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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 1003 By: Stewart
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7 AS INTRODUCED
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8 An Act relating to the Corporation Commission;
8 defining terms; requiring the Commission to
9 promulgate rules; establishing provisions for the
9 consideration of electric grid qualifications;
10 prohibiting approval of certain actions by the
10 Commission; providing for certain considerations for
11 the retiring of certain electric generation
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12 codification; and providing an effective date.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 295 of Title 17, unless there is
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19 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. As used in this section:
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21 1. "Firming power" means power sources that can provide at
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22 least forty-eight (48) hours of back-up power to intermittent
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23 generation at the expected maximum level of power provided by the
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1 intermittent generation, predicted using an industry-standard
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2 methodology;
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3 2. "Guaranteed power capacity" means the sum of the on-demand
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4 power and firming power available, calculated without double-
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5 counting any power source;
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6 3. "Intermittent generation" means electric generation that
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7 requires intermittent sources of energy such as sunlight or wind;
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8 4. "On-demand power" means electric power from sources that do
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9 not depend on intermittent sources of energy such as sunlight or
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10 wind and whose output can be provided within eight (8) hours and
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11 controlled to meet changes in demand. Provided, on-demand power
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12 does not include electric power from batteries or other storage
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13 mechanisms that are charged in whole or in part by intermittent
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14 generation; and
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15 5. "Peak net load" means the estimated peak demand minus the
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16 estimated minimum level of power provided by intermittent generation
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17 at the time of peak demand, predicted using an industry-standard
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19 B. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules and
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20 procedures to ensure that any electric grid serving ratepayers in
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21 this state is affordable and reliable as set forth in this act.
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22 C. An electric grid shall not be considered affordable and
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23 reliable unless:
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1 1. Any new power generation resource is chosen and approved
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2 based solely on achieving the lowest total monetary cost among
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3 available options. The lowest total monetary cost shall be
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4 calculated by adding the total monetary cost of construction and
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5 operation of such resource that will be charged to ratepayers, the
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6 fiscal costs to any level of government of direct and indirect
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7 monetary subsidies applicable to such resource, the monetary cost of
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8 providing firming power if required by this act or otherwise, and
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9 other system costs necessary to integrate the resource;
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10 2. Existing power generation resources are not retired prior to
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11 the end of their potential useful lives, including where such useful
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12 lives can be extended through repairs or other modifications, unless
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13 retirement results in a lower total monetary cost among available
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14 options and the requirements of subsection E of this section are
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15 met;
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16 3. The grid maintains a guaranteed power capacity of at least
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17 one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of peak net load;
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18 4. Power generation resources serving the grid meet continuous
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19 operating requirements for summer and winter peaks, including
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20 extreme weather events that necessitate on-site fuel storage, dual
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21 fuel capability, or fuel supply arrangements to ensure performance
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22 for seven (7) days in the event of extreme weather; and
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23 5. System-wide loss of load events, such as power shortages or
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24 brownouts, are not expected to occur, to an industry-standard level
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1 of certainty, more than once in ten (10) years, and for a duration
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2 of five (5) hours or fewer.
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3 D. The Corporation Commission shall not take any action
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4 approving a new intermittent generation source unless the source has
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5 the support of firming power up to the expected maximum output level
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6 of the source for forty-eight (48) hours during periods of peak load
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7 on the grid, and the cost of constructing or contracting for that
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8 firming power shall be included in calculating the total monetary
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9 cost of the intermittent generation source.
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10 E. Guaranteed power capacity shall be a primary consideration
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11 of the Corporation Commission when considering matters related to
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12 the retiring or adding of electric generation. The Commission shall
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13 not approve retiring any electric generation source that provides
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14 on-demand power, including by approving a certificate of convenience
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15 or a permit to build or acquire intermittent generation, unless the
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16 utility establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the
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17 applicable electric grid will have, at the time of retirement, a
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18 guaranteed power capacity equal to or greater than described in
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19 paragraph 3 of subsection C of this section.
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20 F. The Corporation Commission shall coordinate with regional
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21 transmission organizations to develop policies which provide power
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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