Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 300. Grand River Dam Authority |
Chapter 1. Operations and Procedures |
Subchapter 1. Purpose and Definitions |
SECTION 300:1-1-3. General description of the Grand River Dam Authority
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- The Grand River Dam Authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Oklahoma created pursuant to 82 O.S. § 861 et seq., as amended. The Authority is a conservation and reclamation district and was created, generally, to control, store and preserve, the waters of the Grand River and its tributaries; to develop and generate water power and electric power; and to buy, sell, resell, interchange and distribute electric power and energy. The Authority owns and controls the Oklahoma lakes and dams known as "Grand Lake O'The Cherokees" (Pensacola Dam), Lake Hudson (Robert S. Kerr Dam), and the "W.R. Holway Reservoir" (Chimney Rock Dam, Salina Pumped-Storage Project). No tax monies are received or spent to operate the Authority. The general administrative offices of the Authority are located at 226 W. Dwain Willis Avenue, Vinita, Oklahoma 74301-0409.