Oklahoma § 17-158.22 - Definitions
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 17-158.22 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-158.22. Definitions
For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
meanings given them:
1. The term "retail electric supplier" means any person, firm,
corporation, association or cooperative corporation, exclusive of
municipal corporations or beneficial trusts thereof, engaged in the
furnishing of retail electric service.
2. The term "certified territory" shall mean the unincorporated
areas as certified by and pursuant to Section 158.24 of this title.
3. The term "existing distribution line" shall mean an electric
line which on the effective date of this act
a. is located in an unincorporated area and
b. is being or has been substantially used for retail
electric service.
4. The term "retail electric service" means electric service
furnished to a consumer for ultimate consumption, but does not
include wholesale electric energy furnished by an electric supplier
to another electric supplier for resale.
5. The term "unincorporated area" shall mean geographical area
outside the corporate limits of cities and towns.
6. The term "electric consuming facilities" means everything
that utilizes electric energy from a central station source.
7. The term "Commission" shall mean "Corporation Commission of
Oklahoma" or its successor.
8. The term "association or cooperative corporation" shall mean
any association or cooperative corporation doing business under the
Rural Electric Cooperative Act.
9. The term "hearing" shall mean a hearing by the Commission
pursuant to reasonable notice to all affected retail electric
suppliers.
10. The term "member consumer" shall mean the customer in whose
name service of any association or cooperative corporation doing
business under the Rural Electric Cooperative Act is being provided.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 107, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1988.
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