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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 93 By: Prieto
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to distributed energy resources;
7 defining terms; construing provision; establishing
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8 for microgrids; providing for codification; and
9 providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 158.71 of Title 17, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. For the purposes of this section:
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17 1. "Distributed energy resource" means a small-scale electrical
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18 power source that is installed near where the electricity is used
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19 including, but not limited to, dispatchable or non-dispatchable
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20 power generation, energy storage resources, energy efficiency
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21 resources, or demand response resources;
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22 2. "Island mode" means an electric generation system that
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23 operates independently from the public utility grid;
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1 3. "Microgrid" means a group of interconnected loads and
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2 distributed energy resources within clearly defined electrical
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3 boundaries that act as a single controllable entity with respect to
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4 the electric grid and can operate connected or disconnected from the
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5 public utility grid;
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6 4. "Owner" or "operator" means a corporation, association,
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7 company, or individual that owns or operates a distributed energy
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8 resource to provide electrical service to a microgrid; and
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9 5. "Public utility" means a public utility as defined pursuant
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10 to Section 151 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided,
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11 however, the term shall not include an owner or operator that
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12 constructs, maintains, or operates a microgrid in island mode.
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13 B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve a
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14 microgrid that is connected to a public utility grid from complying
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15 with any state or federal regulations, registration requirements,
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16 and fee payments, including those mandated by the Southwest Power
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17 Pool, if applicable.
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18 C. A microgrid owner or operator shall not construct or
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19 maintain electric lines, including poles or other related
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20 structures, in, around, or along any road, street, or other public
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21 way, unless:
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22 1. The owner or operator, or a contractor hired by the owner or
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23 operator to construct the electric line, provides to the Corporation
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24 Commission a performance bond in the amount of the value of the
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1 line, including poles or other related structures to be located in
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2 the public way. The performance bond shall be enforceable for one
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3 (1) year from the date that the line is energized; and
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4 2. Prior to constructing the line, the transmission and
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5 distribution utility providers who operate the service territory
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6 where the line is proposed to be built are notified in writing.
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7 D. If an objection to construction of an electric line built
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8 under subsection C of this section is filed with the Corporation
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9 Commission by a public utility and, following adequate notice and
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10 hearing, the Commission finds that the line is not duplicative of
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11 existing transmission and distribution lines and does not interfere
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12 with the delivery of electricity to any consumers, the microgrid
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13 owner or operator may proceed with the construction or maintenance
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14 of electric lines after compliance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of
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15 subsection C of this section.
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16 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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