Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-156
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Installation of distributed generation devices - Increased
Official statutory text
rates or surcharges - Subsidization.
A. As used in this section:
1. "Distributed generation" means:
a. a device that provides electric energy that is owned,
operated, leased or otherwise utilized by the
customer,
b. is interconnected to and operates in parallel with the
retail electric supplier's grid and is in compliance
with the standards established by the retail electric
supplier,
c. is intended to offset only the energy that would have
otherwise been provided by the retail electric
supplier to the customer during the monthly billing
period,
d. does not include generators used exclusively for
emergency purposes,
e. does not include generators operated and controlled by
a retail electric supplier, and
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f. does not include customers who receive electric
service which includes a demand-based charge.
2. "Fixed charge" means any fixed monthly charge, basic
service, or other charge not based on the volume of energy consumed
by the customer, which reflects the actual fixed costs of the retail
electric supplier.
3. “Retail electric supplier” means an entity engaged in the
furnishing of retail electric service within the State of Oklahoma
and is rate regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
B. No retail electric supplier shall increase rates charged or
enforce a surcharge above that required to recover the full costs
necessary to serve customers who install distributed generation on
the customer side of the meter after the effective date of this act.
C. No retail electric supplier shall allow customers with
distributed generation installed after the effective date of this
act to be subsidized by customers in the same class of service who
do not have distributed generation.
D. A higher fixed charge for customers within the same class of
service that have distributed generation installed after the
effective date of this act, as compared to the fixed charges of
those customers who do not have distributed generation, is a means
to avoid subsidization between customers within that class of
service and shall be deemed in the public interest.
E. Retail electric suppliers shall implement tariffs in
compliance with this act no later than December 31, 2015.
A. As used in this section:
1. "Distributed generation" means:
a. a device that provides electric energy that is owned,
operated, leased or otherwise utilized by the
customer,
b. is interconnected to and operates in parallel with the
retail electric supplier's grid and is in compliance
with the standards established by the retail electric
supplier,
c. is intended to offset only the energy that would have
otherwise been provided by the retail electric
supplier to the customer during the monthly billing
period,
d. does not include generators used exclusively for
emergency purposes,
e. does not include generators operated and controlled by
a retail electric supplier, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 88
f. does not include customers who receive electric
service which includes a demand-based charge.
2. "Fixed charge" means any fixed monthly charge, basic
service, or other charge not based on the volume of energy consumed
by the customer, which reflects the actual fixed costs of the retail
electric supplier.
3. “Retail electric supplier” means an entity engaged in the
furnishing of retail electric service within the State of Oklahoma
and is rate regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
B. No retail electric supplier shall increase rates charged or
enforce a surcharge above that required to recover the full costs
necessary to serve customers who install distributed generation on
the customer side of the meter after the effective date of this act.
C. No retail electric supplier shall allow customers with
distributed generation installed after the effective date of this
act to be subsidized by customers in the same class of service who
do not have distributed generation.
D. A higher fixed charge for customers within the same class of
service that have distributed generation installed after the
effective date of this act, as compared to the fixed charges of
those customers who do not have distributed generation, is a means
to avoid subsidization between customers within that class of
service and shall be deemed in the public interest.
E. Retail electric suppliers shall implement tariffs in
compliance with this act no later than December 31, 2015.
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