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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma Bill Establishes Cost Recovery Rules for Natural Gas Infrastructure
Last action · March 5, 2025: Title stricken
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1737 creates the Natural Gas Utility Infrastructure Cost Recovery Act of 2025, allowing regulated natural gas utilities to seek pre-approval from the Corporation Commission for energy infrastructure investments and cost recovery. The measure sets a 240-day deadline for Commission orders, requires s for costs exceeding approved amounts by more than ten percent, and mandates rules by April 1, 2026, with an effective date of November 1, 2025.
Utility customers may see contemporaneous rate adjustments to cover regulatory investigation and expert witness expenses incurred by the Corporation Commission and the Attorney General during application reviews.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Natural gas utilities
Natural gas utilities may file applications for pre-approval of energy infrastructure facilities, pay assessed regulatory costs, and seek cost recovery.
Utility customers
Utility customers may experience contemporaneous recovery charges for Corporation Commission staff and Attorney General assessments.
Corporation Commission
The Corporation Commission must review applications, issue orders within 240 days, decide cost assessment requests, and promulgate implementation rules.
Office of the Attorney General
The Office of the Attorney General may file requests for the assessment of specific costs associated with performing its duties under the act.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of projects qualify as an Energy Infrastructure Facility?
What happens if a project's costs exceed the amount approved by the Corporation Commission?
Who pays for the expert witnesses and consultants used by the Corporation Commission or Attorney General?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 5, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- Mar 5, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee
- Mar 3, 2025HouseRemove Representative Chapman as principal House author and substitute with Representative Moore
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseRemove Representative Moore as principal House author and substitute with Representative Chapman
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Moore
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- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Pre-Approval and Cost Recovery Framework for Emerging Technologies
The act creates a dedicated pre-approval mechanism for natural gas utilities investing in alternative fuels and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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