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AR Code § 23-18-327 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-327. Nonprofit operation — Use of revenues

 (a) Each corporation shall be operated without profit to its members, but the rates, fees, rents, or other charges for electric energy and any other facilities, supplies, equipment, or services furnished by the corporation shall be sufficient at all times:  (1) To pay all operating and maintenance expenses necessary or desirable for the prudent conduct of its business and the principal of and interest on the obligations issued or assumed by the corporation in the performance of the purpose for which it was organized; and  (2) For the creation of reserves.    (b) The revenues of the corporation shall be devoted first to the payment of operating and maintenance expenses and the principal and interest on outstanding obligations. Thereafter, the revenues shall be devoted to such reserves for improvement, new construction, depreciation, and contingencies as the board may from time to time prescribe.  (c) Revenues not required for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section shall be returned from time to time to the members on a pro rata basis according to the amount of business done with each during the period either in cash, in abatement of current charges for electric energy, or otherwise as the board determines, but return may be made by way of general rate reduction to members if the board so elects.  (d) If a corporation organized under this subchapter declares a capital credit and any capital credit remains unclaimed after notice thereof was transmitted to the last known address of the beneficiary of the unclaimed capital credit, the unclaimed capital credit shall not be deemed unclaimed or abandoned property under § 18-28-201 et seq.
AR Code § 23-18-328 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-328. Taxation

 Electric cooperative corporations organized and formed pursuant to this subchapter shall be subject to the provisions of the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., and the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, § 26-53-101 et seq.
AR Code § 23-18-329 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-329. Annual license fee

 Corporations formed pursuant to this subchapter shall pay annually, on or before July 1, to the Secretary of State a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each one hundred (100) members or fraction thereof.
AR Code § 23-18-330 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-330. Exemptions from Arkansas Securities Act

 Whenever any corporation organized under this subchapter shall have borrowed money from any federal agency, the obligations issued to secure the payment of such money shall be exempt from the provisions of the Arkansas Securities Act, § 23-42-101 et seq. The provisions of the Arkansas Securities Act, § 23-42-101 et seq., shall not apply to the issuance of membership certificates by any corporation organized under this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-331 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 3 - Electric Cooperative Corporation Act|§ 23-18-331. Service in incorporated areas

 (a)  (1) The inclusion by incorporation, annexation, or otherwise of any portion of a rural area assigned to corporations within the limits of an incorporated or unincorporated city, town, or village, regardless of its population, shall not in any respect impair or affect the rights of the corporations under their certificates of convenience and necessity to continue and extend electric service in the included areas.  (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the corporations shall be entitled to continue and extend service therein under the same terms and conditions as those contained in the franchise or indeterminate permit of any other supplier of electric service in the city, town, or village the same as though it were a party to the franchise or indeterminate permit.    (b)  (1) A corporation which serves an area within the limits of any municipality under the terms of this subchapter shall as to that area be subject in all respects to the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission to the same extent and in the same manner as it is subject to such jurisdiction in areas outside the limits of municipalities.  (2) Any such city, town, or village shall have the same authority to impose taxes, charges, or fees in respect to the business of a corporation conducted within the corporate limits of such city, town, or village as it has in respect to business conducted by other suppliers of electric service.    (c) Nothing in this section shall in any manner restrict or impair the right of any municipality to acquire, construct, expand, maintain, or operate any electric generation, transmission, or distribution facilities within the corporate limits of the city, town, or village in Arkansas as such limits may now exist or as such limits may exist upon the extension or expansion of the city limits of the city, town, or village.
AR Code § 23-18-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-401. Waterpower a part of public domain

 All waterpower in this state suitable for the purpose of producing power for all lawful purposes is, and is declared to be, inherent in and a part of the public domain. It shall vest in and be for the use of the State of Arkansas and the people thereof for its and their use and benefit.
AR Code § 23-18-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-402. Erection of dams to develop electric power

 (a) Any person or corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of producing power for any lawful purpose, who or which has procured a charter from this state for the development and operation of electric power plants from waterpower and owns a natural, practical dam site, or has secured from the United States a license, permit, or authority to erect a dam upon land or a dam site owned by the United States, shall have the right to erect a dam across any navigable or nonnavigable river in this state at that point for the purpose of developing electric power.  (b) When the person or company is ready to begin the construction of his or her or its dam, it shall file a survey with the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of the counties in which the lands pertaining to the waterpower are situated. This survey shall show the location of his or her or its principal power dam site, or the stream above the power dam and the lands necessary for the development of the waterpower, with an estimate and the engineer's report of the cost of his or her or its dam, spillways, power plant, and all machinery to be used in generating the power, to be verified later by report of actual cost of construction.  (c) Any person or corporation owning or controlling any dam as provided in this subchapter may be required, in the discretion of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, to construct and keep open a chute over the dam or construction sufficient for the passage of fish either ascending or descending the river or watercourse.
AR Code § 23-18-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-403. Application for permit to use power — Compensation

 (a) When a person or corporation is ready to proceed with the construction of his or her or its dam, he or she or it shall present to the Arkansas Public Service Commission his or her or its application for a permit to use the power.  (b) Upon a hearing of the application, the commission may grant to the person or corporation a permit to erect the dam and use the power, and the commission shall fix a minimum and maximum compensation per horsepower to be received by the corporation for the use of the power so generated.
AR Code § 23-18-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-404. Limitation on time to begin work — Time allowed to coincide with federal licenses

 (a) All charters and permits granted under this subchapter shall be void unless construction has begun within four (4) years from the date of the permit and has been completed within four (4) years from the date of commencement of construction.  (b) Whenever the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission grants a final license providing for the development of any waterpower or hydroelectric power project in this state, which license limits the time for commencing construction or for the completion of the project or any part thereof, the Arkansas Public Service Commission is authorized to grant licenses, franchises, and permits with the same limitations as to time for the commencing, construction, or completion of any of the waterpower or hydroelectric power projects and to amend any grants, licenses, franchises, or permits that may have been previously granted or issued to any applicant by the Arkansas Public Service Commission so as to agree in the matter of time and condition with any federal licenses covering the same waterpower or hydroelectric project.
AR Code § 23-18-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-405. Damages for land taken — Assessment by court

 In case any person or corporation building any dam shall not agree with the owners of any lands used for the purpose of the dam or flooded thereby, the court shall assess the damages for the land flooded or taken and also the consequential damages to any lands necessary to the use of the lands taken or flooded and owned by the parties whose lands are taken and flooded.
AR Code § 23-18-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-407. Eminent domain — Railroad in connection with use or construction of dam

 (a) Where it becomes expedient or necessary to acquire a right-of-way for the purpose of constructing a railroad for use in connection with or to facilitate the construction of the dam, every company authorized to construct hydroelectric dams in the State of Arkansas shall have the power to enter upon, condemn, and appropriate the lands, rights-of-way, easements, and property of persons, firms, or corporations.  (b) The method or manner of making its survey, laying out its right-of-way, and acquiring its right-of-way, either by contract or condemnation, shall be the same as now provided by law in case of the exercise of the right of eminent domain by telegraph, telephone, and railroad companies.  (c) It shall be subject to the same duties and liabilities and shall have the same rights as prescribed by law with reference to railroads.  (d) This section shall not be so construed as to authorize the condemnation of public streets or highways.
AR Code § 23-18-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-408. Power for public use — Sale to private parties

 (a) The power shall be for public use and shall be sold to private parties desiring it in the order of their application and upon equal terms.  (b) The power shall be furnished by the person or corporation or its principal powerhouse or central station.  (c) The power may be applied directly by water or through the instrumentality of electricity or such other agencies as the person or corporation may elect.
AR Code § 23-18-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-409. Terms and conditions for use of power — Rental — Exception

 The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall grant to any person or corporation the right to take and use such power described in this subchapter under the condition that every person or corporation taking and using the power shall pay an annual rental into the State Treasury for the benefit and use of the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund. This annual rental shall be equal to the rental charged by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on such horsepower under its regulations in force at the time the permit is granted by the state. However, if the waterpower is taxable by the federal government under license granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, no further rental shall be assessed by the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
AR Code § 23-18-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 4 - Waterpower Companies|§ 23-18-410. Tax on power used exclusively for taker's purposes

 If any person or corporation taking or using the power shall elect to use the power exclusively for its own use in manufacturing or other purposes named in this subchapter, the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall assess the tax for taking and using the power on the basis of power so taken and used, with the power to be charged for as if it had been sold to private consumers.
AR Code § 23-18-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-501. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act”.
AR Code § 23-18-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-504. Exemptions — Waiver

 (a) This subchapter does not apply to a major utility facility:  (1) For which, before July 24, 1973, an application for the approval of the major utility facility was made to any federal, state, regional, or local governmental agency that possesses the jurisdiction to consider the matters prescribed for finding and determination in § 23-18-519(a) and (b);  (2) For which, before July 24, 1973, the Arkansas Public Service Commission issued a certificate of convenience and necessity or otherwise approved the construction of the major utility facility;  (3) Over which an agency of the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction;  (4) A majority of which is owned by one (1) or more exempt wholesale generators as defined in § 23-1-101(5); or  (5) That is a major utility facility for generating electric energy, if the majority of the major utility facility is owned by any person, including without limitation a public utility that will not recover the cost of the major utility facility in rates subject to regulation by the commission.    (b)  (1)  (A) A person intending to construct a major utility facility excluded or exempted from this subchapter may elect to waive the exclusion or exemption by delivering notice of the waiver to the commission.  (B) The filing of an application by a public utility under § 23-18-511 is not a notice of waiver or an election to waive an exclusion or exemption.  (C) The responsibility for determining whether a proposed major utility facility is exempt from the requirements of this subchapter is within the primary and exclusive jurisdiction of the commission.    (2) Upon the commission's receipt of the notice of an election to waive the exclusion or exemption, this subchapter shall thereafter apply to each major utility facility identified in the notice.    (c) A public utility owning a minority interest in an exempt major utility facility shall not be entitled to recover its costs of ownership or operation in rates subject to the jurisdiction of the commission without first obtaining the right to own and operate a portion of the major utility facility under a certificate of public convenience and necessity under §§ 23-3-201 — 23-3-206.
AR Code § 23-18-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-505. Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act unaffected by subchapter

 Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be deemed to amend the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, §§ 8-4-101 — 8-4-106, 8-4-201 — 8-4-229, and 8-4-301 — 8-4-313.
AR Code § 23-18-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-506. Division of Environmental Quality's and Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission's jurisdiction unaffected by subchapter

 (a) This subchapter does not affect the:  (1) Jurisdiction of the Division of Environmental Quality or the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission with respect to water and air pollution control or other matters within the jurisdiction of the division or the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission; and  (2) Requirement that a person apply for and obtain a permit from the division as provided by the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, § 8-4-101 et seq.    (b) This subchapter does not confer upon the Arkansas Public Service Commission any authority or jurisdiction conferred by law upon the division or the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.  (c) Notwithstanding the exemption provisions of § 23-18-504, each major utility facility constructed in Arkansas is subject to the environmental rules and regulations of the state and federal regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the air, water, and other environmental impacts associated with the major utility facility.
AR Code § 23-18-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-507. Authority of commission — Legislative intent

 (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to confer upon the Arkansas Public Service Commission power or jurisdiction to regulate or supervise the rates, service, or securities of any person not otherwise subject to the Arkansas Public Service Commission's jurisdiction.  (b) The Arkansas Public Service Commission, in the discharge of its duties under this subchapter or any other act, is authorized to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings in or outside the state, and to issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official or agency of any other state or of the United States, whether in the holding of such investigations or hearings or in the making of such orders the Arkansas Public Service Commission functions under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the United States, or otherwise.  (c) In the discharge of its duties under this subchapter, the Arkansas Public Service Commission is further authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of other states, pursuant to any consent of the United States Congress, for cooperative efforts in certification, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of major utility facilities in accord with the purposes of this subchapter and for the enforcement of the respective state laws regarding them.  (d) The Arkansas Public Service Commission is deemed to be the agency of the State of Arkansas that shall be the member of any regional hearing authority or commission created by the terms of any compact between Arkansas and other states or between Arkansas and the United States otherwise concerning the implementation of this subchapter, except as may be provided by §§ 23-18-505 and 23-18-506.  (e) It is the intent of the General Assembly to confer upon the Arkansas Public Service Commission, under this subchapter, broad rulemaking authority adequate to enable it to comply with any requirements imposed by state or federal legislation dealing with the subject matter of this subchapter upon state-administered certification programs and to enable it to comply with any state or federal requirements for facilitating the issuance of tax-exempt bonds should their issuance be authorized.  (f)  (1) Under §§ 23-18-106 and 23-18-107 and the rules adopted thereunder, the Arkansas Public Service Commission may determine the need for additional energy supply and transmission resources by public utilities in an energy resource declaration-of-need proceeding.  (2) A determination of need under subdivision (f)(1) of this section shall be deemed the basis for the need for the construction of a major utility facility to be sited and constructed under this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-508. Rules

 The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have and is granted the power and authority to make and amend from time to time after reasonable notice and hearing reasonable rules establishing exemptions from some or all of the requirements of this subchapter for the construction, reconstruction, or expansion of any major utility facility which is unlikely to have major adverse environmental or economic impact by reason of length, size, location, available space, or right-of-way on or adjacent to existing utility facilities, and similar reasons.
AR Code § 23-18-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 18 - Light, Heat, And Power Utilities|Subchapter 5 - Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act|§ 23-18-509. Employees of commission

 The Arkansas Public Service Commission is empowered to employ additional consultants to assist it as it deems necessary for an adequate appraisal of the applications for certificates of environmental compatibility and public need.