Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-161.1
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Restrictions on charges for reselling electric current
Official statutory text
or natural gas.
A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service
corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation
Commission, or a municipal utility, or a public trust which has as
its beneficiary the municipality, no owner of any interest in real
property in this state who purchases electric current or natural gas
from a municipality and who resells such electric current or natural
gas to any residential lessee of any interest in such real property
for the purpose of heat, light or power shall charge such lessee any
amount in excess of ten percent (10%) of the cost to such reseller
for each billing cycle of the electricity or natural gas purchased
by the reseller from the supplier. Provided the provisions of this
section shall not apply to the resell of electric current or natural
gas pursuant to a commercial lease.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 143
B. The reseller shall separately disclose in its electric or
gas bills to the lessee the per unit cost of its purchased power and
the actual amount of each fee or charge in dollars and cents to be
paid by the lessee to the reseller.
C. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this
act, upon conviction by a district court, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. In addition to the punishment prescribed by this
subsection, said reseller is liable in treble damages to the lessee
injured, said damages to be recovered in a civil action by the
consumer so injured. Treble damages shall be based on the total
amount to be paid to the reseller by the lessee for each bill which
exceeds the authorized percentage pursuant to this section.
D. The Office of the Attorney General of this state shall have
the power and duty to investigate and prosecute any violations of
the provisions of this section.
A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service
corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation
Commission, or a municipal utility, or a public trust which has as
its beneficiary the municipality, no owner of any interest in real
property in this state who purchases electric current or natural gas
from a municipality and who resells such electric current or natural
gas to any residential lessee of any interest in such real property
for the purpose of heat, light or power shall charge such lessee any
amount in excess of ten percent (10%) of the cost to such reseller
for each billing cycle of the electricity or natural gas purchased
by the reseller from the supplier. Provided the provisions of this
section shall not apply to the resell of electric current or natural
gas pursuant to a commercial lease.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 143
B. The reseller shall separately disclose in its electric or
gas bills to the lessee the per unit cost of its purchased power and
the actual amount of each fee or charge in dollars and cents to be
paid by the lessee to the reseller.
C. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this
act, upon conviction by a district court, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor. In addition to the punishment prescribed by this
subsection, said reseller is liable in treble damages to the lessee
injured, said damages to be recovered in a civil action by the
consumer so injured. Treble damages shall be based on the total
amount to be paid to the reseller by the lessee for each bill which
exceeds the authorized percentage pursuant to this section.
D. The Office of the Attorney General of this state shall have
the power and duty to investigate and prosecute any violations of
the provisions of this section.
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