Okla. Admin. Code § 165:45-17-17

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 165:45-17-17 - Public information regarding competitive bidding; bypass and partial and standby service

(a)Public information regarding competitive bidding. Each intrastate pipeline or utility owned transmission pipeline shall establish and operate a public web site. The public web site shall be accessible through the Internet and will allow for the posting of gas bidding information in the State of Oklahoma. Within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days from the effective date of this Subchapter, the transmission pipeline shall submit a good faith statement of operation to the PUD Director which states that the public web site has been established, is operational and is accessible via the Internet, and shall give the specific address of the site.

(1) The following information shall be posted to the site within a reasonable time of the transaction:

(A) Operationally available capacity at mutually agreeable citygate or Commission approved aggregation points and selected interstate delivery points; and

(B) Prices for operationally available capacity at those delivery points itemized in (A) above.

(2) PUD shall have free and unrestricted access to the site.

(3) Any entity seeking to competitively bid or requesting access to a transmission pipeline shall be given access to that transmission pipeline's public web site.

(4) Pursuant to the complaint procedures established in OAC 165:45-17-29, PUD will assist in negotiations regarding disputes related to information posted to the public web site or nondiscriminatory open access. If no successful agreement can be reached by the parties, any party to the dispute may file an application with the Commission for relief.

(b)Bypass. While neither encouraged nor prohibited, it is recognized by the Commission that competition in the natural gas industry creates the opportunity for some end-users of gas utilities, which receive natural gas services pursuant to their respective tariffs, to now, through bypass or duplication of facilities, receive these services from other providers.

(c)Partial service and standby service. Any utility, which provides citygate or Commission approved aggregation point natural gas services, must make available partial service and standby service at rates appropriate for such service. Pursuant to this Subchapter, partial service means providing some fractional percentage of service which is less than one-hundred percent (100%) and standby service means a type of service wherein the utility does not provide service continuously but rather stands ready to do so when called upon by the customer. Provision of partial and standby service by a utility shall not jeopardize the reliability of service to residential and other small volume customers. When necessary to protect residential and small volume customers, partial and standby service shall be provided on an interruptible basis.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:45-17-17

Added at 15 Ok Reg 2177, eff 7-1-98

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 21, July 15, 2019, eff. 7/25/2019