House committee advances bill directing OCC study of large electric customers
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Summary
House Bill 3392, advanced out of committee by a 7‑0 vote, would direct the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to study and define "large load" electric customers, examine their grid impacts and require a cost‑allocation assessment; sponsors say the measure is meant to reinforce— not replace—ongoing OCC work.
Representative Clinton told the committee that House Bill 3392 would "direct the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to conduct a comprehensive study about large load electric customers, primarily defining what is a large load electric user, their impact on our grid, and, how it mandates a cost allocation assessment." The sponsor said the bill is intended to reinforce the OCC's ongoing work rather than impede any current rulemaking.
The bill's core requirement is a legislative directive for the Corporation Commission to study large electricity customers and produce a cost‑allocation assessment. Representative Clinton said the measure is designed to clarify definitions and to ensure that the allocation of grid costs accounts for the impacts of very large users.
Committee members offered no substantive questions during the presentation. Following the sponsor's remarks members moved a "do pass," and the committee voted 7 yea, 0 nay. The chair reported the bill as passed out of committee.
Because the proposal expressly leaves OCC rulemaking authority intact, it functions as a statutory instruction for a study and assessment rather than a prescriptive regulatory change. The committee did not set a deadline in committee for the Commission’s study; next steps are the formal reporting of the bill out of committee and its placement on the House calendar for further consideration.