Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-282
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Settlement conferences
Official statutory text
A. In any contested public utility rate proceeding, the
Corporation Commission shall at the request of any of the parties,
order a settlement conference among the parties, to be held at a
time and place to be fixed by the Commission. Provided, however,
that the Commission may terminate any settlement conference, upon a
motion by any party, if it finds that any party is failing to
participate in the process in good faith or that there is no
probability of settlement.
B. An individual designated by the Commission with the
concurrence of the utility and the Attorney General will preside as
settlement judge at the settlement conference. The settlement judge
shall take no part in adjudicating the case subsequent to the
settlement conference.
C. Scheduling of settlement conferences will not continue,
delay, or otherwise interfere with scheduling dates set pursuant to
a scheduling order. Likewise, the scheduling dates set at the
prehearing or scheduling conference will not affect the date of a
settlement conference set pursuant to a separate settlement
conference order.
D. At least one attorney who is fully familiar with the
proceeding or cause shall appear for each party. A person or
representative with full settlement authority shall accompany the
attorney to the settlement conference. The settlement judge
presiding over the settlement conference may make such other and
additional requirements of the parties as shall be deemed proper in
order to expedite an amicable resolution of the case. The
settlement authority of the Public Utility Division of the
Corporation Commission shall be extended from the director of that
division.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 194
E. Any settlement reached by the parties shall be subject to
the approval of the Commission.
F. All matters discussed at a settlement conference, and any
materials which may be distributed in connection with a settlement
conference, shall be considered privileged and confidential.
Accordingly, all such matters and materials shall not be admissible
in any public utility rate proceeding, and shall not be disclosed to
the Commission, except for any settlement reached by the parties
which is submitted to the Commission for approval under subsection E
of this section.
Corporation Commission shall at the request of any of the parties,
order a settlement conference among the parties, to be held at a
time and place to be fixed by the Commission. Provided, however,
that the Commission may terminate any settlement conference, upon a
motion by any party, if it finds that any party is failing to
participate in the process in good faith or that there is no
probability of settlement.
B. An individual designated by the Commission with the
concurrence of the utility and the Attorney General will preside as
settlement judge at the settlement conference. The settlement judge
shall take no part in adjudicating the case subsequent to the
settlement conference.
C. Scheduling of settlement conferences will not continue,
delay, or otherwise interfere with scheduling dates set pursuant to
a scheduling order. Likewise, the scheduling dates set at the
prehearing or scheduling conference will not affect the date of a
settlement conference set pursuant to a separate settlement
conference order.
D. At least one attorney who is fully familiar with the
proceeding or cause shall appear for each party. A person or
representative with full settlement authority shall accompany the
attorney to the settlement conference. The settlement judge
presiding over the settlement conference may make such other and
additional requirements of the parties as shall be deemed proper in
order to expedite an amicable resolution of the case. The
settlement authority of the Public Utility Division of the
Corporation Commission shall be extended from the director of that
division.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 194
E. Any settlement reached by the parties shall be subject to
the approval of the Commission.
F. All matters discussed at a settlement conference, and any
materials which may be distributed in connection with a settlement
conference, shall be considered privileged and confidential.
Accordingly, all such matters and materials shall not be admissible
in any public utility rate proceeding, and shall not be disclosed to
the Commission, except for any settlement reached by the parties
which is submitted to the Commission for approval under subsection E
of this section.
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