Okla. Admin. Code § 165:70-1-4

Current through Vol. 42, No. 6, December 2, 2024

Section 165:70-1-4 - Classifications of utilities

(a)Class divisions. All utilities shall be divided into classes as prescribed in this Section. These classes conform to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and Federal Communication Commission (FCC) classifications, except for rural electric distribution cooperative classifications, which are provided by Title 17, Section 158.27:

(1) Gas and Electric Companies:

(A) Class A - $2,500,000 or more annual gross operating revenue

(B) Class B - $1,000,000 or more but less than $2,500,000 annual gross operating revenue

(C) Class C - $150,000 or more but less than $1,000,000 annual gross operating revenue

(D) Class D - Less than $150,000 annual gross operating revenue

(2) Telephone Companies:

(A) Class A - $100,000,000 or more annual revenues from regulated telecommunications operations

(B) Class B - Less than $100,000,000 annual revenues from regulated telecommunications operations

(3) Water Companies:

(A) Class A - $500,000 or more annual gross operating revenue

(B) Class B - $250,000 or more but less than $500,000 annual gross operating revenue

(C) Class C - $50,000 or more but less than $250,000 annual gross operating revenue

(D) Class D - Less than $50,000 annual gross operating revenue

(4) Rural Electric Cooperatives: Class A - All

(b)Determination of class. For utilities whose classification is based upon annual gross operating revenues, the class to which any utility belongs shall be determined by the annual gross operating revenues for each of the three (3) immediately preceding years. For any utility whose classification is based on revenues from regulated telecommunications operations, the class to which it belongs shall be determined by the revenues from regulated telecommunications operations for each of the three (3) immediately preceding years.

(c)Declaration of class. The utility shall declare its classification in the notice of intent to file.

(d)Exception. Rate changes by interexchange carriers are covered by the codified telephone rules of the Commission and are therefore exempt from the rules of this Chapter. Additionally, RECs which have complied with Title 17, Section 158.27 and whose member-consumers have voted to exempt themselves from the jurisdiction of the Commission regarding their rates, are not required to comply with the rules of this Chapter.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:70-1-4

Added at 11 Ok Reg 3753, eff 7-11-94