Oklahoma § 17-190.3 - Definitions

§ 17-190.3. Definitions

As used in the Electric Restructuring Act of 1997:

1. "Commission" means the Corporation Commission;

2. "Consumer" means a person or entity purchasing or seeking to

purchase electric energy for other than resale;

3. "Direct access consumer" means a consumer who chooses to

procure retail electric energy supply and related services directly

from the competitive market rather than through a retail electric

service distributor;

4. "Electric consuming facility" means everything that utilizes

electric energy from a central station source;

5. "Electric distribution system" means the physical system of

wires, poles, and other equipment designed to deliver electricity to

the ultimate consumer for consumption, excluding generation and

transmission facilities;

6. "Independent system operator" means an independent entity,

not owned or controlled by an entity which owns generation,

transmission, or distribution facilities, which coordinates the

physical security and stability of the Oklahoma bulk power system;

7. "Public benefit programs" means all social, economic and

environmental programs currently funded through rates charged to

consumers receiving electric service in the State of Oklahoma;

8. "Retail electric energy supplier" means any entity which

sells retail electric energy to consumers;

9. "Retail electric service distributor" means any firm,

corporation, company, individual or their trustees, lessees or

receivers, or cooperative corporation or agency, engaged in the

furnishing of retail electric services in this state, exclusive of

municipal corporations, or beneficial trusts thereof and the Grand

River Dam Authority. Any municipal corporation or beneficial trust

thereof or the Grand River Dam Authority may, through its own

nonrevocable election, voluntarily opt to become subject to the

provisions of this act to participate in electric restructuring and

retail consumer choice by adopting a resolution stating that all

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service provided via facilities owned by such entities will be

rendered on an open access nondiscriminatory basis in a manner

consistent with the provisions of such service by retail electric

service distributors subject to this act; and

10. "Transmission line" or "transmission system" means the

poles, wires and other equipment, including any fiber optic cable

which is a part of such poles, wires and other equipment, designed

and constructed to transport bulk electricity between generators and

electric distribution systems.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 162, § 3, emerg. eff. April 25, 1997.

Amended by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 3, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998.