Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 45 - Gas Service Utilities › Subchapter 17 - Competitive Bidding and Affiliate Transaction Rules for the Provision of Natural Gas Services of Gas Supply, Gathering, Transmission and Storage of Natural Gas Utilities Upstream of the Citygate › Section 165:45-17-3 - Application of Subchapter

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				This Subchapter is applicable to all natural gas utilities operating within the
				State of Oklahoma.
(b) All services
				rendered by natural gas utilities shall remain subject to Commission rate
				regulation pursuant to this Subchapter until or unless the Commission, after
				notice and hearing, makes an affirmative determination that rate regulation as
				to a customer, citygate, or aggregation point of natural gas service at a
				particular location is no longer required and further makes a finding that
				effective competition exists upstream of each citygate for each individual
				service. Accordingly, there shall be no presumption of effective competition
				upstream of any citygate for any service prior to a Commission order reflecting
				the same.
(c) To the extent that
				any entity seeks to competitively bid to provide the natural gas services of
				gas supply, gathering, transmission and storage to natural gas utilities
				upstream of the citygate, the Commission shall impose reasonable standards of
				conduct to establish and preserve a fair competitive bid process.
(d)
Required Information.
Upon
				request by the Commission, affiliate information shall be provided pursuant to
				this Subchapter and shall contain records and work papers which provide, at a
				minimum, the following information and such other information that the
				Commission shall request:
(1) Consolidated
				Companies and Subsidiaries Balance Sheet.
(2) Income Statements.
(3) Cost Allocation Basis, if
				applicable.
(4)
				Affiliate/Subsidiary General Data: Narrative(s) providing:
(A) The date of establishment of each
				affiliate and/or subsidiary;
(B) A
				statement of each affiliate and/or subsidiary's core businesses;
(C) The utility company resources used in
				establishment of each affiliate and/or subsidiary; and
(D) The utility company resources currently
				being used by each affiliate and/or subsidiary, either directly or
				indirectly.
(5)
				Affiliate/Subsidiary Contracts: Copies of any and all contracts with affiliates
				and/or subsidiaries.
(6) Assets
				Sold/Transferred to Affiliates/Subsidiaries: A listing, by asset category and
				net book value, of assets sold or transferred to any affiliate and/or
				subsidiary since the utility's last rate case.
(7) Services/Products from
				Affiliates/Subsidiaries: A listing and description of the services and/or
				products (and related costs) provided by each affiliated and/or subsidiary
				company to the utility for the required period.
(8) Services/Products to
				Affiliates/Subsidiaries: A listing of any significant utility company
				facilities and/or resources, whether plant, other assets or personnel that were
				used during the required period, by each affiliate and/or subsidiary. The cost
				of the resources shall be indicated.
(9) Cost of Debt or Financing: A listing of
				debt instruments bearing any cost of financing transactions, in part or in
				full, or any debt, equity, trading activity, or derivative which has a direct
				or indirect financial or cost impact upon the utility.