[{"_1":2,"_99":-5,"_100":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4,"_26":27},"root",{"_5":6,"_17":10,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":10,"_23":-5,"_24":-5,"_25":10},"user",{"_7":8,"_9":10,"_11":10,"_12":-5,"_13":-5,"_14":15,"_16":-5},"roles",[],"isAuthenticated",false,"isPremium","planName","subscriptionStatus","featureFlags",{},"insightsBudget","isDevelopmentHost","userPreferences",{},"recaptchaSiteKey","6LcvOJcUAAAAAHsB-gPGfGktcRlKpH7OTIU_dMTD","isImpersonating","impersonation","affiliateStatus","isFreedomPortal","routes/v2/article/layout",{"_28":29,"_30":31},"notFound",true,"relatedArticles",[32,75,87],{"_33":34,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":40,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":44,"_46":47,"_48":49,"_50":51,"_52":53,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":59,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":65,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},"mediaId",6297958,"mediaKeyId","2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843","parentId",2505801,"title","Votes at a glance: Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee, Feb. 1","audioSeconds",0,"startMs",38000,"endMs","viewUrl","/Search/View?dp=1&key=2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843&start=38&end=38","thumbnailUrl","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843/thumbnail_38000.jpg","articleUrl","/articles/6297958/Oklahoma/Votes-at-a-glance-Energy-and-Natural-Resources-Oversight-Committee-Feb-1","mediaUrl","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6297958-de434251b844eede8d9bba551f29930c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770933745&Signature=Y4e-b2yH2K85D3aiHhU3P2zh2QuW82pecNmkYxT~ZKaTEOA8dSXGtR0AbE2uH8su~X~EHtnjlUVQJhPpejBFYy7NM5DN0a78KQFBcJ1-zkFPVBCLGWS1BNJQXP2IYGEM7ZibeLr1rSJL5hbEM1kjl1V2buNVmkxqHCZZzfxsezWl5NrzBj~P5zfhOx7Q8Ee5skzKRJyzg02RxgjvGuh1W0fvnCI3d0dC7e-5YsskP54GO5E3SJo91BAlTc~CgVZVMnCsd32JQnzxpxS0yCzGQUVCqEKUPKKODtJvy3iY3QsIJqf2obUgi-HKsw9~uMTupURlpOMmtR-7IhIoCwTUiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","author","OK State Legislature","date","2025-03-05T00:00:00Z","article","The House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee considered a series of bills at its Feb. 1 meeting, adopting committee recommendations for a set of bills across water resources, agriculture, food policy and energy. Below are outcomes and key details. Vote tallies are the committee totals recorded during the meeting.

- House Bill 1817 (Worthen): Create a program with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and a tier-1 university to train and educate water-well drillers and pump installers. Committee action: reported do pass (vote tally not specified in the transcript beyond a \"do pass\" report).

- House Bill 2829 (Burns, cultivated meat restriction): Prohibits retail sales of cultivated (lab-grown) meat for consumption while allowing research in universities. Committee action: reported do pass; recorded vote 11 ayes, 2 nays.

- House Bill 1162 (Gann): Raised minimum monthly gallons sold for a dairyman's request from 300 to 500 gallons. Committee action: reported do pass; recorded vote 11 ayes, 2 nays.

- House Bill 1910 (Alonzo Sandoval; urban agriculture cost-share): Establishes an urban agriculture cost-share program within the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to support urban farming and food-production projects. Committee action: reported do pass; recorded vote 13 ayes, 1 nay.

- House Bill 1189 (Rick West; Right to Garden Act): Establishes a right for citizens to grow vegetables on personal property for personal consumption and clarifies that municipal ordinances related to size and proximity and HOAs were discussed; committee reported do pass, recorded vote 12 ayes, 3 nays.

- House Bill 1191 (Rick West; donkey milk): Adds donkey milk to provisions in Oklahoma milk statutes and allows advertising of on-farm donkey milk sales; committee reported do pass, recorded vote 12 ayes, 3 nays.

- House Bill 2162 (Brimsky; invasive woody species): Expands a conservation commission program to eradicate invasive woody species statewide; committee reported do pass, recorded vote 14 ayes, 1 nay.

- House Bill 2156 (Brimsky; solar facilities regulation): Establishes regulation for industrial solar facilities and battery storage; committee reported do pass, recorded vote 15 ayes, 0 nays.

- House Bill 1374 (vice chair / PCS; behind-the-meter industrial generation): Allows private industry to provide behind-the-meter power to their tenants and facilities without retail sales back to the grid; committee reported do pass, recorded vote 16 ayes, 0 nays.

- House Bill 1371 (production revenue standards act adjustments): Adjusts PRSA interest penalties and royalty-payment rules; sponsor described ongoing stakeholder negotiations; committee reported do pass, recorded vote 15 ayes, 0 nays.

- House Bill 2747 (Caldwell; omnibus energy): See separate article. Committee reported do pass, recorded vote 13 ayes, 2 nays.

- House Bill 2751 (Caldwell; wind setbacks and county opt-out): Sets setbacks and creates county referendum mechanism; committee adopted a technical amendment and reported the bill do pass, recorded vote 10 ayes, 6 nays.

Several other procedural motions were adopted during the meeting, and the committee adjourned after completing the agenda. Where the transcript did not record a numeric tally for a vote, the entry lists the committee action as reported by the chair as recorded in the hearing transcript.

Timing: The meeting began at 9:00 a.m.; the committee adjourned after the last agenda item. Several bills were taken out of order to accommodate authors with commitments to other committees.

Note: This roundup reports committee actions and recorded tallies as stated on the hearing record; it does not report final House or Senate floor outcomes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Mar 5, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee considered a slate of bills spanning water well training, food production and multiple energy measures, issuing do-pass recommendations on numerous bills and recording votes. Several bills passed with substantial margins; the wind siting bill passed narrowly.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature OK, Oklahoma","taxId",78380,"location","Oklahoma","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6297963,"Committee adopts amendment but narrowly approves bill creating wind setbacks and county opt-out votes",1868,3270000,5138000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843&start=3270&end=5138","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843/thumbnail_3270000.jpg","/articles/6297963/Oklahoma/Committee-adopts-amendment-but-narrowly-approves-bill-creating-wind-setbacks-and-county-opt-out-votes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6297963-5292e7deb2cbed9e43708cb913cba9c0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770933745&Signature=bVr8OmZ90xIjlPozGRjWwKuFK0y-WHq~jTCfC6pUxWkY8C9W7m45wC0pTMqR2Pz34fK3Rxe5ih2~JTI18VMS9e2jS95r5t4XtOKW362-R0meGct9fHDFJHlQHfj-tjJuAinBr3nif8rGTN-Z05f74AJa4AJELP9jbbsfF1JbgHubfKGVco8VRMHpmTvEkmIcJejYdtNq-5HghrRom9Jnfdg-elbWpjs3~Ih9esLA7XSe6k-i7aF1fQz-z5QIpiYvLMbAyXT1U34iukiJIrTAEZWAPsfHDPkggu0SDJ-oRv-mvQ6lmb2uPaDtwOGw6RZyfs9urXUmM0hvFHCBpMF3rQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Trey Caldwell presented House Bill 2751 as an attempt to balance competing property rights: landowners’ rights to host energy projects and neighbors’ concerns about setbacks, visual impacts and local control.

Key provisions described by the sponsor include a minimum setback measured as the greater of a quarter mile (0.25 mile) or 2.5 times the turbine tip height from property lines, a process for participatory landowner waivers, and a county-level referendum mechanism that allows county electors to accept or reject the statute locally. Caldwell said the bill is intended to provide a negotiated baseline and to allow counties to modify or adopt different rules at the local level.

Committee action included a technical amendment to the oversight committee substitute. Representative Caldwell moved an amendment that corrected a drafting error by inserting the word \"both\" and replacing an \"or\" with \"and\" where appropriate; the committee adopted that amendment without objection. Caldwell said the amendment matched legislative intent to distinguish Eastern and Western Oklahoma in certain provisions.

Members raised concerns about legal challenges, potential patchwork rules across county lines, and the effect on developers who often lease large acreages before final siting decisions. Representative Rusty Cornwell and others pressed the sponsor about why the bill would single out wind development and whether the state has previously regulated other energy industries; Caldwell pointed to existing regulation of pipelines, oil and gas and county authorities.

Sponsor remarks emphasized the regional differences across Oklahoma and the need for a baseline. Caldwell said, \"When you make it local, you can have the regulatory authority respond better to the will of the people.\" He also acknowledged that stakeholders on all sides were not completely satisfied with the current draft.

Action: The committee adopted the sponsor's amendment and later voted to report HB 2751 do pass with a final committee vote of 10 ayes and 6 nays. The committee recorded the motion and vote; the measure will go to the House calendar.

Discussion versus decision: The amendment adoption was a formal, unanimous (no objection) committee action; the final do-pass recommendation was a recorded committee decision. Several members indicated they expect litigation if the bill becomes law; the sponsor characterized the bill as forward-looking and not retroactive.

Clarifying details: Sponsor and questioners discussed how the quarter-mile or 2.5x tip-height formula would operate on a quarter-section parcel and noted participatory leasing practices typically require very large contiguous acreage before developers pursue construction.

Next steps: HB 2751 proceeds to the full House. The sponsor said caucus and stakeholder negotiations will continue as the bill moves through the process.","House Bill 2751, a bill that sets setbacks for wind turbines and creates a county referendum process to opt out or adopt the rules, cleared committee after a two-part amendment and contentious debate. The committee adopted an amendment to correct drafting language and reported the bill 10–6.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6297967,"House panel advances broad energy package aimed at encouraging natural gas and shifting review authority",1379,1933000,3312000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843&start=1933&end=3312","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2505801-38db47444fefc86c349e59f56832a843/thumbnail_1933000.jpg","/articles/6297967/Oklahoma/House-panel-advances-broad-energy-package-aimed-at-encouraging-natural-gas-and-shifting-review-authority","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6297967-b87250f78b8dc2ccaa8e4457d94d2efc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770933745&Signature=R2nsyFK~~-1ZfW3lD~7wl0c2TEIOki2J7c~4QX9XCsEHFqAuV40JKK-6F1bIrvVgVAR0ssgvgkQ-tvv1qyAB9Nyw2bLbBQVM1lI2STkwCMYV9wQJ6~VinKbPWbuWg~9jZgTDhevhHPSyIjPTVLdMDue7PgO-1bKonx3vjcE6jAX5YLvGQOuMCIlw5zJ8NGxImbpiPmY8CJSEXdLVA70I09csYQ8Z6U1NQXe7qQ8znsqkHQpvt7gEo~ddQzoD99-TKsGteCm64sZL8zSMYXN0DGRc797cENzdf2FJodjwwqesTX2YWg0~3rVopVYSwNA2yedxdzpuPSFXiNTYDriwrQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Trey Caldwell described House Bill 2747 to the House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee as a multi-year effort to address generation, transmission and reliability concerns in Oklahoma.

The measure would change how certain generation and transmission projects are reviewed and paid for, including provisions that (1) allow incumbent transmission owners to participate in an open request-for-proposals (RFP) process for new transmission, (2) permit early recovery of return and return on construction work in progress (CWIP) before commercial operation, (3) create accounting incentives to encourage natural-gas generation and refurbishment of existing thermal plants, and (4) alter the forum for some retail-related regulatory reviews so interveners can pursue issues at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission rather than at the federal level.

Why it matters: Proponents said the combination of accounting changes and procurement rules would lower capital costs for new natural-gas projects, which they expect would reduce upward pressure on retail electricity rates and improve reliability during high-demand events. \"Anytime that we can lower the CapEx of generation assets, that is less money that's gonna be charged to the ratepayers of Oklahoma,\" Representative Trey Caldwell said during committee questions. He added the measure is intended to give \"an advantage to the ratepayers\" by reducing financing costs baked into project capital expenditures.

Committee discussion focused on consumer protections and the mechanics of the proposed incentives. Representative Deck asked whether limitations exist on types of on-site generation allowed; Caldwell replied the bill does not specify technology types but requires a component of natural-gas generation or capacity on eligible facilities. Representative Dolan and others pressed how the bill avoids creating direct subsidies; Caldwell described the changes as accounting and timing mechanisms rather than explicit subsidies.

On the question of consumer protections, Caldwell told the committee that if a project that had begun to collect early CWIP money failed to reach commercial operation, \"every dollar of the ratepayer money will be refunded,\" and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission would oversee prudency and any refunds.

Action: The committee adopted a motion to report HB 2747 \"do pass.\" The committee recorded a vote of 13 ayes and 2 nays, and the bill was reported out of committee.

Discussion versus decision: The committee's action was a formal committee recommendation (do pass) to the House. Several members asked substantive questions and sought clarifications (discussion). No floor amendments or final legislative text beyond the committee substitute were adopted at this meeting.

Next steps: HB 2747 moves to the full House for consideration; sponsors and stakeholders said they will continue to refine language, including consumer-protection and prudency provisions that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission would review if the bill becomes law.","The House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee on Feb. 1 approved House Bill 2747, a multipronged energy bill that changes accounting and transmission rules to encourage natural-gas generation and accelerate cost recovery for new power projects. The measure passed the committee 13–2 and will go to the full House.","actionData","errors"]

Article not found

Votes at a glance: Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee, Feb. 1

Committee adopts amendment but narrowly approves bill creating wind setbacks and county opt-out votes

House panel advances broad energy package aimed at encouraging natural gas and shifting review authority