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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-4 - Revenue increase limits and allocation of requested increase

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Revenue
				increases utilizing the streamlined procedures in this Subchapter are limited
				to the sum of Paragraphs (1) and (2) herein:
(1) General rate changes requested under the
				streamlined general rate change filing procedures are limited to a ten percent
				(10%) increase over existing pro forma test year revenues.
(2) An allowance of one-half (1/2) of one
				percent (1%) of test year pro forma revenues, but not to exceed five-thousand
				dollars ($5,000) annualized expense, will be recognized to cover the total
				presumed cost of processing a filing made under OAC 165:70-9.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-5 - Affiliated interests

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The requirements related to affiliated interests as set forth
				  in
				  165:70-5-36
				  are applicable to this Subchapter.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3143,
				  eff 7-15-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-7 - Narrative discussion regarding need for streamlined general rate change and exhibits

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(a) A
				utility filing shall present the utility's full and complete position with
				regard to its current financial situation and needs, expressed on a pro forma
				basis.
(b) The filing utility shall
				provide an original and six (6) copies of a clearly written narrative
				discussing the specific reasons for the requested streamlined general rate
				change.
(c) The per book data
				included in the exhibits, schedules and information prepared and submitted as
				part of the filing shall be reported in the format reflected in the streamlined
				application package. All such data shall be complete and accurate and
				mathematically correct. All such data shall be supportable by evidentiary
				documentation by the utility. All adjustments to per book amounts shall also be
				shown so that per book amounts, adjustments thereto, and adjusted amounts will
				be clearly disclosed. Any cost separation and cost allocation between the
				utility's regulated operations and unregulated operations, if any, shall be
				fully disclosed and clearly explained. If the accounting and statistical data
				submitted differs from the books of the utility, then the utility shall provide
				a reconciliation schedule with an explanation describing and reconciling the
				differences.
(d) All intervenors or
				protestants shall file an original and six (6) copies of their prepared
				testimony and exhibits within the time period specified by the Administrative
				Law Judge assigned to the cause.
(e) The Public Utility Division shall prefile
				its recommendation a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the hearing date. This
				time frame may be modified for good cause shown, by agreement of the parties or
				after notice and hearing.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3143,
				  eff 7-15-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-8 - Action on notice of rate change

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(a) The Commission shall conduct a public
				hearing on all streamlined general rate change filings.
(b) If, within 45 days after the notice date
				of the rate change, the Commission receives protests from ratepayers
				constituting greater than 15% of the notices mailed by the utility, the
				Commission shall consider the content of said protest in deciding if the matter
				should be processed under the 180-day case processing provisions of OAC
				165:70-1-5.
(c) Notice of hearing of an application for
				approval of any schedule, rate, charge, classification, rule or regulation
				which will directly or indirectly alter charges made for service performed,
				shall be published pursuant to OAC
				165:5-7-51,
				unless the Commission directs otherwise.
(d) If the Commission does not receive the
				level of customer protests identified in subsection (b), the utility's filing
				will be reviewed and a public hearing set so as to assure that an Order can
				issue within a period not to exceed 90 days from the date the cause was
				filed.
(e) Staff may request
				additional information from the utility in the course of evaluating the
				rate/tariff change request, and the utility is required to provide that
				information within ten (10) business days of receipt of the request. If, at any
				time, the utility fails to provide the necessary documentation or other
				evidence that supports the costs and expenses shown in the application, within
				the designated response time, the PUD may recommend rejection of the
				filing.
(f) The PUD Staff must make
				one of the following recommendations with regard to the filing:
(1) Recommend that the requested rate
				increase be approved.
(2) Recommend
				that the requested rate increase be approved, but with modification. Such
				modification shall not exceed a 50% reduction or increase from the proposed
				level of the rate change requested by the utility, and may be based upon
				corrections required or omissions discovered.
(3) Recommend that the requested rate
				increase be rejected.
(4) Recommend
				that the filing be processed, but under the 180-day processing provisions of
				OAC
				165:70-1-5.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-9 - Up-to-date requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
At the time of filing a request for a streamlined general
				  rate change, the filing utility shall have all monthly and annual reports
				  required by Commission order or rule up-to-date and on file, and shall not have
				  any outstanding obligation as defined at OAC
				  165:5-3-20 et
				  seq.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3143,
				  eff 7-15-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-10 - Test period

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The utility shall file as the test year a recent historical
				  twelve-month test period which shall be no more than six (6) months old at the
				  time the application package is filed with the OCC Court Clerk. Any waiver of
				  this requirement shall be obtained in accordance with OAC
				  165:70-9-12.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3143,
				  eff 7-15-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Subchapter 9 - Streamlined General Rate Change Applications › Section 165:70-9-11 - Waivers

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The utility may seek a waiver for any portion of the
				  documentation required by this Subchapter under the provisions of OAC
				  165:70-3-6.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 3143,
				  eff 7-15-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix A - Accumulated Depreciation and Depreciation Rates

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix B - Application - C or D Utilities

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				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix D - Utility Plant in Service - Gas Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix E - Plant Additions or (Retirements) by Year Gas Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix G - Comparative Statement of Income and Expenses Gas Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix H - Gas Sold, Connect & Disconnect Data Sheet

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Figure
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Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix I - Bill Count - Gas Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix J - Utility Plant in Service - Water Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix K - Plant Additions or (Retirements) by Year Water Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix L - Comparative Statement of Income and Expense Water Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix M - Water Sold, Connect & Disconnect Data Sheet

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 70 - Minimum Standard Filing Requirements in Support of a Request by a Public Utility Doing Business in Oklahoma for a Proposed General Rate Change › Appendix N - Bill Count - Water Companies

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Figure
				1
Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753,
				eff 7-11-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:75-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Cotton Gin Utilities rules and regulations of this
				  Chapter were promulgated in furtherance of 17 O.S. Section
				  41
				  et seq. and adopted by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission through Cause No.
				  26977, Order No. 175459 (revised General Order No. 13770 in Cause No. 17759)
				  effective October 29, 1980.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:75-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Applicant"
means any person, persons,
				  corporation or entity in the State of Oklahoma applying for a cotton gin
				  license or any authority from the Commission under the terms of the Cotton Gin
				  Utilities rules and regulations as set for in this Chapter and pursuant to
				  law.
"Burr extractor"
means a machine or device for
				  extracting cotton burrs and other foreign material from seed cotton prior to
				  its being fed into the distributor.
"Commission"
means the Oklahoma Corporation
				  Commission.
"Cotton gin utility"
means a cotton gin
				  maintained and operated for the purpose of separating lint from seed cotton for
				  the public.
"Emergency"
means the result of any unforeseen
				  occurrence or condition such as fire, flood, tornado, or any other act beyond
				  control of the gin operator which would disable the utility and render it
				  incapable of performing proper services.
"Extractor cleaner"
means a machine or device
				  which serves as an extractor of foreign material from seed cotton such as an
				  incline cleaner, stick machine, green leaf machine, airline cleaner,
				  etc.
"Extractor feeder"
means a machine or device
				  which serves as an extractor of the burr and other foreign material from seed
				  cotton and at the same time feeds the seed cotton into the gin stands.
"Gin battery"
means one or more cotton gin
				  stands served by one cotton press.
"License"
means authority or permission given by
				  the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to maintain and operate a cotton gin
				  utility in the State of Oklahoma, as well as the evidence of such authority
				  which may be issued by this Commission.
"Lint cleaner"
means a machine or device which
				  extracts foreign material from lint cotton.
"Rebate"
means any method employed by an owner
				  or operator of a cotton gin utility to evade rates fixed by this Commission as
				  the fair and just charges for the ginning of cotton such as charging less than
				  the rates fixed, the gift of meals, lodging, gasoline for cars or trucks, the
				  use of trucks, trailers, or seed cotton transporters supplied, leased or rented
				  by the gin owners or operators, the improper weighing of seed cotton, lint
				  cotton or cottonseed; the selling of merchandise below cost, and any other
				  similar practice engaged as part of any ginning transaction in any effort to
				  evade rates fixed by this Commission.
"Seed cotton transporter"
means any device
				  utilized to transport bulk seed cotton.
"State"
means the State of
				  Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-1 - Filing of application for cotton gin license

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
A cotton gin license for maintenance and operation of a
				  cotton gin utility and written authority required to be obtained from this
				  Commission by the terms of this Chapter shall be granted or denied only after
				  an application has been filed with the Commission and a hearing held. An
				  applicant shall show in his application and at the hearing the applicable
				  requirements of this Chapter.
Amended at 20 Ok Reg
				  2332, eff 7-15-03
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-2 - Notice

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Notice
				required upon application for license.
An applicant shall give notice of
				the filing of an application for a license for maintenance and operation of a
				cotton gin utility by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a
				newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the cotton gin is to be
				located. An applicant shall also mail notice to all other cotton gin operators
				within a thirty (30) mile radius of the applicant's proposed operating
				location. The notice shall be in a form approved by the Director of the Public
				Utility Division and shall include the name of the entity seeking a license,
				the cause number, the relief requested in the application, the area to be
				served, the phone number of the individual to contact for additional
				information, and the date, time and place of the hearing on the
				merits.
(b)
Notice required
				upon application or letter request of a cotton gin utility to dismantle or go
				dormant.
An applicant filing an application or submitting a letter
				request to dismantle or go dormant shall give notice of the request by posting
				notice in three conspicuous places within the county in which the cotton gin is
				located. The notice shall be in a form approved by the Director of the Public
				Utility Division, and shall include the name of the applicant, the relief
				requested, the date the notice is posted, the name of the individual to contact
				for additional information, and the statement that protests or objections must
				be submitted in writing to the Director of the Public Utility Division of the
				Oklahoma Corporation Commission, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2000,
				on or before an identified date. The applicant must allow no less than a thirty
				(30) day time period for the submission of written objections or
				protests.
Amended at 18 Ok Reg
				  2455, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2332, eff
				  7-15-03
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-3 - Hearings

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Hearings held on any applications shall be open to the public
				  and shall be held in the Commission Courtroom, Jim Thorpe Office Building,
				  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or at any other place designated by this Commission.
				  Any party desiring to present material, competent and relevant testimony for or
				  against the granting of any application shall be afforded an opportunity to do
				  so at such public hearings.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-4 - New gins

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No
				corporation, company, firm, or individual shall be permitted to operate and
				maintain a cotton gin utility without first having secured a license from this
				Commission after notice and hearing. Separate license shall be obtained for
				each gin battery.
(b) Applicant
				seeking a cotton gin license shall satisfactorily show the following primary
				factors:
(1) Name of individual, partnership,
				or corporation and if a corporation, information concerning its
				organization;
(2) A complete
				description of the proposed plant and its facilities, including number of gin
				stands, number of saws per stand, power, etc., and a statement in full of the
				cleaning equipment to be used;
(3)
				Convenience and necessity for a gin at the proposed location;
(4) Names and addresses of all corporations,
				companies, firms, or individuals operating cotton gin utilities within a thirty
				(30) mile radius of the proposed gin site which are or will be in direct
				competition therewith;
(5)
				Responsibility, reliability, qualifications, and capacity of applicant to
				perform ginning services and to afford all reasonable facilities, conveniences,
				and services to the public; and
(6)
				Willingness to be governed by this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-5 - Dormant gins

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No
				corporation, company, firm, or individual in this State shall allow a cotton
				gin utility to remain dormant during any ginning season without first obtaining
				written permission and authority from this Commission. Written permission and
				authority may be granted by the Director of the Public Utility Division,
				without notice and hearing, if there have been no objections or protests
				submitted. In the event that a written protest or objection is received by the
				Director of the Public Utility Division, a hearing before an Administrative Law
				Judge will be scheduled, and notice of the hearing will be issued by the Public
				Utility Division. A new request must be made each year.
(b) Any individual or entity seeking
				authority to allow a gin to remain dormant must show the following primary
				factors:
(1) Name of gin, location, and
				license number;
(2) Owner of
				gin;
(3) Each cotton gin together
				with name and address of owner within a thirty (30) mile radius;
(4) A statement of reasons for making
				application to remain dormant;
(5)
				Name and address of ten (10) cotton farmers now patronizing gin; and
(6) Convenience and necessity does not
				require operation of gin during coming season.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-6 - Dismantled gins

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No
				corporation, company, firm, or individual in this State shall be permitted to
				dismantle a cotton gin now licensed to operate without permission and authority
				from this Commission. Written permission and authority may be granted by the
				Director of the Public Utility Division, without notice and hearing, if there
				have been no written objections or protests submitted. In the event that a
				written protest or objection is received by the Director of the Public Utility
				Division, a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge will be scheduled, and
				notice of the hearing will be issued by the Public Utility Division.
(b) Any individual or entity seeking
				authority to dismantle a gin shall show the following primary factors:
(1) Name and location of gin;
(2) Owner of gin;
(3) Name and address of owner of each cotton
				gin within thirty (30) mile radius of applicant's gin;
(4) Name and address of 10 cotton farmers now
				patronizing gin; and
(5)
				Convenience and necessity no longer requires the gin at its present
				location.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-7 - Change of ownership-lease

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				No corporation, company, firm, or individual in this State shall sell, or lease
				nor shall any corporation, company, firm, or individual buy or lease, or
				otherwise change ownership or control of a cotton gin utility without first
				securing written permission and authority from this Commission.
(b) Applicant seeking authority for change of
				ownership or control shall show the following primary factors:
(1) Name of gin and location;
(2) Name and address of seller or
				lessor;
(3) Name and address of
				purchaser or lessee;
(4) Name under
				which gin will operate;
(5)
				Financial responsibility of purchaser or lessee; and
(6) Willingness of purchaser or lessee to
				abide by the Cotton Gin Utilities rules and regulations as set forth in this
				Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-8 - Relocating/moving a gin

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No
				corporation, company, firm, or individual shall be permitted to dismantle a
				cotton gin now licensed to operate and remove to and operate same at a new
				location without first obtaining written permission and authority from this
				Commission.
(b) Applicant seeking
				authority to dismantle and move to a new location shall comply with the Cotton
				Gin Utilities rules and regulations as set forth in this Chapter pertaining to
				the dismantling of gins as required by
				165:75-3-6 and
				Cotton Gin Utilities rules and regulations as set forth in this Chapter
				pertaining to building new gins as defined in
				165:75-3-4.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 3 - Applications › Section 165:75-3-9 - Forms

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Proper forms
				for application to meet requirements made in this subchapter may be had on
				request address to: Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Utility Division Jim
				Thorpe Office Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
(b) Proper procedure and detail requirements
				will be outlined by the Director.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 1 - SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-1 - General service

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) All
				  persons, individuals, or corporations engaged in the business of ginning cotton
				  within the State shall properly equip their gins and hold themselves in
				  readiness to perform such duties, unless for good cause shown, any such person
				  or persons, individuals, copartnerships, or corporations shall be excused
				  therefrom in writing by the Commission as provided in this Order.
(b) All gins must be equipped with cleaners
				  to properly clean seed cotton. In trade territories where 25% or more of the
				  total cotton ginned over the latest consecutive three (3) year period is bolly,
				  snapped, or machine harvested cotton, the gin shall be equipped with burr
				  extractors, extractor cleaners, and extractor feeder machinery.
(c) All persons, firms, or corporations
				  operating cotton gins in the State shall perform such ginning service in a
				  proper and workmanlike manner using due care and diligence in producing a clean
				  product and saving for the owner of the cotton the full and fair weight of seed
				  and lint to which he may be fully entitled.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 1 - SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-2 - Equal service

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All owners and operators of cotton gin utilities are hereby
					 required to render similar service to all customers alike. All owners and
					 operators of cotton gin facilities are hereby prohibited from entering into any
					 agreements and practices, or adopting rules tending to monopolize the purchase
					 of cottonseed or seed cotton and are hereby prohibited from entering into any
					 combination with others tending to stifle or limit competition therein, or
					 tending to discriminate against any buyer of seed cotton, cottonseed or bale
					 cotton, and all such owners and operators are hereby required to maintain
					 standard scales.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 1 - SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-3 - Abandonment of service

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All property once devoted to the public service of ginning
					 cotton shall not be abandoned or service discontinued temporarily or otherwise,
					 except in case of emergency, until after permission of authority in writing has
					 been secured from the Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 1 - SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-5 - [1] Rebate

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Rates and charges for service to the owner or operator of
					 any cotton gin utility shall be the rates fixed by Order of this Commission. No
					 cotton gin utility owner or operator shall directly or indirectly offer or give
					 any rebates as that term is defined in
					 165:75-1-2.
1In the initial codification
					 of this agency's rules on 12-31-91, two Sections were numbered as 165:75-5-5,
					 although one of the rules was located in Chapter 70 instead of Chapter 75. Upon
					 discovery of this error, the number of the rule which appeared in Chapter 70
					 was changed to 165:70-5-5.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 1 - SERVICE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-6 - Pure seed gins

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In any community or district where pure cotton of any
					 variety is grown, the ginner may designate particular ginning days upon which
					 such cotton will be ginned exclusively and notice of such days shall be posted
					 at the gin.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-10 - Seed cotton transporter

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Any device used to transport bulk seed cotton to a cotton
					 gin and/or gin yard shall not be supplied, leased, rented, or furnished to a
					 producer by a cotton gin utility.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-11 - Out-of-condition seed cotton

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Ginners are authorized to delay or refuse to gin seed
					 cotton that is contaminated with any type of foreign material or is out of
					 condition from any cause that would impede or prevent the normal ginning
					 process.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-12 - Wrapping

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All bale cotton shall be wrapped in only specification
					 material that has currently been approved by the Cotton Industry Bale Packaging
					 Committee of the National Cotton Council and Commodity Credit Corporation of
					 the U.S. Department of Agriculture as recorded in the Federal
					 Register.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-13 - Wet or damaged wrapping

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Wet or damaged wrapping shall not be placed on custom
					 ginned cotton.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-14 - Use of ginning aids

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Gin owners or operators shall not, while ginning, use any
					 ginning aids or other substances or devices that will be injurious to the
					 cotton fiber or cottonseed.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-15 - False plating and packing

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Owners or operators of cotton gin utilities shall not false
					 plate or false pack any cotton baled at their respective
					 gins.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 3 - GINNING REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-16 - Tags

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
It shall be the duty of all owners or operators of cotton
					 gins in this State to brand a number by means of a metal tag and/or paper tag
					 approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture upon each bale of cotton ginned
					 and baled at their respective gins which brand and number shall correspond with
					 the records as provided in
					 165:75-5-22.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 5 - REPORTING AND RECORD REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-20 - Annual reports and accounting practices

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Annual cotton gin utility reports for the preceding year
					 shall be filed no later than ninety (90) days following the expiration of the
					 cotton gins utility's fiscal year and shall be made to the Commission in such
					 detail and on such forms as are prescribed and furnished by the Commission. The
					 statements of facts pertaining to the inquiries called for shall be duly signed
					 and certified under oath of the officers or owners of the gin
					 utilities.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 2661, eff 6-25-93
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 5 - REPORTING AND RECORD REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-21 - Exhibits and petitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				  An applicant seeking to establish convenience and necessity as required in any
				  of the Cotton Gin Utilities rules and regulations as set forth in this Chapter
				  shall attach to his application a map embracing an area not less than a thirty
				  (30) mile radius from the applicant's proposed gin. The exact location of
				  applicant's proposed gin shall be shown on said map together with the location
				  of each competitive gin plant within a thirty (30) mile radius thereof. The
				  applicant shall prepare an exhibit from the records of the Commission or from
				  any reliable source showing the exact amount of cotton ginned by each of the
				  competitive gins for the three (3) years next preceding the filing of the
				  application. This exhibit shall show the name and address of the owner of each
				  of such gins, the number of saws, the type of equipment as to gins stands,
				  cleaners, power, and any other such information that may be pertinent. The
				  exhibit shall show the average number of bales ginned by said competitive gins
				  for the past year and shall show the percentage of capacity of existing
				  approved cotton gin facilities to the amount of cotton available for the
				  average of three (3) years and for the past year. In the event the applicant or
				  any party desires to present a petition from the cotton growers of the
				  territory affected, the same shall show the names of the cotton growers, the
				  number of acres devoted to cotton in each of the past three (3) years, the
				  number of bales raised by said petitioner during each of the last three (3)
				  years, and the proposed number of acres to be planted in cotton for the current
				  year. No person or firm not directly growing cotton shall be eligible to sign a
				  petition of this nature. No one growing cotton outside of the thirty (30) mile
				  radius of the gin in question shall be eligible to sign such petition unless
				  there is no gin closer to his land.
(b) A full copy of the information as listed
				  shall be mailed under registered cover to the record owner of each gin within a
				  radius of thirty (30) miles of the proposed gin site and be so stated in the
				  application of the Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 5 - REPORTING AND RECORD REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-22 - Gin records

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
All owners or operators of cotton gin utilities shall cause
					 to be kept at their place of business a book which shall be open for inspection
					 by the public at all reasonable hours in which shall be registered at the time
					 of receiving any cotton, each bale (modified gin flat or Universal Density) of
					 cotton, or load of unginned cotton, giving dates of ginning, the name of
					 persons for whom it is ginned, pounds of seed cotton ginned, bale number, gross
					 weight of bale, and price paid for ginning.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 5 - REPORTING AND RECORD REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-23 - Inspector's report

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
A copy of each gin inspectors inspection report shall be
					 posted near the license (or facsimile) of the gin in the office after each
					 visit.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 5 - REPORTING AND RECORD REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-24 - Separate records

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
If the owner or operator of any cotton gin utility is
					 engaged in carrying on any other business in connection with the operation of
					 said cotton gin he shall keep records that will show distinctly and separately
					 the cost of the operation and gross revenue for each gin.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 7 - LICENSE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-30 - License fee

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The fee for a license issued by the Commission for any gin
					 battery shall be five dollars ($5.00) per gin stand.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 7 - LICENSE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-31 - License posting

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Gin License Certificate or a reasonable facsimile must
					 be posted in the office of the gin for which such license is
					 issued.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 7 - LICENSE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-32 - Expiration of license

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
If any holder of a license to operate a cotton gin utility
					 allows his gin to remain dormant for five (5) consecutive years, regardless of
					 express authority from the Commission to allow his gin to remain dormant for
					 each of said years, his license to operate, in absence of good cause shown to
					 the contrary, shall be subject to cancellation after reasonable notice and
					 hearing before the Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 9 - INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-40 - Insurance coverage

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Each licensed cotton gin utility owner or operator shall
					 insure, and at all times, keep insured in his name all seed cotton, baled
					 cotton, and cotton transporting vehicles owned by the cotton producer for the
					 full market value thereof against loss from fire, windstorm, tornado,
					 explosion, collision, and theft while in the custody of the cotton gin utility.
					 Each cotton gin utility owner or operator shall, at his own expense, take the
					 necessary steps to collect any monies which may be due as indemnity for any
					 loss or damage. For the purpose of this Section, full market value shall mean
					 the value used by underwriters in paying losses. The insurance carrier issuing
					 the policy must be licensed in the State of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 9 - INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 165:75-5-41 - Fire equipment

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Each cotton gin owner or operator shall follow all
					 guidelines established by their insurance carrier with regard to fire fighting
					 equipment and fire prevention policies.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 11 - VIOLATIONS › Section 165:75-5-50 - Violations by managers

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission shall have the right after notice and
					 hearing to refuse to allow any owner or operator to continue the operation of a
					 cotton gin who has violated the laws or the Cotton Gin Utilities rules and
					 regulations as set forth in this Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 75 - Cotton Gin Utilities › Subchapter 5 - Maintenance and Operation › Part 11 - VIOLATIONS › Section 165:75-5-51 - Penalty

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Any person, firm, or Corporation that violates any of the
					 rules set forth in this Chapter shall be guilty of contempt and shall be fined
					 not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation and in the
					 discretion of the Commission be subject to cancellation of its
					 permit.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-1 - Purpose; short title

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) This
				Chapter establishes the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Wide Area Calling Plan
				(WACP) rules and procedures for applications which may be cited by the short
				title as Oklahoma WACP Rules, adopted by the Commission in Cause No. RM 000049,
				Order No. 355459, on March 20, 1991, with final adoption on May 23, 1991,
				pursuant to 75 O.S., Section 308.1(A) with an effective date of June 27,
				1991.
(b) This Chapter and
				procedures herein are intended to provide an orderly, reasonable, fair, and
				definitive process for the presentation of requests for wide area
				calling.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-2 - Jurisdiction

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (Commission), by virtue
				  of Article IX, Section 18 et seq., of the Constitution of the State of
				  Oklahoma, Title 17, Section
				  131
				  et seq., of the Oklahoma Statutes and sundry other enactments of the Oklahoma
				  legislature, has authority and responsibility to supervise, regulate, and
				  control the public service business of telephone companies in Oklahoma, and to
				  enact rules and regulations in connection therewith.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-3 - Application of rules

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
This Chapter and procedures herein apply to any application
				  filed by the Commission staff, or any proceeding initiated by the Commission on
				  its own motion, seeking to develop a comprehensive WACP within any major
				  metropolitan area or to any comprehensive WACP between several small
				  communities linked by virtue of a geographical closeness (geographical
				  region).
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-4 - Scope of rules

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Chapter, OAC
				  165:5 shall govern causes brought for WACPs.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-5 - Interpretation of rules

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Where by their context the rules of this Chapter establish
				  standards or objectives, substantial compliance therewith will be deemed
				  compliance with this Chapter. Where by their context the rules of this Chapter
				  imposes an absolute obligation, strict compliance is
				  required.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-6 - Relief from rules

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Whenever compliance with any requirement of this Chapter
				  would result in unreasonable hardship, excessive expense, or for other good
				  cause shown, the Commission may, by order, waive or modify the requirements of
				  this Chapter, upon application of any interested party.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-8 - Controversy over rules

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Whenever a controversy exists in connection with the
				  interpretation of this Chapter, or its applicability, or any right or duty
				  imposed thereby, the Commission, upon application of any interested party and
				  after notice and hearing, will enter such order thereon as it may deem
				  appropriate.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 80 - Wide Area Calling Plan (WACP) › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 165:80-1-9 - Severability

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) This Chapter
				will not relieve in any way a telephone company or customer from any of its
				duties under the laws of this State or the United States. If any provision of
				this Chapter is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions
				or applications of this Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid
				provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are
				declared to be severable.
(b) This
				Chapter shall not be construed so as to enlarge, diminish, modify, or alter the
				jurisdiction, powers, or authority of the Commission or the substantive rights
				of any person.
(c) The Commission
				may make exceptions to this Chapter for good cause.