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 165:45-17-3 - Application of Subchapter
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) This Subchapter is applicable to all natural gas utilities operating within the State of Oklahoma.
(b) All services rendered by natural gas utilities shall remain subject to Commission rate regulation pursuant to this Subchapter until or unless the Commission, after notice and hearing, makes an affirmative determination that rate regulation as to a customer, citygate, or aggregation point of natural gas service at a particular location is no longer required and further makes a finding that effective competition exists upstream of each citygate for each individual service. Accordingly, there shall be no presumption of effective competition upstream of any citygate for any service prior to a Commission order reflecting the same.
(c) To the extent that any entity seeks to competitively bid to provide the natural gas services of gas supply, gathering, transmission and storage to natural gas utilities upstream of the citygate, the Commission shall impose reasonable standards of conduct to establish and preserve a fair competitive bid process.
(d) Required Information. Upon request by the Commission, affiliate information shall be provided pursuant to this Subchapter and shall contain records and work papers which provide, at a minimum, the following information and such other information that the Commission shall request:
Added at 15 Ok Reg 2177, eff 7-1-98; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2095, eff 7-1-04