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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 2183 By: Seifried
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to wind energy; amending 17 O.S.
2021, Sections 160.13, 160.14, 160.15, and 160.21, as
amended by Section 22, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (17
O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 160.21), which relate to the
Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act; modifying
definitions; defining terms; modifying certain depth
requirement; requiring decommission or removal in
certain circumstances; requiring certain restoration;
modifying requirements for evidence of financial
security; requiring certain permit; stating permit
application criteria; requiring certain mailing and
notification; modifying where certain meeting shall
be held; establishing minimum requirements for
certain approval; requiring certain notification;
authorizing comments from executive agencies;
requiring certain letter; requiring public hearing;
authorizing promulgation of rules; stating certain
disclosure; stating exception; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 160.13, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 160.13. As used in the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development
Act:
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1. “Abandonment” means the failure to generate electricity from
commercial wind energy equipment for a period of twenty-four (24)
consecutive months one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days for
reasons other than curtailment, repowering, a valid judicial order,
or other governmental regulatory action, with no pending
negotiations for purchase. A wind energy facility shall not be
considered abandoned if the owner or operator has elected not to run
the facility, but it has been maintained in proper working order and
is capable of generating electricity;
2. “Commencement of construction” means beginning excavation of
wind turbine foundations or other actions relating to the actual
erection and installation of commercial wind energy equipment. It
shall include the clearing of land, relocation of utilities,
expansion of a wind energy facility, and other actions that would
adversely affect the natural environment of the proposed site. It
shall not include erection of meteorological towers, environmental
assessments, surveys, preliminary engineering, or other activities
associated with assessment of development of the wind resources on a
given parcel of property;
3. “Commercial generation date” means the date on which the
wind turbine in question first generates electrical energy in
commercial quantities;
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4. “Commercial wind energy equipment” means a wind tower and
turbine with five hundred kilowatts (500kw) or greater of total
nameplate generating capacity;
5. “Commercial quantities” means an amount of electrical energy
sufficient for sale or use off-site from a wind turbine or wind
energy facility, and shall not include amounts of electrical energy
used only for the maintenance or testing of the wind turbine or wind
energy facility itself;
6. “Nonparticipating landowner” means a landowner that is not
under a lease or other property agreement with an owner or operator;
7. “Operate” means activity associated with the management,
operation, and maintenance of a completed wind energy facility and
includes the installation or improvement of a wind energy facility;
8. “Operator” means a person or entity that operates a wind
energy facility;
9. “Owner” means the entity having a majority equity interest
in commercial wind energy equipment, including their respective
successors and assigns;
7. 10. “Person” means a natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, or other private
business entity;
11. “Proprietary information” means commercial or financial
information that:
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a. is used directly or indirectly in the business of an
applicant submitting information to a political
subdivision, and
b. gives an applicant submitting information to a
political subdivision an advantage or opportunity to
obtain an advantage over a competitor that does not
know of, or otherwise use, the information.
It shall include trade secrets;
12. “Redevelop” means to replan, reconstruct, or redesign a
wind energy facility and includes the acquisition, clearance,
development, disposal, or combination thereof, of a wind energy
facility;
13. “Transmission facility” means a power cable, distribution
line, or other equipment that delivers electricity from a wind
turbine located in this state to the point of interconnection with a
power distribution grid, long-distance power transmission grid, or
other facility by and through which the electricity is distributed
or transmitted to one or more customers. It shall not include
distribution, transmission, or other facilities that are located
beyond the point of interconnection with the power distribution grid
or transmission grid;
14. “Under development” means the execution of land leases on
all real estate to be included in the proposed development, the
commencement of necessary state and federal studies related to
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construction of a wind energy facility, and the commencement of on-
site physical work of a significant nature on the proposed wind
energy facility site;
15. “Useful life” means the time during which a wind turbine or
wind energy facility is generating electricity in commercial
quantities;
8. “Wind turbine” means a wind energy conversion system which
converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind
turbine generator and includes the turbine, blade, tower, base and
pad transformer, if any; and
9. 16. “Wind energy facility” means an electrical generation
facility consisting of one or more wind turbines under common
ownership or operating control, that, cumulatively with any other
wind energy facility:
a. has a rated capacity of five (5) megawatts or more of
electrical energy, and
b. is more than two hundred (200) feet in height,
and includes substations, meteorological data towers, aboveground
and underground electrical transmission lines, transformers, control
systems, and other buildings or facilities used to support the
operation of the facility, and whose primary purpose is to supply
electricity to an off-site customer or customers. Wind energy
facility shall not include a wind energy facility located entirely
on property held in fee simple absolute estate by the owner of the
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wind energy facility nor shall it include equipment that, when
installed in connection with a dwelling, transmits or uses wind
energy to produce electrical energy in a useful form for residential
purposes;
17. “Wind energy facility expansion” means an activity that
adds or substantially modifies a wind energy facility including, but
not limited to, increasing the height or the number of wind
turbines, transmission facilities, or other equipment or that
increases the environmental footprint of a wind energy facility; and
18. “Wind turbine” means a wind energy conversion system that
converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind
turbine generator and includes the turbine, blade, tower, base, and
pad transformer, if any.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 160.14, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 160.14. A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall
be responsible, at its expense, for the proper decommissioning of
the facility upon abandonment or the end of the useful life of the
commercial wind energy equipment in the wind energy facility.
B. Proper decommissioning of a wind energy facility shall
include:
1. Removal of wind turbines, towers, buildings, cabling,
electrical components, foundations and any other associated
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facilities, to a depth of thirty (30) forty-eight (48) inches below
grade; and
2. Disturbed earth being graded and reseeded or otherwise
restored to substantially the same physical condition as existed
prior to the construction of the wind energy facility by the owner,
excluding roads, unless the landowner specifically requests in
writing that the roads or other land surface areas be restored.
C. The decommissioning of the wind energy facility, or
individual pieces of commercial wind energy equipment, shall be
completed as follows:
1. By the owner of the wind energy facility within twelve (12)
months after abandonment or the end of the useful life of the
commercial wind energy equipment in the wind energy facility; and
2. If the owner of the wind energy facility fails to complete
the decommissioning within the period prescribed in paragraph 1 of
this subsection, the Corporation Commission shall take such measures
as are necessary to complete the decommissioning.
D. A lease or other agreement between a landowner and an owner
of a wind energy facility may contain provisions for decommissioning
that are more restrictive than provided for in this section.
E. A wind energy facility shall be decommissioned or removed
if:
1. A wind turbine ceases to generate electricity for one
hundred eighty (180) continuous days unless the termination of
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electricity was mandated by state or federal law or was authorized
by the Commission. Two extensions may be authorized by the
Commission for one-hundred-eighty-day periods at a time if the wind
energy facility continues to be maintained in proper working order;
or
2. A wind turbine or group of wind turbines violates the noise
level restrictions pursuant to Section 160.21 of this title unless
the wind turbine or group of wind turbines is brought into
compliance within one hundred eighty (180) days of the violation.
One extension may be authorized by the Commission pursuant to this
paragraph.
F. Within twelve (12) months of the decommissioning of a wind
energy facility, the property shall be restored to its original
condition.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 160.15, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 160.15. A. The owner of a wind energy facility shall
submit to the Corporation Commission evidence of financial security
to cover the anticipated costs of decommissioning the wind energy
facility. For a wind energy facility or portion thereof which
reaches the commercial generation date prior to December 31, 2016,
the evidence of financial security shall be submitted after the
fifteenth year of operation of the facility. For a wind energy
facility or portion thereof which reaches the commercial generation
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date on or after December 31, 2016, the evidence of financial
security shall be submitted by the fifth year of operation of the
facility with a permit application pursuant to Section 160.21 of
this title. Evidence of financial security may be in the form of a
surety bond, collateral bond, parent guaranty, cash, cashier’s
check, certificate of deposit, bank joint custody receipt or other
approved negotiable instrument as established in rules promulgated
by the Commission.
B. 1. For a wind energy facility which reaches the commercial
generation date prior to December 31, 2016, the evidence of
financial security shall be accompanied by an estimate of the total
cost of decommissioning, minus the salvage value of the equipment,
prepared by a professional engineer licensed in this state. The
amount of the evidence of financial security shall be either:
a. the estimate of the total cost of decommissioning
minus the salvage value of the equipment which shall
be submitted to the Commission in the fifteenth year
of the project and every tenth fifth year thereafter
for the life of the wind energy facility, or
b. one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the estimate
of the total cost of decommissioning which shall be
submitted to the Commission in the fifteenth year of
the project.
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2. For a wind energy facility which reaches the commercial
generation date on or after December 31, 2016, the evidence of
financial security shall be accompanied by an estimate of the total
cost of decommissioning and an estimate of the salvage value of the
equipment prepared by a professional engineer licensed in this
state. The amount of the evidence of financial security shall be
one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the estimate of the total
cost of decommissioning, minus the salvage value of the equipment,
which shall be submitted to the Commission by the fifth year after
reaching the commercial generation date when applying for a permit
pursuant to Section 160.21 of this title and once every five (5)
years thereafter upon request by the Commission.
C. If the owner of a wind energy facility fails to submit the
information with the Commission as is required by this section, the
owner shall be subject to an administrative penalty not to exceed
One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per day.
D. In the event of a transfer of ownership of a wind energy
facility, the evidence of financial security posted by the
transferor shall remain in place and shall not be released until
such time as evidence of financial security meeting the requirements
of this section is posted by the new owner of the wind energy
facility and deemed acceptable by the Commission.
E. The provisions of this section shall apply to any wind
energy facility or portion thereof entering into or renewing a power
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purchase agreement (PPA) for the energy generated by the wind energy
facility on or after January 1, 2011. If a wind energy facility
does not sell its energy under a power purchase agreement, the
provisions of this section shall apply to the wind energy facility
or portion thereof which construction commences on or after January
1, 2011.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 160.21, as
amended by Section 22, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (17 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 160.21), is amended to read as follows:
Section 160.21. A. 1. A person shall not construct, operate,
or redevelop a wind energy facility or wind energy facility
expansion in this state before obtaining a permit from the
Corporation Commission. In addition, if a political subdivision has
enacted an ordinance that addresses the construction or expansion of
a wind energy facility within its jurisdiction, permission shall be
obtained from the political subdivision. Subject to the approval of
the Commission, a permit issued pursuant to this section may be
transferred to a person that agrees to comply with the terms of the
permit. A filing fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($2,500.00) shall be submitted with each permit application.
2. The owner of a wind energy facility shall submit
notification of intent to build a facility a permit application to
the Corporation Commission within six (6) months of the initial
filing with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of a FAA 7460-
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1 form. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe the form and
submittal requirements of the notification permit application;
provided, the information required on the notification permit
application form shall include at least the same information
required on the FAA form and, a map of the project boundary, a
complete description of the wind energy facility including the
number and size of the wind turbines, the proposed timeline for
construction and operation of the wind energy facility, and a
development and management plan. The development and management
plan shall address physical characteristics of the wind energy
facility; electric standards that meet national electric codes;
construction, operation, and maintenance standards that comply with
all building codes and ensure maintenance in a manner that protects
the public and complies with all requirements of this subsection;
and emergency procedures. The emergency procedures shall include:
a. a way to provide notice to the Oklahoma Department of
Emergency Management and local emergency agencies
within twenty-four (24) hours of an emergency,
b. directions to address an emergency situation,
including written procedures to shut down the wind
energy facility or a portion of the facility as
necessary, and
c. an emergency evacuation plan for an area within four
(4) miles of a wind energy facility, including the
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location of alternate landing zones for emergency
service aircraft.
The emergency procedures shall be reviewed at least annually by
the owner or operator of the wind energy facility in collaboration
with the fire department, law enforcement, and other appropriate
first responders as necessary. Copies of the emergency procedures
shall be distributed to the local legislative body, first
responders, and supervisors or employees of the wind energy
facility.
3. The owner of a wind energy facility shall submit to the
Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics copies of all
initial FAA 7460-1 forms for all individual wind turbines or any
other individual structure that requires a FAA Form 7460-1 that is
part of a wind energy facility within thirty (30) days of the
initial filing with the FAA. The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace
and Aeronautics shall prescribe the submittal requirements for the
7460-1 form.
4. The owner of the wind energy facility shall send copies of
the notification permit application to the board of county
commissioners of every county in which all or a portion of the wind
energy facility is to be located within twenty-four (24) hours of
filing with the Corporation Commission. If all or a portion of the
wind energy facility is to be located within the incorporated area
of a municipality, copies of the notification permit application
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shall also be sent to the governing body of the municipality within
twenty-four (24) hours of filing with the Corporation Commission.
In addition to sending copies of the permit application to the
county commissioners and the governing body of a municipality, if
necessary, the owner of the wind energy facility shall send a copy
of the permit application to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department, the county clerk of every county in which all or a
portion of the wind energy facility is to be located, and any
landowner and resident located within four (4) miles of the proposed
location of the wind energy facility or wind energy facility
expansion within twenty-four (24) hours of filing with the
Corporation Commission.
If the owner of a wind energy facility is required to file
subsequent 7460-1 forms with the FAA due to changing locations or
heights of individual structures from the locations or heights
originally proposed in the initial 7460-1 forms submitted to the
Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, the owner shall,
within ten (10) days of filing with the FAA, submit such subsequent
7460-1 forms to the Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Department
of Aerospace and Aeronautics. A wind energy facility owner shall
not be required to start the notification processes over unless the
subsequent 7460-1 forms expand the project beyond its original
boundaries submitted to the Corporation Commission.
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B. Within ten (10) days of receiving a FAA 7460-1 form, as
provided for in subsection A of this section, the Oklahoma
Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics shall notify the Oklahoma
Strategic Military Planning Commission. The Oklahoma Strategic
Military Planning Commission shall notify local base commanders upon
receipt of this notification. The Oklahoma Strategic Military
Planning Commission shall submit a letter to the Military Aviation
and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse outlining potential
areas of impact, as provided in Section 160.20 of this title, within
thirty (30) days of receipt of the notification. The letter from
the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission shall be
submitted to the Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Department of
Aerospace and Aeronautics, and the wind energy facility owner at the
same time the letter is submitted to the Clearinghouse.
C. Within six (6) months of submitting the notification permit
application with the Corporation Commission as provided for in
subsection A of this section, the owner of the wind energy facility
shall cause a copy of the notification permit application to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
counties in which all or a portion of the wind energy facility is to
be located. Proof of publication shall be submitted to the
Corporation Commission.
D. Within six (6) months of submitting the notification permit
application with the Corporation Commission as provided in
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subsection A of this section, the owner of the wind energy facility
shall cause a copy of the notification permit application to be
sent, by certified mail, to:
1. Any oil and gas operator, as reflected in the records of the
Corporation Commission, who is conducting oil and gas operations
upon all or any part of the surface estate as to which the wind
energy developer intends the construction of the wind energy
facility;
2. Any oil and gas operator, as reflected in the records of the
Corporation Commission, of an unspaced unit, or a unit created by
order of the Corporation Commission, who is conducting oil and gas
operations for the unit where all or any part of the unit area is
within the geographical boundaries of the surface estate as to which
the wind energy developer intends the construction of the wind
energy facility; and
3. As to tracts of land not described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of
this subsection on which the wind energy developer intends to
construct a wind energy facility, all lessees of oil and gas leases
covering the mineral estate underlying any part of the tracts of
land that are filed of record with the county clerk in the county
where the tracts are located and whose primary term has not expired.
If the wind energy developer makes a search with reasonable
diligence, and the whereabouts of a party entitled to any notice
described in this subsection cannot be ascertained or such notice
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cannot be delivered, then an affidavit attesting to such diligent
search for the parties shall be placed in the records of the county
clerk where the surface estate is actually located.
E. Within sixty (60) days of publishing the notification permit
application in a newspaper as provided for in subsection C of this
section, the owner of the wind energy facility shall hold a public
meeting. Notice of the public meeting shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation and submitted to the board of
county commissioners in the county or counties in which all or a
portion of the wind energy facility is to be located. The notice
shall contain the place, date, and time of the public meeting.
Proof of publication of the notice shall be submitted to the
Corporation Commission. The public meeting shall be held in one of
the counties each county in which all or a portion of the wind
energy facility is to be located or expanded.
F. With regard to the surface estate upon which the owner of a
wind energy facility intends to construct a wind energy facility, at
least sixty (60) days before entering upon the surface estate for
the purposes of commencement of construction of the wind energy
facility, the owner shall provide written notice, by certified mail,
of its intent to construct the wind energy facility to:
1. Any oil and gas operator, as reflected in the records of the
Corporation Commission, who is conducting oil and gas operations
upon all or any part of the surface estate as to which the wind
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energy developer intends the construction of the wind energy
facility;
2. Any oil and gas operator, as reflected in the records of the
Corporation Commission, of an unspaced unit, or a unit created by
order of the Corporation Commission, who is conducting oil and gas
operations for the unit where all or any part of the unit area is
within the geographical boundaries of the surface estate as to which
the wind energy developer intends the construction of the wind
energy facility; and
3. As to tracts of land not described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of
this subsection on which the wind energy developer intends to
construct a wind energy facility, all lessees of oil and gas leases
covering the mineral estate underlying any part of the tracts of
land that are filed of record with the county clerk in the county
where the tracts are located and whose primary term has not expired.
The notice shall contain a map or plat of the proposed location,
with sufficient specificity of all of the various elements of the
wind energy facility to be located on the governmental section which
includes all or any part of the tracts of land described in
paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this subsection and the approximate date
that the owner of the wind energy facility proposes to commence
construction. If the wind energy developer makes a search with
reasonable diligence, and the whereabouts of a party entitled to any
notice described in this subsection cannot be ascertained or such
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notice cannot be delivered, then an affidavit attesting to such
diligent search for the parties shall be placed in the records of
the county clerk where the surface estate is actually located.
Within thirty (30) days of receiving such notice, any oil and gas
operator, as described in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of this subsection
shall reciprocate, in writing by certified mail, certain site,
operational and infrastructure information, with sufficient
specificity, to be shared with the owner of the wind energy facility
to assist both with the safe construction and operation pertaining
to the surface estate. This information should include American
Land Title Association (ALTA) surveys of existing subsurface and
surface improvements on the property, if any, as well as other
technical specifications for existing improvements such as pipe
size, material, capacity and depth.
G. The owner of a wind energy facility shall not commence
construction on the facility until the notification and public
meeting requirements of this section have been met. If an owner of
a wind energy facility fails to submit the information as required
in this section, the owner shall be subject to an administrative
penalty from the Corporation Commission not to exceed One Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per day, per violation as provided
by law.
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H. The Corporation Commission shall establish that the
applicant has met the following minimum requirements before
approving a permit application:
1. The minimum setback for the base of any wind turbine from a
nonparticipating landowner’s property line shall be equal to the
greater of one quarter (1/4) of a nautical mile or two (2) times the
total height of the wind turbine as measured from the ground at its
base to the maximum height of the blade tip. A nonparticipating
landowner may elect to sign a waiver that allows a wind turbine or
group of wind turbines to be placed up to one and one-tenth (1.1)
times the total height of the wind turbine as measured from the
ground at its base to the maximum height of the blade tip from the
nonparticipating landowner’s property line;
2. The minimum setback from the base of a wind turbine shall be
one half (1/2) of a nautical mile from any residential structure
that exists at the time the permit application is submitted to the
Corporation Commission;
3. An environmental impact assessment, conducted by a qualified
third-party expert approved by the Corporation Commission and paid
for by the applicant, of the potential adverse impacts within four
(4) miles of the perimeter of the wind energy facility or wind
energy facility expansion. The environmental impact assessment
shall include, but not be limited to, a study of the:
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a. economic impacts to individuals, real property values,
tourism, and agriculture,
b. compliance with state and national fire, building, and
electrical codes,
c. impact on wildlife including potential adverse impacts
to wildlife refuges, preserves and management areas,
habitats for threatened or endangered species, primary
nursery areas as designated by the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission, and critical fishery habitats
as identified by state or federal law,
d. viewshed analysis for state and federal parks and
forests, historic and cultural sites, public parks and
recreation areas, and private conservation land, and
e. bodies of water within four (4) miles of the perimeter
of the wind energy facility or wind energy facility
expansion, including flowing water sources, stormwater
runoff, wetlands, groundwater, aquifers, and private
wells.
Such environmental impact assessment shall not be required if an
environmental review of the wind energy facility or any portion of
the wind energy facility is required pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that includes public input, a
public hearing, an environmental impact statement, and a viewshed
analysis;
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4. A risk assessment and mitigation recommendations for shadow
flicker and other incidents, including wind turbine fires,
structural damage or failure, ice throw, blade shear, and hazardous
material spills. Shadow flicker shall not exceed thirty (30) hours
annually as verified in an assessment prepared according to industry
standards. A nonparticipating landowner may elect to sign a written
waiver to allow shadow flicker, ice throw, or blade shear from any
wind turbine on the nonparticipating landowner’s property;
5. A risk assessment for civil air navigation, military or law
enforcement routes or training exercises, emergency medical flights,
radar operations, and mobile phone services;
6. A risk assessment for lighting requirements beyond those
required by the Federal Aviation Administration; and
7. A baseline determination of preconstruction noise levels,
including modeling and enforcement, conducted by a qualified third-
party acoustics expert paid for by the applicant. Except during an
event of inclement weather that prevents an operator from
controlling the noise level of one or more wind turbines, the noise
emission limit at a nonparticipating landowner’s dwelling shall not
exceed thirty-five A-weighted decibels (35 dBA). The emission limit
at a nonparticipating landowner’s property line shall not exceed
forty-five A-weighted decibels (45 dBA). A nonparticipating
landowner may elect to sign a written waiver to allow for noise
levels that exceed such limits.
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SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 160.24 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Upon receipt of an application for a permit for the
construction, operation, or redevelopment of a wind energy facility
or a wind energy facility expansion pursuant to Section 160.21 of
Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Corporation Commission shall
notify executive agencies of this state requesting comments
regarding the adequacy of a permit application.
B. Comments shall be received within one hundred twenty (120)
days after the notification from the Commission unless an agency
requests a longer period to consider the permit application.
C. Upon review of comments received, if any, the Commission
shall determine whether the applicant failed to include or
adequately develop relevant environmental or economic impacts
associated with the wind energy facility as required pursuant to
Section 160.21 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Commission
shall issue a letter to the applicant if there are deficiencies in
the application. The letter shall be prepared and served to the
applicant no later than twenty (20) days before the date for a
public hearing pursuant to subsection D of this section. The
applicant shall promptly respond to the letter and the public
hearing shall be deferred unless the applicant has responded before
the hearing.
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D. A public hearing shall be set no earlier than sixty (60)
days after the notification date for comments from executive
agencies. The testimony presented at the hearing may be presented
in writing or orally; provided, the Commission may promulgate rules
designed to exclude repetitive, redundant, or irrelevant testimony.
After the public hearing, the Commission may deny, grant, or
conditionally grant the permit.
SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 160.25 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a permit
application for the construction, operation, or redevelopment of a
wind energy facility or a wind energy facility expansion and other
documents required pursuant to this act are subject to disclosure
under the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the federal Freedom of
Information Act.
B. Proprietary information contained in a permit application or
other documents required pursuant to this act or documents used by
the Commission to evaluate and approve or deny a permit application
shall remain confidential and not subject to disclosure under the
Oklahoma Open Records Act or the federal Freedom of Information Act.
SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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