HB2756 Summary: High Voltage Electric Transmission Facility Act

• Creates the "High Voltage Electric Transmission Facility Act" requiring transmission developers to obtain a certificate of authority from the Corporation Commission before constructing electric transmission facilities rated greater than 300 kilovolts.

• Exempts Oklahoma retail electric suppliers and rural electric cooperatives from certificate requirements for extensions, rebuilds, or upgrades to existing facilities.

• Requires applicants to submit detailed information including proposed routes, affected counties, connected energy resources, cost estimates, insurance coverage, safety plans, and decommission plans with financial surety guarantees.

• Mandates notification and public meeting requirements: newspaper publication within 30 days, certified mail notice to county commissioners, landowners, and oil and gas operators within 60 days, and public meetings in affected counties within 90 days.

• Sets 200-day timeline for Commission approval; if not issued within 200 days, certificate is deemed granted automatically; authorizes filing fees not to exceed $1,000 and clarifies the act does not grant eminent domain powers.