Okla. Admin. Code § 165:5-3-22

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

Section 165:5-3-22 - Fee allocation

(a) Pursuant to 17 O.S. § 180.11, an annual fee shall be assessed as follows:

(1) The assessment shall, after excluding the amount allocated to the interexchange telecommunications companies, resellers, pay phone service providers and operator service providers in paragraph (2) of this subsection, be borne by the affected public utilities as follows:

(A) One-half shall be allocated based on that proportion which the total Regulated Oklahoma jurisdictional gross operating revenues of each public utility bears to the total Regulated Oklahoma jurisdictional gross operating revenues of all public utilities; and

(B) One-half shall be allocated based on that proportion which the total number of Regulated Oklahoma Jurisdictional Customers of each public utility bears to the total number of Regulated Oklahoma Jurisdictional Customers of all public utilities.

(2) For interexchange telecommunications companies, resellers, pay phone service providers and operator service providers, the allocation shall be based on the proportion that each interexchange telecommunications company's, reseller's, pay phone service provider's, and operator service provider's total Regulated Oklahoma jurisdictional gross operating revenues bears to the total Regulated Oklahoma jurisdictional gross operating revenues of all public utilities.

(b) The fees assessed pursuant to this Section shall be on a fiscal year basis and shall equal the amount of the budgetary limit for the Public Utility Division established by the legislature for said fiscal year.

(c) After final legislative and gubernatorial approval of the budgetary limit for the Public Utility Division, notice of the annual assessed amount pursuant to (a)(1) and (2) of this Section shall be sent by electronic mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, to each public utility.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:5-3-22

Added at 10 Ok Reg 4517, eff 9-1-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3681, eff 7-11-94 ; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2474, eff 7-1-97 ; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2369, eff 7-1-01 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1033, eff 7-1-13

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