{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-158.25","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-158.25","heading":"Exclusive rights within territory - New electric-","body":"consuming facilities.\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided herein, each retail electric\n\nsupplier shall have the exclusive right to furnish retail electric\n\nservice to all electric-consuming facilities located within its\n\ncertified territory, and shall not furnish, make available, render\n\nor extend its retail electric service to a consumer for use in\n\nelectric-consuming facilities located within the certified territory\n\nof another retail electric supplier; provided that any retail\n\nelectric supplier may extend its facilities through the certified\n\nterritory of another retail electric supplier, if such extension is\n\nnecessary for such supplier to connect any of its facilities or to\n\nserve its consumers within its own certified territory.\n\nB. Except as provided in subsections C and E of this section,\n\nany new electric-consuming facility located in an unincorporated\n\narea which has not as yet been included in a map issued by the\n\nCommission, pursuant to Section 158.24 of this title, or certified,\n\npursuant to Section 158.24 of this title, shall be furnished retail\n\nelectric service by the retail electric supplier which has an\n\nexisting distribution line in closer proximity to such electric-\n\nconsuming facility than is the nearest existing distribution line of\n\nany other retail electric supplier. Any disputes under this\n\nsubsection shall be resolved by the Commission.\n\nC. If the Commission, after hearing, shall determine that the\n\nretail electric service being furnished or proposed to be furnished\n\nby a retail electric supplier to an electric-consuming facility is\n\ninadequate and is not likely to be made adequate, the Commission may\n\nauthorize another retail electric supplier to furnish retail\n\nelectric service to such facility.\n\nD. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, no\n\nretail electric supplier shall furnish, make available, render or\n\nextend retail electric service to any electric-consuming facility to\n\nwhich such service is being lawfully furnished by another retail\n\nelectric supplier on September 10, 1971, or to which retail electric\n\nservice is lawfully commenced thereafter in accordance with this\n\nsection by another retail electric supplier.\n\nE. The provisions of this act shall not preclude any retail\n\nelectric supplier from extending its service after September 10,\n\n1971, (1) to its own property and facilities, in an unincorporated\n\narea, and (2) subject to subsection D of this section, to an\n\nelectric-consuming facility requiring electric service, in an\n\nunincorporated area, if the connected load for initial full\n\noperation of such electric-consuming facility is to be 1,000 kw or\n\nlarger.\n\nF. To achieve the purposes of efficient, cost-effective retail\n\nelectric service without duplication of electric facilities and to\n\navoid unfairly shifting costs to residential consumers, retail\n\nelectric service providers are required to establish and utilize\n\nrate tariffs which are specifically applicable to a rate class of\n\ncustomers composed of electric consuming facilities being served in\n\naccord with the 1,000 kw size exception found in subsection E of\n\nthis section and located outside the retail electric service\n\nprovider's certified territory. These tariffs may be for a specific\n\nelectric consuming facility or for a class of electric consuming\n\nfacilities taking service under this provision. For retail electric\n\nservice providers that are rate-regulated by the Commission, the\n\nrates supporting this rate class shall be determined in the rate-\n\nregulated service provider's most recent rate proceeding. Rates for\n\nthis rate class shall be designed to recover (i) the costs of\n\nextending service to the competitive load of electric consuming\n\nfacilities of 1,000 kw or larger located outside the retail electric\n\nservice provider's certified territory; and (ii) the allocated share\n\nof other costs associated with providing service to the electric\negulated service provider's most recent rate proceeding. Rates for\n\nthis rate class shall be designed to recover (i) the costs of\n\nextending service to the competitive load of electric consuming\n\nfacilities of 1,000 kw or larger located outside the retail electric\n\nservice provider's certified territory; and (ii) the allocated share\n\nof other costs associated with providing service to the electric\n\nconsuming facility. Such tariffs shall be cost-of-service based and\n\nshall not subsidize other rate classes or be subsidized by other\n\nrate classes. Unless costs of extending service to such a new load\n\nare collected from the customer, those costs shall be included in\n\nthe cost of service study in the next rate proceeding. If the\n\nelectric service provider, in whose certified territory the\n\ncompetitive load is seeking electric service, chooses in writing not\n\nto compete for said competitive load or does not respond within\n\nthirty (30) days of receiving written notice by the customer, the\n\nterms of this subsection shall not apply.","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":"09313f7aa64d8207e542d532d713813a8ce2cc74f293d4b0d57726e1974613d6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-158.24","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-158.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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