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Okla State Agency
Corporation Commission, Oklahoma
Okla Agency Code
'185'
Agency Website
www.occeweb.com
Web Archive (Archive-it)
https://www.archive-it.org/collections/2097
Title
Oklahoma
Corporation
Commission
Historical Notes on State Agency
The
Corporation
Commission
was
established
at
statehood
. The
First
Legislature
empowered
and
directed
the
commission
to
regulate
and
supervise
the
activities
of
“all
public
businesses,”
whose
services
were
considered
by the
legislature
to be
essential
to the
public
welfare
. The
legal
principle
for
state
regulation
of
rates
and
services
of
public
businesses
had been
established
after
the
Civil
War
, and that
principle
was
sustained
by the
U.S
.
Supreme
Court
in
1877
.
Regulation
to
assure
fair
rates
and
prevent
discrimination
in
rates
and
services
began
as a
legislative
matter
, but as the
nation
grew
and the
need
for
regulation
increased
,
legislative
bodies
began
establishing
specific
agencies
to
administer
regulation
. The
Corporation
Commission
serves
as
both
a
tribunal
and
agency
of
investigation
,
accomplishing
regulation
through
a
combination
of
legislative
,
executive
,
administrative
, and
judicial
powers
.
Commission
orders
carry
the
same
weight
of
authority
as
laws
enacted
by the
legislature
. The
Oklahoma
Constitution
authorized
the
Corporation
Commission
to
regulate
transportation
and
transmission
companies
,
mainly
railroads
and
telephone
and
telegraph
companies
. The
First
Legislature
(1908)
added
authority
for
“all
public
businesses.”
The
Second
Legislature
(1909)
put
regulation
of
oil
pipeline
companies
under
commission
jurisdiction
. The
commission
began
regulating
the
prices
of
telephone
calls
in
November
1908
and
telegrams
in
April
1912
.
Regulation
of
water
,
heat
,
light
, and
power
rates
began
in
December
1913
. The
commission
began
regulating
oil
and
gas
in
1914
when
it
restricted
drilling
and
production
of
oil
from the
Cushing
and
Healdton
fields
to
prevent
waste
when
production
exceeded
pipeline
transport
capacity
. The
commission
acted
under
its
authority
to
regulate
pipelines
as
common
carriers
. In
1915
the
legislature
passed
the
Oil
and
Gas
Conservation
Act
and
directed
the
commission
to
enforce
it
;
declared
cotton
gins
to be
public
utilities
under
commission
regulation
; and
extended
commission
authority
over
utility
companies
to
include
practices
and
rates
. The
businesses
regulated
by the
commission
and
types
of
regulation
administered
have
changed
through
the
years
as
technology
has
advanced
and
services
considered
essential
to the
public
welfare
have
changed
. The
commission
presently
regulates
public
utilities
,
except
those
under
municipal
or
federal
jurisdiction
;
oil
and
gas
drilling
,
production
, and
environmental
protection
;
motor
fuel
quality
and
containment
;
gas
and
hazardous
liquid
pipeline
safety
procedures
; and
some
aspects
of
motor
carrier
transport
and
railroad
operations
. The
commission
also
administers
and
enforces
federal
programs
for
underground
injection
control
(in
connection
with
oil
and
gas
enhanced
recovery
programs
and
disposal
of
certain
oil
and
gas
drilling
waste
fluids)
and
remediation
of
soil
and
ground
water
pollution
caused
by
leaking
underground
storage
tanks
. The
commission
also
manages
the
state
Petroleum
Storage
Tank
Release
Indemnity
Fund
,
which
reimburses
a
portion
of the
cost
of
remediating
environmental
pollution
caused
by
leaking
storage
tanks
.
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This Oklahoma state government publication is provided for educational purposes under U.S. copyright law. Other usage requires permission of copyright holders.
Month/year uploaded
January 2015
Date created
2015-04-03
Date modified
2016-07-12
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