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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 713 By: Jech
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to wind energy facilities; defining
7 terms; requiring certain newly established facilities
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8 system prior to commencement; requiring existing wind
9 energy facilities to apply for certain light-
9 mitigating technology system by certain date;
10 providing for issuance of revenue bond by county;
10 providing for cost recovery; directing rule
11 promulgation; providing for codification; and
11 providing an effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 160.23 of Title 17, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this section:
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19 1. "Light-mitigating technology system" means aircraft
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20 detection lighting or any other comparable system capable of
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21 reducing the impact of facility obstruction lighting while
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22 maintaining conspicuity sufficient to assist aircraft in identifying
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23 and avoiding collision with a wind energy facility;
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1 2. "Wind energy facility" means an electrical generation
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2 facility consisting of one or more wind turbines under common
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3 ownership or operating control, and includes substations,
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4 meteorological data towers, aboveground and underground electrical
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5 transmission lines, transformers, control systems, and other
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6 buildings or facilities used to support the operation of the
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7 facility, and whose primary purpose is to supply electricity to an
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8 off-site customer or customers. Wind energy facility shall not
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9 include a wind energy facility located entirely on property held in
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10 fee simple absolute estate by the owner of the wind energy facility;
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11 3. "Repowering" means a rebuild or refurbishment of a majority
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12 of the wind energy facility due to the facility reaching the end of
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13 its useful life or useful reasonable economic life. The rebuild or
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14 refurbishment does not constitute repowering if it is part of
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15 routine major maintenance or the maintenance of or replacement of
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16 equipment that does not materially affect the expected physical or
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17 economic life of the facility; and
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18 4. "Power offtake agreement" means a long-term contract that
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19 provides for the provision of the whole or any part of the available
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20 capacity or the sale or other disposal of the whole or any part of
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21 the output of a wind energy facility. Sales of capacity or energy
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22 into a capacity or power market do not constitute a power offtake
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23 agreement.
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1 B. On and after the effective date of this act, no new wind
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2 energy facility may commence operations in this state unless the
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3 developer, owner, or operator of the facility applies to the Federal
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4 Aviation Administration (FAA) for installation of a light-mitigating
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5 technology system that complies with FAA regulations provided in 14
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6 C.F.R., Section 1.1 et seq. If approved by the FAA, the developer,
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7 owner, or operator of such facility shall install the light-
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8 mitigating technology system on the facility within twenty-four (24)
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9 months after receipt of approval.
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10 C. 1. Any developer, owner, or operator of a wind energy
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11 facility that commences commercial operations in this state on or
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12 before the effective date of this act without a light-mitigating
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13 technology system shall apply to the FAA for installation of the
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14 system in compliance with FAA regulations provided in 14 C.F.R.,
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15 Section 1.1 et seq. upon the occurrence of either:
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16 a. the repowering of the wind energy facility, or
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17 b. entrance into or renewal of a new power offtake
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18 agreement.
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19 2. Upon approval of the application submitted to the FAA in
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20 compliance with paragraph 1 of this subsection, the developer,
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21 owner, or operator of such facility shall install the light-
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22 mitigating technology system on the facility within twenty-four (24)
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1 D. Any county may issue revenue bonds for the purpose of paying
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2 all or part of the costs of the purchase, acquisition, and equipping
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3 of a light-mitigating technology system, subject to the approval of
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4 the FAA, for a wind energy facility that has commenced operations
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5 without a light-mitigating technology system prior to the effective
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6 date of this act.
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7 E. Any costs associated with the installation, implementation,
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8 operation, and maintenance of a light-mitigating technology system
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9 shall be the responsibility of the developer, owner, or operator of
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10 the wind energy facility. For public utilities subject to rate
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11 regulation by the Corporation Commission, costs incurred directly by
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12 the public utility in compliance with this act may seek recovery
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13 subject to review and order of the Corporation Commission.
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14 F. Wind energy facilities shall maintain operations of
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15 installed light-mitigating technology systems in accordance with
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16 Corporation Commission rule.
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17 G. The Corporation Commission shall have the authority to
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18 enforce the provisions of this section and may promulgate rules to
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19 effectuate the provisions of this section.
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20 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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