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33	30		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	33		FOR ENGROSSED
37	34		SENATE BILL NO. 130 By: Burns, Bullard, and
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59	58		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	59		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
61	60		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 803 of Title 17, unless there is
62	61		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
63	62		A. Not later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of
64	63		this act, the Corporation Commission shall start the p rocess to
65	64		engage an outside consulting firm to conduct a technical and legal
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93	91		feasibility study on nuclear energy generation in this state. This
94	92		engagement shall be exempt from the state procurement process under
95	93		Section 85.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Okl ahoma Statutes and follow
96	94		the Corporation Commission process to retain expert witnesses on
97	95		behalf of the agency to ensure the ability to timely conduct the
98	96		study and complete the requirements of this section. The consulting
99	97		firm shall be well-established in the nuclear industry.
100	98		B. The feasibility study shall evaluate and consider:
101	99		1. Advantages and disadvantages of generating nuclear energy in
102	100		this state, including, but not limited to, the economic and
103	101		environmental impacts;
104	102		2. Methods to maximize exis ting workforce and products made in
105	103		this state for the construction of nuclear energy generation
106	104		facilities;
107	105		3. Design characteristics, including recommendations for design
108	106		specification and site selection;
109	107		4. Environmental and ecological impacts;
110	108		5. Land and siting criteria, including specific geographic
111	109		areas that are best suited for new nuclear generation, as well as
112	110		cities near military bases that may use new nuclear electric
113	111		generation to meet the military resiliency requirements of 10
114	112		U.S.C., Section 2920;
115	113		6. Safety criteria;
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144	141		8. Small modular nuclear reactor and microreactors capability;
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146	143		9. Socioeconomic factors, including, but not limited to:
147	144		a. workforce education, training, and development,
148	145		b. local and state tax base,
149	146		c. supply chain capability,
150	147		d. permanent and temporary job creation,
151	148		e. timeline for development, including areas of potential
152	149		efficiencies, and potential leveraging of existing
153	150		facilities within this state,
154	151		f. literature review of studies that have assessed the
155	152		potential impact of nuclear energy generation, and
156	153		g. policy recommendations to support nuclear energy
157	154		generation, including a survey of federal programs to
158	155		financially assist the development of a nuclear
159	156		project in this state.
160	157		C. The Corporation Commission in conjunction with retail
161	158		electric suppliers and municipally owned electric utilities shall
162	159		cooperate in providing information relevant to the feasibility
163	160		study, providing for reasonable safeguards to protect confidenti al
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165	162		D. Not later than nine (9) months after the effective date of
166	163		this act, the Corporation Commission shall electronically deliver
167	164		the feasibility study findings to the President Pro Tempore of the
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195	191		Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
196	192		Representatives, and the Governor.
197	193		E. In the event the Corporation Commission is unable to hire a
198	194		consultant to complete the report, the Commission is authorized to
199	195		conduct a notice of inquiry and utilize the information received
200	196		from the stakeholders in conjunction with a consulting firm to
201	197		reduce the cost of gathering information for the purpose of the
202	198		study and report.
203	199		SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
204	200		of the public peace, health or safety, a n emergency is hereby
205	201		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
206	202		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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208		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
209		-	OVERSIGHT, dated 04/16/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended.
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