Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5017.1: Enforcement of energy conservation programs - Abolition

of Energy Conservation Services Division of Corporation Commission -

Classification of transferred employees.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall have the authority to

establish, administer and enforce state and federal energy

conservation programs including, but not limited to, implementing

The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-163), National Energy

Extension Service Act (P.L. 95-39, 42 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.)

and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 95-619), except as

otherwise provided by law.

The Energy Conservation Services Division of the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,

equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furniture, publications and

supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contractual

obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division

of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and

vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit

System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma

Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or class of the employees

transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with comparable

positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through the

federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section shall

terminate upon the exhaustion of said federal funding.