{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-151","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-151","heading":"Public utility defined — Exemptions — Requirements","body":"A. 1. The term “public utility” as used in Sections 151\n\nthrough 155 of this title shall be taken to mean and include every\n\ncorporation, association, company, individuals, their trustees,\n\nlessees, or receivers, successors or assigns, except as hereinafter\n\nprovided, and except cities, towns, or other bodies politic, that\n\nnow or hereafter may own, operate, or manage any plant or equipment,\n\nor any part thereof, directly or indirectly, for public use, or may\n\nsupply any commodity to be furnished to the public:\n\na. for the conveyance of gas by pipeline,\n\nb. for the production, transmission, delivery, or\n\nfurnishing of heat or light with gas,\n\nc. for the production, transmission, delivery, or\n\nfurnishing of electric current for light, heat, or\n\npower, or\n\nd. for the transportation, delivery, or furnishing of\n\nwater for domestic purposes or for power. Provided\n\nfurther, that a corporation organized and existing not\n\nfor profit pursuant to Title 18 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, Sections 851-863, but for the purpose of\n\ndeveloping and providing rural water supply and sewage\n\ndisposal facilities to serve rural residents shall not\n\nbe declared a public utility under this section, and\n\nshall be exempt in any and all respects from the\n\njurisdiction and control of the Corporation Commission\n\nof this state.\n\n2. The term “Commission” shall be taken to mean the Corporation\n\nCommission.\n\nB. Provided, that the term public utility shall not include or\n\nbe taken to mean a corporation, association, company, individuals,\n\ntheir trustees, lessees, receivers, successors, or assignees engaged\n\nin the production of electricity, provided that such entity\n\nfurnishes an electric service or commodity on the premises directly\n\nto itself, an affiliate, or tenants or indirectly by contracting\n\nwith a public utility, rural electric cooperative, or municipality\n\nfor the purpose of furnishing electric service to a specific\n\ncustomer or is an exempt wholesale generator, so long as that\n\nservice or commodity is not resold as retail electric service or\n\nsupplied indirectly or directly for public use. Nothing herein\n\nshall relieve such an entity of its obligation to comply with state\n\nand federal grid interconnection and registration requirements and\n\nassociated costs from the applicable regional transmission\n\norganization or public utility in the state. There shall not be a\n\nrequirement or an obligation for a public utility to serve any\n\ncustomer receiving electric service from an entity described herein.\n\nFurther, it shall not limit any party from asserting a right they\n\nmay otherwise be entitled to under Oklahoma law including filings\n\nwith the Commission. Additionally, any project pursuant to this act\n\nshall be required to utilize a natural gas component in their power\n\ngeneration capacity.","path":["OK Code","Title 17"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os17.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"174b1ee43853925fc7b3a25a725ae90d488c69018e75d66aa62aa91ca7531185","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-15","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-151.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}