2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 17. Corporation Commission
§17-160.32. Definitions.

As used in this act:

1. “Commission” means the Corporation Commission;

2. “Direct current fast charging station” means an electric vehicle charging system capable of delivering electricity at a minimum of fifty (50) kilowatts direct current to an electric vehicle’s rechargeable battery at a minimum voltage of two hundred (200) volts;

3. “Electric cooperative” means an electric cooperative corporation organized under Section 437.1 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes that provides electric service to the public;

4. “Electric vehicle” means a 100%-electric or plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle with the following characteristics:

• a.a 100%-electric motor vehicle originally equipped so that the vehicle:
• (1)draws propulsion energy solely from a battery with at least twenty (20) kilowatt hours of capacity, which can be recharged from any external source of electricity,
• (2)is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, but does not include a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails, and
• (3)which has at least four wheels,
• b.a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle which is originally equipped so that the vehicle:
• (1)draws propulsion energy from:
• (a)an internal combustion engine, and
• (b)a battery with at least five (5) kilowatt hours of capacity, which can be recharged from an external source of electricity,
• (2)is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads and highways, but does not include a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails, and
• (3)which has at least four wheels, and
• c.for purposes of this paragraph, the term “electric vehicle” does not include a vehicle that is manufactured primarily for off-road use and that has a maximum speed of thirty (30) miles per hour or less;

5. “Electric vehicle charging provider” means the owner of an electric vehicle charging station operating in a retail electric supplier’s designated service area;

6. “Make-ready infrastructure” means the electrical infrastructure required to service an electrical load, but shall not include an electric vehicle charging station;

7. “Retail electric supplier” means any person, firm, corporation, association, electric cooperative, or beneficial trusts thereof engaged in the furnishing of retail electric service not to include municipal corporations; and

8. “Retail electric service” means electric service furnished to a consumer for ultimate consumption.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 330, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.