Okla. Admin. Code § 165:35-1-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 165:35-1-1 - Purpose, authority, and scope

(a) The Electric Utilities rules and regulations of this Chapter were adopted by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission by virtue of Article IX, Section 18 et seq., of the Oklahoma Constitution and sundry enactments of the Oklahoma Legislature, which give the Commission the authority and responsibility to supervise, regulate, and control electric utilities in Oklahoma, and to enact rules and regulations in connection therewith.

(b) Pursuant to such statutory authority, the Commission has adopted this Chapter and fixed the following standards for electric utilities, to become effective upon publication as required by Article IX, Section 18 of the Oklahoma Constitution. General Order Nos. 689, 755, 2072, 16061, 13336, 104932, 109443, 110178, 135207, 147 ,881, 179618, 179219, and 186936 as applied to electric utilities in Oklahoma are revoked as of the effective date hereof. Service provisions, rules, standards, and/or terms and conditions of service of electric utilities in Oklahoma, which have been approved by and filed with the Commission by the electric utilities to the extent of any conflict, are superseded by this Chapter.

(c) No tariff, special contract, agreement, rule, or terms and condition of service shall be filed with the Commission by electric utilities, after the effective date of this Chapter, which is in conflict with this Chapter except as provided for in OAC165:35-1-3(f).

(d) Except as provided in OAC 165:35-1-3, any order of the Commission granting relief which would constitute an exemption from any provision of this Chapter shall not be superseded by this Chapter.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:35-1-1

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 9/12/2014