Oklahoma Senate Energy Committee to tackle more bills

  • April 23, 2025

The Oklahoma Senate Energy Committee meets Thursday to consider a number of energy measures.
The meeting is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. or after the regular meeting of the Senate.
Below is the agenda.
  1. AGENDA:
    REVISED TO ADD CS2069 to HB2756

    1. HB1371 By Boles of the House and Green of the Senate
      [Oil and Gas; Production Revenue Standard Act; unpaid proceeds; effective date.]
    2. HB1374 By Boles et al of the House and Green of the Senate (Proposed Comm. Sub., req. #2058)
      [Utilities; public utility defined; modifying certain exception to definition; allowing certain entities to receive electricity; refusal; rights; natural gas; effective date; emergency.]
    3. HB1666 By Cantrell of the House and Frix of the Senate
      Public health and safety; Underground Facilities Damage Preventions Act; modifying definition of excavate; effective date.
    4. HB2142 By Kannady of the House and Green of the Senate
      Wind energy facilities; prohibiting construction or modification of wind energy facilities with respect to certain military facilities; adverse impact; application; information; fines; civil action; effective date.
    5. HB2155 By Dobrinski et al of the House and Green of the Senate
      [Corporation Commission; creating the Renewable Energy Facility Act; emergency.]
    6. HB2156 By Dobrinski of the House and Murdock et al of the Senate
      Property; setback requirements for utility scale solar energy and industrial battery storage facilities; emergency.
    7. HB2157 By Dobrinski et al of the House and Pederson of the Senate
      [Renewable energy; stating legislative intent; creating the Oklahoma Agrivoltaics Act; emergency.]
    8. HB2751 By Caldwell (Trey) et al of the House and Seifried of the Senate
      Wind energy; legislative findings; setback requirement for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters of a county; requiring Corporation Commission to maintain database; emergency.
    9. HB2756 By Caldwell (Trey) et al of the House and Green of the Senate (Proposed Comm. Sub., req. #2069)
      Electric transmission facilities; definitions; applications; certificates; information; hearings; notice; meetings; public; plans; approval; rules; codification; emergency.
    10. Other business

    Senator Grant Green, Chair
    Senator Tom Woods, Vice Chair

Jerry Bohnen