Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 45 - Gas Service Utilities › Subchapter 21 - Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure › Section 165:45-21-3 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter
				  21, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Annual Report"
means the Annual Report
				  submitted by Commission Staff to the Commission beginning December 30, 2005 and
				  by July 1 of each year thereafter, summarizing the results of Staff's review of
				  each utility's Security Plan (and any Plan Update Reports), along with any
				  recommendations that Staff may have regarding such Plan(s).
"Authorized Participant"
means those persons
				  authorized by the utility or as may otherwise be authorized by law and/or
				  ordered by the Commission, to view highly sensitive confidential information.
				  Such authorization shall be granted on a case-by-case basis and may extend to
				  the utility, state government officials, persons having been granted intervenor
				  status by the Commission and Commission authorized designees of the parties.
"Certification Letter"
means the written
				  certification to the PUD Director made by August 1, 2005 and by March 1 of each
				  subsequent year thereafter, indicating that as of the date of the Certification
				  Letter, the utility has a Plan or that it has updated the Plan and/or previous
				  Plan Update Reports, has a Plan but is not seeking cost recovery or has no Plan
				  in place.
"Critical Infrastructure"
means the property of
				  a utility located in the State of Oklahoma, comprised of either physical assets
				  or computer software which, if severely damaged or destroyed, would have a
				  significant impact on the ability of the utility to serve large numbers of
				  customers for an extended period of time, would have a detrimental impact on
				  the reliability or operability of the utility system, or would cause
				  significant risk to public health and safety.
"DOT/OPS Guidelines"
means the guidelines, as
				  may be amended from time to time, that are distributed by the United States
				  Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety: "Pipeline Security
				  Information Circular" and "Pipeline Security Contingency Plan Guidance."
"Highly Sensitive Confidential"
means that the
				  information is of such a sensitive nature that its public disclosure could be
				  harmful to the security of a utility's critical infrastructure and as such it
				  may only be viewed by those persons authorized by the utility or as may
				  otherwise be ordered by the Commission.
"Plan"
means a Homeland Security and Critical
				  Infrastructure Plan including any subsequent Plan Update Reports that have been
				  prepared with reference to the DOT/OPS GUIDELINES.
"Plan Update Report"
means the written redlined
				  changes made by the utility updating the Plan and/or previous Plan Update
				  Reports. At the utility's option, changes will either be redlined or a history
				  of changes may be maintained.
"Security Cost Rider"
means the per billing unit
				  rate mechanism whereby a utility may, upon approval and Order of this
				  Commission, recover the costs of providing security for its Critical
				  Infrastructure as defined under this Subchapter 21.
Added at 22 Ok Reg 708,
				  eff 7-1-05