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 165:45-17-25 - Standards of conduct for competitive bidders

(a) Any entity shall have the opportunity to competitively bid to provide the natural gas services of gas supply, gathering, transmission and storage upstream of the citygate.

(b) The successful competitive bidder must sign a contract with the utility detailing the terms for providing natural gas services to each citygate or Commission approved aggregation point for which it is the successful bidder, such contract will govern all the terms and conditions of service. The Commission may review all contracts between the utility and the competitive bidder. Competitive bidders must agree to abide by the Commission's standards of conduct. The Commission may arbitrate disputes regarding compliance with the requirements of this Subchapter.

(c) Both the gas utility and any competitive bidder(s) shall not engage in marketing, advertising or public display which is discriminatory, predatory, deceptive or which impedes fair competitive bidding.

(d) The competitive bidder must apply any tariff or contract provision for transportation services which provides for discretion in the application of the provision, in a similar manner to similarly-situated shippers.

(e) The competitive bidder must enforce any tariff or contract provision for transportation services, if there is no discretion stated in the tariff or contract in the application of the provision, in a similar manner to similarly-situated shippers.

(f) The competitive bidder must not give any shipper preference in the provision of transportation services over any other similarly-situated shippers.

(g) The competitive bidder must process requests for transportation services from any shipper in a similar manner and within a similar period of time as it does for any other similarly-situated shipper; and maintain its books of account in such a fashion that transportation services provided to an affiliate can be identified and segregated.