After the Oklahoma Corporation Commission recently presented a nearly year-long study of adopting nuclear power in the state, a bill advancing the cause will be considered Thursday by the State Senate Energy Committee.
HB3175 would create the Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office that would be under the administration of the Governor’s office and also assigned to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment.
As the bill explains, the state Nuclear Energy Office would develop and propose a comprehensive statutory and regulatory framework for advanced nuclear energy to be used in the generation of electrical power.
“The purposes of the Office are to provide statutory and
regulatory readiness for advanced nuclear energy and to:
1. Provide strategic leadership for the advanced nuclear
reactor system in this state;
2. Promote the development of advanced nuclear reactors for
dispatchable electric generation while creating high-wage advanced manufacturing jobs in this state;
3. Advance innovative nuclear energy generation technologies
while delivering safe, reliable, and clean energy solutions that
address the state’s growing demand.”
The rules would be coordinated with the Corporation Commission and be completed along with recommendations to the Governor, Speaker Pro Tempore of the State Senate, the Speaker of the House and the Corporation Commission by December 1 of 2027.
The authors of the measure are Archer, Luttrell, and Moore
of the House and Dossett of the Senate.
Energy Meeting
DATE: Thursday, April 9, 2026
TIME: 09:30 AM or AFTER AM SESSION
LOCATION: Senate Room 230, State Capitol Building
AGENDA:
- HB1907 By Alonso-Sandoval et al of the House and Stewart of the Senate
Environment; creating the Battery Stewardship Act; defining terms; effective date. - HB3175 By Archer et al of the House and Dossett of the Senate
[Nuclear energy; defining terms; creating the Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office; effective date.] - HB3403 By Patzkowsky et al of the House and Stewart of the Senate (Proposed Comm. Sub., req. #3880)
Environment and natural resources; creating the Oklahoma Biosolids Land Application Research Pilot Program Act; effective date. - HB3411 By George et al of the House and Green of the Senate
[Environment and natural resources; requiring Department of Environmental Quality to purchase certain equipment; biosolids testing; prohibition on biosolids; rules; implementation by certain date; effective date.] - HB3466 By Boles of the House and Woods of the Senate
Corporation Commission; removing Corporation Commission petty cash fund; effective date. - HB3986 By Caldwell (Trey) of the House and Thompson of the Senate
Taxes; gross production tax; requiring certain completion methods for specific exemptions; effective date. - HB4246 By Kannady of the House and Green of the Senate (Proposed Comm. Sub., req. #3887)
Waters and water rights; authorizing the Department of Environmental Quality to contract with certain parties; effective date. - HB3005 By Kendrix of the House and Bergstrom of the Senate
State government; Oklahoma Climatological Survey; sunset; effective date; emergency. - HB3007 By Kendrix of the House and Bergstrom of the Senate
Environment and natural resources; advisory councils; sunset; effective date; emergency. - Other business
Senator Grant Green, Chair
Senator Tom Woods, Vice Chair