SB1352: Enacts a new law, The Oklahoma Consumer Energy Choice Act, Okla. Stat., tit. 74 § 5171, that prohibits cities, towns, counties, or subdivision thereof from adopting an ordinance, rule, or code which limits consumer access to an energy source or that results in the de facto prohibition of a wholesaler, retailer, energy producer, or the related infrastructure that is necessary to provide consumer access to a specific energy source within the jurisdiction of a city, town, county, or subdivision thereof.
Effects: This prohibition is designed to ensure that Oklahoma citizens have equal access to any fuel or power source used to power an engine including but not limited to any of the following: aviation fuel, biofuel, compressed natural gas, diesel, electricity to be utilized for the charging of electric vehicles, gasoline, gas distillates, hydrogen, liquified petroleum gas, and renewable diesel. However, it takes away from local governments the power to determine whether the infrastructure needed to provide certain energy sources imposes unacceptable health and safety risks on their residents.
Outcome: The Sierra Club opposed this bill. It Passed Senate 38-6; Passed House 77-5; Signed into Law April 21; Effective Date November 1, 2022.