OKLAHOMA CONSUMER ENERGY CHOICE ACT
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 42 (S.B. 1352) (WEST)
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 42 (S.B. 1352) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Regular Session
CHAPTER 42
S.B. No. 1352
OKLAHOMA CONSUMER ENERGY CHOICE ACT
An Act relating to energy; creating the Oklahoma Consumer Energy Choice Act; providing short title; defining term; prohibiting certain entities from adopting certain policies that limit consumer access to certain energy sources; prohibiting certain limitations by political subdivisions; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Oklahoma Consumer Energy Choice Act
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5171 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
<< OK ST T. 74 § 5171 >>
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Consumer Energy Choice Act”.
B. For the purposes of this act, “energy source” means any fuel or power source used to power an engine including but not limited to any of the following: aviation fuel, biofuel, compressed natural gas, diesel, electricity to be utilized for the charging of electric vehicles, gasoline, gas distillates, hydrogen, liquified petroleum gas, and renewable diesel.
C. No city, town, county, or subdivision thereof shall adopt an ordinance, rule, or code which limits consumer access to an energy source or that results in the de facto prohibition of a wholesaler, retailer, energy producer, or the related infrastructure that is necessary to provide consumer access to a specific energy source within the jurisdiction of a city, town, county, or subdivision thereof.
D. For the purposes of promoting commerce and the equitable treatment of the citizens of this state, limitations of consumer access to an energy source by any city, town, county, or subdivision thereof is declared to be a statewide concern and shall be prohibited pursuant to subsection C of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
Approved April 21, 2022.
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