Oklahoma Statutes
Okla. Stat. tit. 27, § 4 (2026)
Water-power companies - Right of eminent domain
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Any water power company, organized under the laws of this state, shall have power to exercise the right of eminent domain in like manner as railroad companies, for the purpose of securing sites for the erection of water power plants, together with the necessary dams over any nonnavigable stream and sites for the storage of water, and of securing rights-of-way for the necessary flumes and conduits for the purpose of conducting water for public or private consumption, and generating power, and for the purpose of securing rights-of-way for poles, wire and cables for transferring and transmitting electricity generated by water. R.L. 1910, § 3187.
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Cited in 2
cases, 2006–2006 · leading case: Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Lowery, 2006 OK 31, 136 P.3d 639.
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Lowery, 2006 OK 31, 136 P.3d 639. “New generation of electrical power is legislatively favored though it be by a private company and marketed directly to a private consumer, because it contributes to the national energy pool and to the ultimate benefit and security of the public.”
Cnty. Com'rs of Muskogee Co. v. Lowery, 2006 OK 31, 136 P.3d 639. “New generation of electrical power is legislatively favored though it be by a private company and marketed directly to a private consumer, because it contributes to the national energy pool and to the ultimate benefit and security of the public.”
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