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AR Code § 23-17-511 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act|§ 23-17-511. Fees and rates

 (a) This section shall govern an authority's rates and fees for use of authority poles and the placement of a small wireless facility or associated poles.  (b) An authority shall not require a wireless provider to pay any rates, fees, or compensation to the authority or other person other than what is expressly authorized by this subchapter for the right to use or occupy a right-of-way, for collocation of small wireless facilities on or in structures in the right-of-way, or for the installation, maintenance, modification, and replacement of associated poles in the right-of-way.  (c) Application fees for a permit shall be nondiscriminatory and shall not collectively exceed the following:  (1) One hundred dollars ($100) for each small wireless facility; or  (2) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the installation, modification, or replacement of a pole together with the collocation of an associated small wireless facility in the right-of-way.    (d)  (1) Except as described in § 23-17-510(e), a wireless provider shall pay an authority compensation for use of the right-of-way, an annual rate of up to thirty dollars ($30.00) per small wireless facility.  (2) A wireless provider shall pay an authority compensation for collocation of small wireless facilities on authority poles an annual rate of up to two hundred forty dollars ($240) for each authority pole.    (e) A wireless provider is not required to pay an authority compensation for micro-wireless facilities that are suspended on cables strung between existing utility poles in the right-of-way as long as the wireless provider compensates the authority through other licenses or franchises held directly or through one (1) of the wireless provider's affiliates for the placement of the suspension cables in the right-of-way.  (f) The rates under this section, together with a onetime application fee, shall be the total compensation that the wireless provider is required to pay the authority for the deployment of small wireless facilities in the right-of-way and any associated poles.
AR Code § 23-17-512 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act|§ 23-17-512. Local authority

 (a)  (1) Subject to this subchapter and applicable federal law, an authority may continue to exercise zoning, land use, planning, and permitting authority within its territorial boundaries with respect to wireless support structures, including the enforcement of applicable codes.  (2) An authority shall not have or exercise any jurisdiction or authority over the design, engineering, construction, installation, or operation of a small wireless facility located in an interior structure or upon the site of a campus, stadium, or athletic facility not owned or controlled by the authority, other than to require compliance with applicable codes.    (b) This subchapter does not authorize the state or any political subdivision, including an authority, to require small wireless facility deployment or to regulate wireless service.
AR Code § 23-17-513 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act|§ 23-17-513. Arkansas Public Service Commission — Jurisdiction over pole attachments

 (a) This subchapter does not limit, abrogate, or supersede the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, or any rule or order of the commission concerning pole attachments under § 23-4-1001 et seq., or any agreement of a public utility pole owner and attacher related to the rates, terms, and conditions for a pole attachment.  (b) This subchapter does not authorize:  (1) Any attachment or installation to or on an electric-cooperative-owned pole;  (2) Any attachment or installation within a nonpublic right-of-way acquired by an electric cooperative; or  (3) Use of an electric-cooperative-owned line, duct, conduit, similar structure, or equipment of any type.    (c) This subchapter does not authorize:  (1) Any attachment or installation to or on an investor-owned electric-utility-owned pole;  (2) Any attachment or installation within a nonpublic right-of-way acquired by an investor-owned electric public utility; or  (3) Use of an investor-owned electric-public-utility-owned line, duct, conduit, similar structure, or equipment of any type.
AR Code § 23-17-514 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act|§ 23-17-514. Implementation

 (a)  (1) An authority may adopt an ordinance that makes available to wireless providers rates, fees, and other terms that comply with this subchapter.  (2) Subject to the other provisions of this section, in the absence of an ordinance or agreement that substantially implements this subchapter and until such an ordinance is adopted or agreement is reached, if at all, a wireless provider may collocate small wireless facilities and install associated poles under the requirements of this subchapter.  (3) An authority shall not require a wireless provider to enter into an agreement to implement this subchapter, but such agreements are permissible if voluntary and nondiscriminatory.    (b) Ordinances and agreements implementing this subchapter are public or private arrangements and are matters of legitimate and significant statewide concern.  (c)  (1) A provision of an agreement or ordinance with an effective date before September 1, 2019, that does not fully comply with this subchapter shall apply only to small wireless facilities and associated poles that were operational before September 1, 2019, and shall be deemed invalid and unenforceable beginning on the one hundred eighty-first day after September 1, 2019.  (2) To the extent an agreement or ordinance, or part thereof, is invalid under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, small wireless facilities and associated poles that became operational before September 1, 2019, under the agreement or ordinance, may remain installed and be operated under the requirements of this subchapter.    (d)  (1) An agreement or ordinance with an effective date of September 1, 2019, or later that applies to small wireless facilities and associated poles is invalid and unenforceable unless it fully complies with this subchapter.  (2) In the absence of an ordinance or agreement that complies with this subchapter, a wireless provider may install and operate small wireless facilities and associated poles in the right-of-way under the requirements of this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-17-515 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act|§ 23-17-515. Dispute resolution

 (a) A court of competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to determine disputes arising under this subchapter.  (b) Pending resolution of a dispute concerning rates for collocation of small wireless facilities on authority poles in the right-of-way, the authority owning or controlling the structure shall allow the collocating person to collocate at annual rates of no more than:  (1) Thirty dollars ($30.00) per small wireless facility for use of the right-of-way; and  (2) An annual rate of up to two hundred forty dollars ($240) for each authority pole used for the collocation of small wireless facilities, with rates to be trued up upon final resolution of the dispute.    (c) Any disputes, wherever filed, shall be pursued according to accelerated docket or complaint procedures, if available.
AR Code § 23-17-517 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act|§ 23-17-517. Overlapping jurisdiction of management of right-of-way

 (a) In an area where more than one (1) authority may assert jurisdiction over a right-of-way, only the authority controlling the smallest geographic territory shall be authorized to adopt standards under § 23-17-508, issue permits under § 23-17-510, or require the payment of fees under § 23-17-511.  (b) This section does not restrict the authority of the Arkansas Department of Transportation over the location of a facility in a right-of-way controlled by the department.
AR Code § 23-18-101 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-101. Areas of service

 (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of law or the terms of any certificate of convenience and necessity, franchise, permit, license, or other authority granted to a public utility or electric cooperative corporation by the state or a municipality, no public utility or electric cooperative corporation shall furnish or offer to furnish electric service at retail and not for resale in any area allocated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission to another electric cooperative corporation or public utility.  (b) No later than ninety (90) days after February 21, 2003, the commission shall commence a rulemaking proceeding to identify and to repeal or amend all rules adopted by the commission to facilitate, or in anticipation of, retail electric competition that are inconsistent with, have been rendered unnecessary by, or have been superseded by this act.
AR Code § 23-18-102 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-102. Agreements between rural cooperatives and other electric suppliers permitted

 Nothing in this section or §§ 23-3-201, 23-18-101, 23-18-301, 23-18-308, or 23-18-331 shall be construed to prohibit or prevent a rural electric cooperative corporation and another supplier of electric service from entering into and carrying out a voluntary agreement for the exchange of facilities.
AR Code § 23-18-103 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-103. Purchase of electricity from affiliated company — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Affiliated company” means any business entity which is owned wholly or partly by an electric utility or which wholly or partly owns an electric utility, or any business entity which is owned by another business entity which wholly or partly owns an electric utility; and  (2) “Electric utility” means an electric utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.    (b) Without the prior approval of the commission, no electric utility shall enter into any agreement for the purchase of electricity from an affiliated company.  (c) Any agreement entered into in violation of this section shall be void.  (d) The commission shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement this section.  (e) This section shall apply to agreements entered into on or after June 28, 1985.
AR Code § 23-18-104 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-104. Construction of power-generating facilities outside the state

 (a) No public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall commence construction of any power-generating facility to be located outside the boundaries of this state without the express written approval of the commission.  (b) Any public utility proposing such construction shall render adequate written notice to the commission of its intent in order that the commission may conduct any germane inspection, investigation, public hearing, or take any other action deemed appropriate by the commission.  (c) Failure on the part of any public utility to obtain prior approval of the commission, as established in this section, shall constitute grounds for disallowance by the commission of all costs and expenses associated with the construction and subsequent operation of the facility when computing the utility's cost of service for purposes of any rate-making proceedings.  (d) Any electric utility which does not own in whole or in part another electric utility and which is not owned in whole or in part by a holding company and which derives less than twenty-five percent (25%) of its total revenues from Arkansas customers is exempt from the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 23-18-105 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-105. Use of Arkansas-mined coal

 (a) To the extent that it is technically, economically, and environmentally feasible, all electric utilities in Arkansas providing electric power for sale to consumers in Arkansas and generating electric power from coal-fired plants located in Arkansas shall burn a mixture of coal that contains a minimum of:  (1) Three percent (3%) Arkansas-mined coal as calculated on a British Thermal Unit (BTU) basis from January 1, 1988, until December 31, 1988;  (2) Six percent (6%) Arkansas-mined coal as calculated on a British Thermal Unit (BTU) basis from January 1, 1989, until December 31, 1989; and  (3) Ten percent (10%) Arkansas-mined coal as calculated on a British Thermal Unit (BTU) basis each calendar year after January 1, 1990.    (b)  (1)  (A) No electric utility shall be required to comply with this section if to do so would result in increasing the cost of electricity to its consumers over the cost incurred to serve them under existing or alternative coal purchase arrangements.  (B) Types of increased costs to be considered in addition to the cost of the coal include, but are not limited to:  (i) Plant modifications;  (ii) Additional coal-handling facilities;  (iii) Additional environmental cost necessary to burn Arkansas coal; or  (iv) Any other costs or penalties which may be incurred as a result of burning Arkansas coal.      (2) No public utility shall be required to comply with this section if to do so would result in the utility exceeding any of its state or federal air quality emission standards or any other conditions of its environmental permits.  (3) No public utility shall be required to comply with the provisions of this section if to do so would result in the utility being unable to fulfill any existing contractual commitments for the purchase of coal or result in the purchase of a quantity of Arkansas coal above the amount the utility can utilize.    (c) It shall be the responsibility of the Arkansas Public Service Commission to enforce compliance with the requirements of this section.
AR Code § 23-18-106 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-106. Regulation of resource planning, asset acquisition, and alternative retail services

 (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have the authority to adopt rules under which electric utilities shall seek commission review and approval of the processes, actions, and plans by which the utilities:  (1) Engage in comprehensive resource planning;  (2) Acquire electric energy, capacity, and generation assets; or  (3) Utilize alternative methods to meet their obligations to serve Arkansas retail electric customers.    (b) With regard to electric cooperatives formed under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, § 23-18-301 et seq., to the extent that an electric distribution cooperative purchases electricity from an electric generation and transmission cooperative pursuant to a wholesale power contract, the authority granted to the commission by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section shall not extend to the electric distribution cooperative to the extent of such purchases but shall only extend to the electric generation and transmission cooperative.  (c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any transaction involving the acquisition of generation assets, which is closed and finalized prior to the adoption of the rules authorized in subsection (a) of this section, or within one (1) year after February 21, 2003, whichever comes later, and which is the subject of an order or ruling of any federal or state regulatory agency issued on or before January 1, 2003.  (d)  (1)  (A) Reasonable and prudent costs incurred in compliance with subsection (a) of this section and in compliance with the provisions of § 23-3-201 et seq. and the Utility Facility Environmental and Economic Protection Act, § 23-18-501 et seq., shall be eligible for recovery in the rates of any electric utility making such an acquisition, subject to final approval by the commission.  (B) When the utility establishes that the costs were incurred in compliance with subsection (a) of this section, a rebuttable presumption is established that the costs were reasonable and prudent and incurred in the public interest.    (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of § 23-4-103.    (e) The commission may require an electric public utility that is owned by a public utility holding company, as defined by section 1262 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, and engages in centralized system-wide resource planning to withdraw from centralized system-wide resource planning if:  (1) The commission determines that centralized system-wide resource planning is not in the public interest; and  (2) The electric public utility's withdrawal from centralized system-wide resource planning is not otherwise prohibited by law.
AR Code § 23-18-107 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-107. Ratemaking policies for cost of acquisition or construction of incremental resources

 (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission may adopt ratemaking policies appropriate to allow utilities to recover from their customers the reasonable and prudent costs and a reasonable return associated with the acquisition or construction by electric utilities of incremental resources.  (b) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of § 23-4-103.
AR Code § 23-18-108 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-18-108. Eminent domain for transmission lines — Market value — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “electric utility” means an electric utility that:  (1) Is not a municipally owned utility system;  (2) Is under the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission;  (3) Primarily transmits electricity and does not generate or distribute electricity; and  (4) Has not been directed or designated to construct an electric transmission facility by a regional transmission organization.    (b) If an electric utility acquires land from a private property owner through eminent domain for purposes of a transmission line, then the electric utility shall compensate the private property owner at three (3) times the market value of the property taken by eminent domain.
AR Code § 23-18-201 (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 2 - Electric Cooperatives Generally|§ 23-18-201. Jurisdiction of commission generally

 Electric cooperative corporations generating, manufacturing, purchasing, acquiring, transmitting, distributing, selling, furnishing, and disposing of electric power and energy in this state pursuant to the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, § 23-18-301 et seq., shall be subject to the general jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law for the regulation, supervision, or control of public utilities except as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-202 (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 2 - Electric Cooperatives Generally|§ 23-18-202. Jurisdiction of commission — Exemptions

 (a) The jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall not extend to loans made or guaranteed by the Rural Electrification Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture [superseded], the Federal Financing Bank, or such other agency or instrumentality as may be established by the United States Government for those purposes, nor shall it extend to loans made or guaranteed by the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation.  (b) No approval shall be required from the commission for borrowings, loan contracts, notes, mortgages, or guarantees to which the Rural Electrification Administration, the Federal Financing Bank, or such other agency or instrumentality described above, or the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation or CoBank ACB is a party, nor shall approval be required for borrowings, loan contracts, notes, mortgages, or guarantees from other public or private sources which are secured by a mortgage held in common with or guaranteed by the Rural Electrification Administration, the Federal Financing Bank, or such other agency or instrumentality described above, or the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation or CoBank ACB.
AR Code § 23-18-203 (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 2 - Electric Cooperatives Generally|§ 23-18-203. Commission rules shall not conflict with United States Government regulations

 The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall make no rules affecting electric cooperative corporations in matters of accounting, recordkeeping, or fiscal management in conflict with regulations which have been, or shall be, promulgated by the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture [superseded] or such other agency or instrumentality described in § 23-18-202.
AR Code § 23-18-301 (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|§ 23-18-301. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Electric Cooperative Corporation Act”.