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2025 Op. Okla. Att'y Gen. 1 (2025)

handle is hein.sag/sagok0060 and id is 1 raw text is: GENTNER DRUMMOND ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION 2025-1 The Honorable Bob Anthony January 13, 2025 Oklahoma Corporation Commission P.O. Box 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Dear Commissioner Anthony: This office has received a request for an Attorney General Opinion in which you asked, in effect, the following questions: 1. Under the Oklahoma Statutes, does title 17, section 282(F)'s prohibition on disclosure to the Commission apply only to a settlement conference held in any contested public utility rate proceeding, as provided in title 17, section 282, subsections A and F, and does it apply only if a party requests and the Commission orders a settlement conference, or does it also apply to cases where the Commission does not order a settlement conference but settlement discussions occur anyway? 2. Does title 17, section 282(F)'s prohibition on disclosure to the Commission apply if a settlement judge is not designated or present for the settlement conference? 3. Does title 17, section 282(F)'s prohibition on disclosure to the Commission apply to closed cases for which final orders have issued and more than thirty days have passed without an appeal? If so, does such prohibition on disclosure continue in perpetuity? 4. Does the phrase disclosed to the Commission used in title 17, section 282(F) of the Oklahoma Statutes prohibit disclosure to a single Commissioner? I. SUMMARY First, the prohibition on disclosure of settlement matters (prohibition) under title 17, section 282(F) of the Oklahoma Statutes applies to settlement conferences in contested public utility rate proceedings. Second, the prohibition extends to both Commission-ordered settlement conferences andparty-initiated settlement conferences. The prohibition applies even when the Commission has 313 N.E. 21ST STREET* OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73105 * (405) 521-3921 *FAx: (405) 521-6246

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