Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-801.5: Natural gas energy standard

A. The Legislature declares that it is in the public interest

to promote natural gas energy development in order to take advantage

of our state’s vast natural gas resources and its compatibility with

wind energy.

B. It is further declared the intent of the Legislature to

promote natural gas energy development in this state by establishing

a natural gas energy standard to increase the use of natural gas as

an electricity generation fuel.

C. There is hereby established a natural gas energy standard to

supplement the increased volume of renewable energy and to

capitalize on the state’s abundant natural gas resources. The

natural gas energy standard shall be achieved by declaring natural

gas as the preferred choice of electric generation for new

generating facilities in this state.

D. It is the intent of the state that new generating facilities

and added capacity to existing generating facilities built in this

state be powered by natural gas. Any electricity generating entity

in the state choosing a source other than natural gas may provide

evidence to the Corporation Commission, or other appropriate

regulatory body of those entities not regulated by the Commission,

that the fuel source chosen by such entity is in the best interest

of this state’s electric consumers.