Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-180.2: Public utilities - Promotional payments

A. No public utility which has for one of its purposes the sale

or distribution of energy may include promotional payments in its

operating expenses for ratemaking purposes.

B. For purposes of subsection A of this section:

1. "Promotional payment" means any payment, gift or other

remuneration made directly or indirectly by a public utility to or

for the account of any builder or other person to encourage or

induce such builder or other person to install appliances including,

but not limited to, space heaters, heat pumps, clothes dryers, water

heaters and stoves and equipment which will consume any energy sold

or marketed by such public utility;

2. "Promotional payment" shall not mean payments, gifts or

other remuneration made for conservation or load management programs

or energy-efficient appliances and equipment introduction programs

approved by the Corporation Commission;

3. "Public utility" means any individual, firm, association,

partnership, corporation, or any combination thereof, other than a

municipal corporation, or their lessees, trustees and receivers,

owning or operating for compensation in this state equipment or

facilities for:

a. producing, generating, transmitting, distributing,

selling or furnishing electricity, or

b. transmitting directly or indirectly or distributing

combustible hydrocarbon natural or synthetic natural gas for sale to

the public; and

4. "Appliances" and "equipment" mean those individual

appliances and space-conditioning equipment introduced by

manufacturers after November 9, 1978, which operate at a level of

efficiency at least twenty percent (20%) greater than appliances and

space-conditioning equipment of the same energy type manufactured

prior to that date.