Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-133: Grant or refusal of certificate - Protests

The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as prayed

for or to refuse to issue the same or to issue it for the

construction, operation or acquisition of a portion only of the

contemplated territory. No certificate shall be issued until the

expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the first

publication of notice, nor shall any certificate be issued without

hearing unless no protest is filed to the granting of the

certificate by any interested party within such thirty-day period.

In the event such protest is filed, then the Commission shall set

the matter for public hearing; however, in the event no protest is

filed the Commission may, at its discretion, forthwith issue the

certificate as prayed for or set the matter for public hearing on

its own motion.