§74-9060. Short title - Oklahoma Emergency Energy Availability Act
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of 2022 – Emergency energy plans.
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Emergency Energy Availability Act of 2022".
B. As used in the Oklahoma Emergency Energy Availability Act of 2022:
1. "Energy policy" means any policy or commitment pertaining to the sourcing of electrical power generation, energy conservation methods, or energy development; and
2. "Energy source" means any source used to generate electric power including but not limited to biomass, coal, hydroelectricity, natural gas, hydrogen, nuclear, oil, solar, water, and wind.
C. 1. On or after the effective date of this act, any agency, department, bureau, system of higher education, school district, township, or municipality within this state which has an energy policy in place or that chooses to develop an energy policy shall develop an emergency energy plan detailing methods or sources of energy during a state of emergency.
2. On or after the effective date of this act, any agency, department, bureau, system of higher education, school district, township, or municipality within this state which has or develops an energy policy and an emergency energy plan pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not source energy for such plans from a single energy source and shall develop policies for the acquisition of electrical power generated from at least three distinct energy sources.
D. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section. Added by Laws 2022, c. 131, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.