Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 165 - Corporation Commission
Chapter 45 - Gas Service Utilities
Subchapter 17 - Competitive Bidding and Affiliate Transaction Rules for the Provision of Natural Gas Services of Gas Supply, Gathering, Transmission and Storage of Natural Gas Utilities Upstream of the Citygate
Section 165:45-17-17 - Public information regarding competitive bidding; bypass and partial and standby service
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) Public information regarding competitive bidding. Each intrastate pipeline or utility owned transmission pipeline shall establish and operate a public web site. The public web site shall be accessible through the Internet and will allow for the posting of gas bidding information in the State of Oklahoma. Within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days from the effective date of this Subchapter, the transmission pipeline shall submit a good faith statement of operation to the PUD Director which states that the public web site has been established, is operational and is accessible via the Internet, and shall give the specific address of the site.
(b) Bypass. While neither encouraged nor prohibited, it is recognized by the Commission that competition in the natural gas industry creates the opportunity for some end-users of gas utilities, which receive natural gas services pursuant to their respective tariffs, to now, through bypass or duplication of facilities, receive these services from other providers.
(c) Partial service and standby service. Any utility, which provides citygate or Commission approved aggregation point natural gas services, must make available partial service and standby service at rates appropriate for such service. Pursuant to this Subchapter, partial service means providing some fractional percentage of service which is less than one-hundred percent (100%) and standby service means a type of service wherein the utility does not provide service continuously but rather stands ready to do so when called upon by the customer. Provision of partial and standby service by a utility shall not jeopardize the reliability of service to residential and other small volume customers. When necessary to protect residential and small volume customers, partial and standby service shall be provided on an interruptible basis.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 2177, eff 7-1-98