HB 1451 Summary

• Creates setback requirements for utility-scale solar farm facilities effective November 1, 2025, prohibiting solar panels within 1.5 nautical miles of airport runways, public schools, or hospitals, and within 3 nautical miles of nonparticipating property lines.

• Requires attestation of compliance with setback requirements to be included in Corporation Commission reports, with stakeholder and landowner disputes resolved exclusively in district courts.

• Modifies existing wind energy facility setback provisions by changing the effective date from August 21, 2015 to November 1, 2025, applying the same distance requirements as solar farms.

• Authorizes the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to enforce attestation and submission requirements through administrative court and impose penalties up to $1,500 per day for violations of Federal Aviation Administration determinations.

• Becomes effective November 1, 2025.