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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 1001 By: Standridge
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Corporation Commission;
7 amending 17 O.S. 2021, Section 180.1, which relates
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8 prohibiting certain actions by public utility;
9 modifying definitions; and providing an effective
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 180.1, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 180.1. A. Advertising If a public utility is the only
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16 provider of a utility service within the utility's service area,
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17 advertising expenses shall not be included by a public utility in
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18 its operating expenses for ratemaking purposes.
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19 B. For purposes of subsection A of this section:
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20 1. "Advertising" means:
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21 a. the commercial use by a public utility of any media
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22 including, but not limited to, newspaper, magazine,
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23 radio and television to transmit a message to the
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1 b. the commercial use by a public utility of any printed
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2 material to transmit a message to a substantial number
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3 of members of the public or to a substantial number of
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4 the public utility's customers;
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5 2. "Advertising" shall not mean:
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6 a. periodic publications or reports required by the
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7 bylaws of any public utility or electric cooperative,
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8 b. any communication with customers and the public which
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9 is strictly limited to energy conservation and
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10 education,
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11 c. any communication with customers and the public which
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12 provides telephone customers with instruction in the
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13 use of new, changed or improved features of their
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14 telephone service, or information about time periods
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15 or other conditions under which long distance calls
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16 may be made at reduced rates, or information which
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17 promotes the efficient use of the telephone network;
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18 provided, that if the cost of providing such
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19 information is to be treated as an operating expense
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20 by the public utility, it shall be clearly marked or
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21 identified to indicate the identity of the public
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22 utility and the fact that the cost is paid for by the
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23 ratepayers of the public utility,
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1 d. any communication with customers and the public for
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2 giving of information or notice required by law or
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3 otherwise necessary to warn of dangerous or hazardous
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4 conditions,
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5 e. routine classified telephone listings for the
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6 convenience of customers,
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7 f. informational inserts in customers' bills,
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8 g. any communication with customers and the public which
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9 informs existing and potential customers of the
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10 availability and conservation features of energy-
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11 efficient appliances and equipment,
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12 h. any communication with customers and the public which
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13 relates to industrial development, and
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14 i. any communication with customers and the public which
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15 is in furtherance of conservation or load management
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16 programs approved by the Corporation Commission; and
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17 3. 2. "Public utility" means any individual, firm, association,
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18 partnership, corporation or any combination thereof, other than a
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19 municipal corporation or their lessees, trustees and receivers,
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20 owning or operating for compensation in this state equipment or
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21 facilities for:
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22 a. producing, generating, transmitting, distributing,
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23 selling or furnishing electricity,
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1 b. the conveyance, transmission, reception or
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2 communications over a telephone system; provided, that
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3 no authority not otherwise a public utility within the
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4 meaning of this section shall be deemed such solely
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5 because of the furnishing or furnishing and
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6 maintenance of a private system, or
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7 c. transmitting directly or indirectly or distributing
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8 combustible hydrocarbon natural or synthetic natural
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9 gas for sale to the public; and
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10 4. "Appliances" and "equipment" mean those individual
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11 appliances and space-conditioning equipment introduced by
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12 manufacturers after November 9, 1978, which operate at a level of
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13 efficiency at least twenty percent (20%) greater than appliances and
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14 space-conditioning equipment of the same energy type manufactured
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15 prior to that date.
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16 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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