Oklahoma § 68-6502 - Definitions

§ 68-6502. Definitions

As used in this act:

1. "Charging station" means equipment by which electric current

is transferred to the power system of an electric vehicle together

with the real property upon which such equipment is located or

affixed;

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2. "Charging station operator" means any person, firm, general

partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,

corporation, limited liability company or any other lawfully

recognized business entity that owns or operates or owns and

operates a charging station in the state;

3. "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, and

(3) which 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) which has at least four wheels,

c.

for purposes of this paragraph, the term "electric

vehicle" does not include a vehicle that is

manufactured primarily for off-road use, such as

primarily for use on a golf course, and that has a

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

4. "Legacy chargers" means charging stations in operation prior

to November 1, 2021, that have never had a metering system in place

capable of measuring electricity transferred from the charging

station to the vehicle or are incapable of measuring the time

elapsed while actively charging a vehicle and placing a fee on the

charging session; and

5. "Public charging station" means a location at which a

charging station owner or operator conducts for-profit business

using a metered system for the delivery of electric power to an

electric vehicle and charges the customer either for the electricity

transferred to the power system of the vehicle or for the duration

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of time during which electricity is transferred to the power system

of the vehicle.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 157, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.