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OK SB480

Bill

Status

Passed

5/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Grant Green

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the public utility exemption from "green hydrogen" production facilities to all "electricity" production facilities, allowing these entities to generate and furnish power to themselves, affiliates, or tenants without being classified as regulated public utilities

  • Permits exempt electricity producers to contract with public utilities, rural electric cooperatives, or municipalities to furnish electric service to specific customers, as long as the service is not resold as retail electricity or supplied for public use

  • Requires any project operating under this exemption to include a natural gas component in their power generation capacity

  • Removes any obligation for public utilities to serve customers who receive electric service from entities operating under this exemption, while preserving parties' rights to make filings with the Corporation Commission

  • Effective date of July 1, 2025, with an emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage and approval

Legislative Description

Utilities; modifying certain exception to definition; allowing certain entities to receive electricity. Effective date. Emergency.

Last Action

Approved by Governor 05/14/2025

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Utilities4/1/2025
Energy and Natural Resources Oversight4/1/2025
Energy2/6/2025
Administrative Rules2/4/2025

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