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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 614 By: Boren
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5017.1,
which relates to federal energy conservatio n
programs; requiring Department to publish and
annually update certain information; providing
contents of certain published information; updating
statutory language; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Secti on 5017.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5017.1. A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall
have the authority to establish, administer and enforce state and
federal energy conservation programs including, but not limited to,
implementing The Energy Conservation Act of 1975 (P.L. 94 -163),
National Energy Extension Service Act (P.L. 95 -39, 42 U.S.C. Section
7001 et seq.) and the National Conservation Policy Act (P.L. 9 5-
619), except as otherwise provided by law.
B. The Energy Conservation Servi ces Division of the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission is hereby abolished. All personnel,
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equipment, files, fixtures, funds, furniture, publications and
supplies, and all duties, functions, authority and contractual
obligations that relate to the Energy Conservation Services Division
of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are hereby transferred to and
vested in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
C. Employees transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
shall be classified and subject to the provisio ns of the Merit
System of Personnel Administration as provided for in the Oklahoma
Personnel Act. The salaries, grade and/or class of the employees
transferred shall be adjusted to be commensurate with comparable
positions in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
D. The full-time-equivalent employee positions funded through
the federal energy conservation programs outlined in this section
shall terminate upon the exhaustion of said the federal funding.
E. The Department shall make publicly available on it s website,
to be updated annually, information related to federal, state,
local, and tribal energy efficiency incentive programs. The
information provided shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Information regarding ongoing programs for individual
households, multi-family housing, and any other energy efficiency
incentive programs; and
2. Information that would improve collaboration between retail
energy providers and busines ses, local governments, tribal
governments, and consumers, which may include:
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a. descriptions of the territorial boundaries of retail
energy providers, and
b. individuals designated by the retail energy providers
who are responsible for facilitating the
implementation of energy efficiency incentive programs
with customers, local governments, and tribal
governments.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-1115 RD 1/14/2025 11:31:54 AM