Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 5 - Aboveground Storage Tanks › Subchapter 7 - Commencement of a Case › Part 5 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 165:5-7-60 - Reciprocity of final orders between states - electric companies

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
To facilitate the efficient use of resources for the
					 benefit of ratepayers, when any electric company serves less than ten percent
					 (10%) of its total customers or five hundred (500) of its members for rural
					 electric cooperatives within the State of Oklahoma, the electric company may
					 elect to allow all or a portion of the rates, charges, and terms and conditions
					 of service within the Oklahoma portion of such service territory be those
					 prescribed by the regulatory agency of the adjacent state within which the
					 central office of the electric company is located; provided that, to
					 demonstrate this election:
(1) The
				  electric company shall file before the Commission an application to adopt the
				  rates, charges, and terms and conditions of service prevailing in an adjacent
				  state within ten (10) business days after the initiation of a ratemaking
				  proceeding before the regulatory agency of the adjacent state. The electric
				  company shall also file all pleadings and exhibits with this Commission and
				  provide to the Office of the Attorney General of Oklahoma within ten (10) days
				  subsequent to filing the pleadings and exhibits with the adjacent state where
				  such central office or offices are located.
(2) The electric company shall provide notice
				  to the individual customers located within Oklahoma, by direct mail and/or bill
				  insert, concerning any hearing set before the Commission to adopt the rates,
				  charges, and terms and conditions of service pursuant to this Section,
				  including notice that a protest may be filed with the Commission's Court
				  Clerk.
(3) Such rates, charges, and
				  terms and conditions prescribed by an order of the regulatory agency of such
				  adjacent state, after hearing on the merits have been held in such adjacent
				  state, shall be filed with the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma,
				  along with the final order and recommendation of the administrative law judge,
				  if any, of the regulatory agency of the adjacent state.
(4) To ensure that rates and terms and
				  conditions of service resulting from this Section are just and reasonable and
				  consistent with Oklahoma law and prevailing Corporation Commission policy, the
				  electric company shall also file the following:
(A) A statement or testimony clearly
				  describing the methods and standards relied upon in the ratemaking proceeding
				  in the adjacent state, specifying any distinctions between the methods and
				  standards prevailing in Oklahoma and in that adjacent state;
(B) A statement or testimony clearly
				  describing how costs were allocated between Oklahoma customers and customers in
				  other jurisdictions during the proceedings in the adjacent state; and
(C) A statement or testimony clearly
				  describing any deviation from the Electric Utility Rules, OAC 165:35, or other
				  applicable rules prescribed by the Commission, that would result from the use
				  of the rates, charges, and terms and conditions of service in the adjacent
				  state.