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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3183 By: Archer and Stairs of the
House
and
Murdock of the Senate
[ electric utilities - GET Over Congestion (Grid
Enhancing Technology Over Congestion) Act - use of
technologies - consultation with large load users -
Corporation Commission - integrated resource plans
- cost recovery – codification - effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 860 of Title 17, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "GET Over
Congestion (Grid Enhancing Technology Over Congestion) Act".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 861 of Title 17, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
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1. "Advanced power flow controllers" means technologies that
modulate circuit impedance or other electrical properties to reroute
power flows and relieve congestion;
2. "Advanced transmission technology" means a technology that
increases the capacity, efficiency, or reliability of electric
transmission infrastructure, including grid-enhancing technologies
(GETs) such as dynamic line rating, advanced power flow controllers,
and topology optimization; high-performance conductors; and other
technologies designed to reduce transmission congestion;
3. "Congestion" means a condition in which a lack of
transmission line capacity prevents the delivery of the lowest cost
electricity dispatched to meet load at a specific location;
4. "Dynamic line rating" means a system that uses real-time or
forecasted weather and operating conditions, including wind speed
and direction, to determine the transfer capacity;
5. "Grid-enhancing technologies" or "GETs" means advanced
transmission technologies that increase the usable capacity of
existing transmission infrastructure through hardware, software, or
operational tools including dynamic line rating, advanced power flow
controllers, topology optimization, and related technologies;
6. "High performance conductors" means a conductor used in an
electric transmission system, including carbon-fiber conductors,
composite core conductors, and superconductors, and where:
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a. the conductor has a direct current electrical
resistance that is at least ten percent (10%) lower
than an aluminum conductor steel reinforced (ACSR)
conductor with a similar diameter and weight,
b. the conductor has an energy carrying capacity at least
seventy-five percent (75%) greater than ACSR
conductors of a similar diameter and weight, or
c. the conductor has a coefficient of thermal expansion
at least thirty percent (30%) less than ACSR
conductors of a similar diameter and weight;
7. "Integrated resource plan" or "IRP" means a utility's plan
as further defined and established in the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission's administrative rules found at OAC 165:35-37 to ensure
that sufficient supply-side and demand-side resources are available
to meet its obligation to serve and to achieve public policy
objectives, including those prescribed by law, rule, or Commission
IRP filing, a rate case, or other proceeding in which an electric
utility proposes additions or expansions to the transmission system;
8. "Large load user" means an electric customer whose existing
or anticipated load materially contributes to transmission
congestion or necessitates transmission upgrades;
9. "Topology optimization" means software that identifies
switching configurations to reroute electricity and alleviate
transmission constraints; and
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10. "Utility" means an investor-owned electric utility subject
to the ratemaking and integrated resource planning authority of the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and does not include electric
cooperatives, municipal utilities, or other non-investor-owned
providers.
B. A utility shall analyze, as part of its planning process and
in coordination with stakeholders where practicable, the cost-
effectiveness and deployment timeline of advanced transmission
technologies and GETs. A utility shall analyze:
1. The cost effectiveness and timetable for deployment of
advanced transmission technologies as an alternative strategy to
meet electric system needs; and
2. Whether the technologies would:
a. increase transmission capacity,
b. increase transmission efficiency,
c. reduce transmission system congestion,
d. reduce curtailment of energy generation resources,
e. increase reliability,
f. reduce the risk of igniting wildfire,
g. increase resiliency, or
h. increase capacity to connect new energy resources.
C. A utility may consult with large load users to identify
opportunities for voluntary collaboration, cost-sharing, or
customer-funded pilot deployment of GETs to reduce congestion and
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minimize impacts to the general rate base. The Corporation
Commission shall encourage a utility to include the deployment of
advanced transmission technologies in an integrated resource plan.
In an integrated resource plan, a utility shall:
1. Analyze congestion hotspots to cost-effectively maximize the
delivery of energy resources in the near term, including:
a. identifying the ten most congested locations on the
entity's transmission system,
b. estimating the frequency of congestion at each
location and the increased cost to ratepayers
resulting from the substitution of higher-priced
electricity,
c. evaluating the technical feasibility and estimate the
cost of installing one or more advanced transmission
technologies to address each instance of grid
congestion, and
d. proposing an implementation plan, including a schedule
and cost estimate, to install advanced transmission
technologies at each congestion point;
2. Include the results of the analysis described in paragraph 1
of this subsection and the analysis described in subsection B of
this section in the filing to the Commission; and
3. Include a summary of its existing and planned advanced
transmission technologies.
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D. If the Commission determines, based on the analysis provided
by the utility under subsections B and C of this section, that the
deployment of advanced transmission technologies is cost effective,
the Commission shall approve the utility's recovery of the prudently
incurred costs of the advanced transmission technologies.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
Passed the House of Representatives the 4th day of March, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate