Okla. Stat. tit. 17 § 160.32

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 160.32

As used in the Oklahoma Electric Vehicle Charging 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,

(3) is capable of being powered by an electric motor drawing current from fuel cells, and

(4) 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) 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. "Fuel cell" means a cell that converts the chemical energy of hydrogen directly into electricity through electrochemical reactions;

7. "Hydrogen fueling station" means any equipment that dispenses hydrogen into a motor vehicle or electric vehicle powered by a fuel cell;

8. "Make-ready infrastructure" means the electrical infrastructure required to service an electric vehicle charging station's electrical load on the retail electric supplier's or municipal corporation's side of the electric meter, but shall not include an electric vehicle charging station;

9. "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

10. "Retail electric service" means electric service furnished to a consumer for ultimate consumption.

Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 160.32

Amended by Laws 2024 , c. 170, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2024.

Added by Laws 2023 , c. 330, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2023.