{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-282","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-282","heading":"Settlement conferences","body":"A. In any contested public utility rate proceeding, the\n\nCorporation Commission shall at the request of any of the parties,\n\norder a settlement conference among the parties, to be held at a\n\ntime and place to be fixed by the Commission. Provided, however,\n\nthat the Commission may terminate any settlement conference, upon a\n\nmotion by any party, if it finds that any party is failing to\n\nparticipate in the process in good faith or that there is no\n\nprobability of settlement.\n\nB. An individual designated by the Commission with the\n\nconcurrence of the utility and the Attorney General will preside as\n\nsettlement judge at the settlement conference. The settlement judge\n\nshall take no part in adjudicating the case subsequent to the\n\nsettlement conference.\n\nC. Scheduling of settlement conferences will not continue,\n\ndelay, or otherwise interfere with scheduling dates set pursuant to\n\na scheduling order. Likewise, the scheduling dates set at the\n\nprehearing or scheduling conference will not affect the date of a\n\nsettlement conference set pursuant to a separate settlement\n\nconference order.\n\nD. At least one attorney who is fully familiar with the\n\nproceeding or cause shall appear for each party. A person or\n\nrepresentative with full settlement authority shall accompany the\n\nattorney to the settlement conference. The settlement judge\n\npresiding over the settlement conference may make such other and\n\nadditional requirements of the parties as shall be deemed proper in\n\norder to expedite an amicable resolution of the case. The\n\nsettlement authority of the Public Utility Division of the\n\nCorporation Commission shall be extended from the director of that\n\ndivision.\n\nE. Any settlement reached by the parties shall be subject to\n\nthe approval of the Commission.\n\nF. All matters discussed at a settlement conference, and any\n\nmaterials which may be distributed in connection with a settlement\n\nconference, shall be considered privileged and confidential.\n\nAccordingly, all such matters and materials shall not be admissible\n\nin any public utility rate proceeding, and shall not be disclosed to\n\nthe Commission, except for any settlement reached by the parties\n\nwhich is submitted to the Commission for approval under subsection E\n\nof this section.","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":"1721296017fd13e9a7119ffaa55ef19795b36ed7d00d3af5f5e730f38d635f35","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-281","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-283"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}