the useful life of the commercial wind energy equipment in the wind energy facility. |B. Proper decommissioning of a wind energy facility shall include:1. Removal of wind turbines, towers, buildings, cabling, electrical components, foundations and any other associated facilities, to a depth of thirty (30) inches below grade; and2. Disturbed earth being graded and reseeded or otherwise restored to substantially the same physical condition as existed prior to the construction of the wind energy facility by the owner, excluding roads, unless the landowner specifically requests in writing that the roads or other land surface areas be restored.C. The decommissioning of the wind energy facility, or individual pieces of commercial wind energy equipment, shall be completed as follows:1. By the owner of the wind energy facility within twelve (12) months after abandonment or the end of the useful life of the commercial wind energy equipment in the wind energy facility; and2. If the owner of the wind energy facility fails to complete the decommissioning within the period prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the Corporation Commission shall take such measures as are necessary to complete the decommissioning.D. A lease or other agreement between a landowner and an owner of a wind energy facility may contain provisions for decommissioning that are more restrictive than provided for in this section.Added by Laws 2010, c. 319, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
17 OK Stat § 17-160.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-160.16. Statement to landowner.

|For those landowners who are paid based on the amount of electrical energy produced from the conversion of wind energy, the owner or operator of any wind turbine or wind energy facility shall provide a statement within ten (10) business days of the payment to the landowner in consideration for the use of the property of the landowner to generate electrical energy from the conversion of wind energy. The statement shall provide, at a minimum, information reasonably necessary to provide the landowner an understanding of the basis for the payment to the landowner and a means of confirming its accuracy. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 319, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.