Oklahoma § 17-160.32 - Definitions

§ 17-160.32. Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Electric Vehicle Charging Act:

1. “Commission” means the Corporation Commission;

2. “Direct current fast charging station” means an electric

vehicle charging system capable of delivering electricity at a

minimum of fifty (50) kilowatts direct current to an electric

vehicle’s rechargeable battery at a minimum voltage of two hundred

(200) volts;

3. “Electric cooperative” means an electric cooperative

corporation organized under Section 437.1 of Title 18 of the

Oklahoma Statutes that provides electric service to the public;

4. “Electric vehicle” means a 100%-electric or plug-in hybrid

electric motor vehicle with the following characteristics:

a.

a 100%-electric motor vehicle originally equipped so

that the vehicle:

(1) draws propulsion energy solely from a battery

with at least twenty (20) kilowatt hours of

capacity, which can be recharged from any

external source of electricity,

(2) is manufactured primarily for use on public

streets, roads, and highways, but does not

include a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail

or rails,

(3) is capable of being powered by an electric motor

drawing current from fuel cells, and

(4) has at least four wheels,

b.

a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle which is

originally equipped so that the vehicle:

(1) draws propulsion energy from:

(a) an internal combustion engine, and

(b) a battery with at least five (5) kilowatt

hours of capacity, which can be recharged

from an external source of electricity,

(2) is manufactured primarily for use on public

streets, roads and highways, but does not include

a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or

rails, and

(3) has at least four wheels, and

c.

for purposes of this paragraph, the term electric

vehicle does not include a vehicle that is

manufactured primarily for off-road use and that has a

maximum speed of thirty (30) miles per hour or less;

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5. “Electric vehicle charging provider” means the owner of an

electric vehicle charging station operating in a retail electric

supplier’s designated service area;

6. “Fuel cell” means a cell that converts the chemical energy

of hydrogen directly into electricity through electrochemical

reactions;

7. “Hydrogen fueling station” means any equipment that

dispenses hydrogen into a motor vehicle or electric vehicle powered

by a fuel cell;

8. “Make-ready infrastructure” means the electrical

infrastructure required to service an electric vehicle charging

station’s electrical load on the retail electric supplier’s or

municipal corporation’s side of the electric meter, but shall not

include an electric vehicle charging station;

9. “Retail electric supplier” means any person, firm,

corporation, association, electric cooperative, or beneficial trusts

thereof engaged in the furnishing of retail electric service not to

include municipal corporations; and

10. “Retail electric service” means electric service furnished

to a consumer for ultimate consumption.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 330, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023. Amended by Laws

2024, c. 170, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.