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AR Code § 23-18-703 (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 7 - Arkansas Clean Energy Development Act|§ 23-18-703. Authority of commission

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission may consider, propose, develop, solicit, approve, implement, and monitor measures by electric and natural gas public utilities subject to its jurisdiction that cause the electric and natural gas public utilities to incur costs of service and investments that utilize, generate, or involve clean energy resources or renewable energy resources, or both.  (2)  (A) The commission may encourage or require electric and natural gas public utilities subject to its jurisdiction to consider clean energy or renewable energy resources, or both, as part of any resource plan or natural gas procurement plan.  (B) If the commission approves the use of a clean energy resource or renewable energy resource in the form of a biofuel by an electric or natural gas public utility in a manner that displaces an energy equivalent of fossil fuels, the use of the clean energy resource or renewable energy resource may:  (i) Be included as part of the electric or natural gas public utility's energy efficiency or conservation program under the Energy Conservation Endorsement Act of 1977, § 23-3-401 et seq.; and  (ii) Apply toward the satisfaction of the electric or natural gas public utility's energy efficiency or conservation goals established by the commission or by law.      (3) After proper notice and hearings, the commission may approve any clean energy resource or renewable energy resource that it determines to be in the public interest.  (4) If the commission determines that the cost of a clean energy resource or renewable energy resource is in the public interest, the commission may allow the affected electric or natural gas public utility to implement a temporary surcharge or utilize an existing commission-approved cost-recovery mechanism to recover the appropriate costs of such a resource until the implementation of new rate schedules in connection with the electric or natural gas public utility's next general rate filing in which such costs can be included in the electric or natural gas public utility's base rate schedules or for continued recovery through an approved appropriate tariff.    (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting or diminishing the authority of the commission to order, require, promote, or engage in any other energy resource practices or procedures.
AR Code § 23-18-801 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-801. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act”.
AR Code § 23-18-802 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-802. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter and §§ 14-200-101, 18-15-503, 18-15-504, and 18-15-507:   (1) “Broadband affiliate” or “affiliate” means an entity that is at least ten percent (10%) owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the electric utility formed to provide regulated or nonregulated broadband services;  (2) “Broadband Internet service provider” means an entity that provides Internet broadband services to others on a wholesale basis or to end-use customers on a retail basis;  (3) “Broadband operator” means an entity that owns or operates a broadband system on the electric power lines and related facilities of an electric utility;  (4) “Broadband services” means the provision of regulated or nonregulated connectivity to a high-speed, high-capacity transmission medium that can carry signals from multiple independent network carriers over electric power lines and related facilities, whether above or below ground;  (5) “Broadband system” means the materials, equipment, and other facilities installed to facilitate the provision of broadband services;  (6) “Electric delivery system” means the power lines and related facilities used by an electric utility to deliver electric energy;  (7) “Electric utility” means a public utility as defined under § 23-1-101 that produces, generates, transmits, delivers, or furnishes electricity to or for the public for compensation;  (8) “Nonregulated broadband services” means broadband services and technologies that are not provided for the operational performance of an electric utility, including without limitation, the provision of broadband services at wholesale or at retail; and  (9) “Regulated broadband services” means broadband services and technologies that are used and useful for the operational performance and service reliability of an electric utility, including without limitation:  (A) Automated meter reading;  (B) Real-time system monitoring;  (C) Remote service control;  (D) Outage detection and restoration;  (E) Predictive maintenance and diagnostics; and  (F) Monitoring and enhancement of power quality.
AR Code § 23-18-803 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-803. Permissible broadband systems

 (a) An electric utility, an affiliate of an electric utility, or a person unaffiliated with an electric utility may own, construct, maintain, and operate a broadband system and provide broadband services on an electric utility's electric delivery system consistent with the requirements of this subchapter.  (b) This subchapter does not require an electric utility to implement a broadband system, provide broadband services, or allow others to install broadband facilities or use the electric utility's facilities to provide broadband services.  (c) An electric utility, a broadband affiliate, or a broadband operator may elect to install and operate a broadband system on part or all of its electric delivery system in any part or all of its certificated service territory.
AR Code § 23-18-804 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-804. Ownership and operation of broadband system

 (a) An electric utility may:  (1) Own or operate a broadband system on the electric utility's electric delivery system;  (2) Allow an affiliate to own or operate a broadband system on the electric utility's electric delivery system;  (3) Allow an unaffiliated entity to own or operate a broadband system on the electric utility's electric delivery system;  (4) Provide broadband service, including without limitation, Internet service over a broadband system; and  (5) Allow an affiliate or unaffiliated entity to provide broadband service, including without limitation, Internet service over a broadband system.    (b) The electric utility shall determine which broadband Internet service providers may have access to broadband capacity on the broadband system.
AR Code § 23-18-805 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-805. Jurisdiction

 (a) Except as provided in this subchapter, neither the state nor any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state has jurisdiction over:  (1) An electric utility's ownership or operation of a broadband system; or  (2) The provision of broadband services by the electric utility, a broadband affiliate, or a broadband operator.    (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall interfere with the Arkansas Public Service Commission's authority to regulate public utilities pursuant to § 23-2-301 et seq.
AR Code § 23-18-807 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-807. Reliability of electric systems maintained

 (a) An electric utility that installs or operates or permits the installation or operation of a broadband system on its electric delivery system shall employ all reasonable measures to ensure that the operation of the broadband system does not interfere with or diminish the reliability of the electric utility's electric delivery system.  (b) If a disruption in the provision of electric service occurs, the electric utility shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the retail electric delivery service tariff.  (c) The provision of broadband services shall be at all times secondary to the reliable provision of electric delivery services.
AR Code § 23-18-808 (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 8 - Broadband Over Power Lines Enabling Act|§ 23-18-808. Compliance with federal law

 (a) A broadband operator shall comply with all applicable federal laws, including those protecting licensed spectrum users from interference by broadband systems.  (b) To the extent required by Federal Communications Commission rules, the operator of a radio frequency device shall discontinue using a radio frequency device that causes harmful interference.
AR Code § 23-18-904 (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 9 - Arkansas Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act|§ 23-18-904. Exceptions to commission jurisdiction

 (a) If the Arkansas Public Service Commission issues a financing order to an electric utility pursuant to this section, the commission may not, in exercising its powers and carrying out its duties regarding any matter within its authority pursuant to this chapter, consider the storm recovery bonds issued pursuant to the financing order to be the debt of the electric utility other than for federal and state income tax purposes, consider the storm recovery charges paid under the financing order to be the revenue of the electric utility for any purpose, or consider the storm recovery costs or financing costs specified in the financing order to be the costs of the electric utility, nor may the commission determine any action taken by an electric utility which is consistent with the financing order to be unjust or unreasonable.  (b) The commission may not order or otherwise directly or indirectly require an electric utility to use storm recovery bonds to finance any project, addition, plant, facility, extension, capital improvement, equipment, or any other expenditure. The commission may not refuse to allow an electric utility to recover costs for storm recovery activities in an otherwise permissible and reasonable fashion, or refuse or condition authorization or approval of the issuance and sale by an electric utility of securities or the assumption by it of liabilities or obligations, solely because of the potential availability of storm recovery financing.
AR Code § 23-18-908 (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 9 - Arkansas Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act|§ 23-18-908. Choice of law — Conflicts

 (a) The law governing the validity, enforceability, attachment, perfection, priority, exercise of remedies, and venue with respect to the sale, assignment, or transfer of an interest or right or the creation of a security interest in any storm recovery property shall be exclusively the laws of this state, without applying this state's law on conflicts of laws and notwithstanding any contrary contractual provision. The validity, enforceability, attachment, perfection, priority, and exercise of remedies with respect to the sale, assignment, or transfer of an interest or right or the creation of a security interest in any storm recovery property shall be governed by this subchapter, and solely to the extent not addressed by this subchapter, by the Uniform Commercial Code — Secured Transactions, § 4-9-101 et seq., and other laws of this state.  (b) In the event of conflict between this subchapter and any other law regarding the attachment, creation, perfection, the effect of perfection, or priority of, and sale, assignment, or transfer of, or security interest in, storm recovery property, or the exercise of remedies with respect thereto, this subchapter shall govern to the extent of the conflict.
AR Code § 23-18-909 (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 9 - Arkansas Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act|§ 23-18-909. Storm recovery bonds not public debt — Legal investments

 (a) Storm recovery bonds are not a debt or a general obligation of the state or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities and are not a charge on their full faith and credit. An issue of storm recovery bonds does not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state or any agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds, other than for paying storm recovery charges in their capacity as consumers of electricity. All storm recovery bonds authorized by a financing order by the Arkansas Public Service Commission must contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect:  (b) Storm recovery bonds shall be legal investments for all governmental units, financial institutions, insurance companies, fiduciaries, and other persons that require statutory authority regarding legal investment.    “Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Arkansas is pledged to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, this bond.”
AR Code § 23-18-910 (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 9 - Arkansas Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act|§ 23-18-910. Tax treatment

 The Arkansas state income tax treatment of the following events will conform to the federal income tax treatment of such events:   (1) The electric utility's receipt of a financing order that creates storm recovery property for the benefit of the electric utility;  (2) The electric utility's receipt of cash or other valuable consideration in exchange for its transfer of the storm recovery property to an affiliate which is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the electric utility; and  (3) The electric utility's receipt of cash or other valuable consideration in exchange for storm recovery bonds issued by the financing party.
AR Code § 23-18-911 (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 9 - Arkansas Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act|§ 23-18-911. State pledge — Definition

 (a) For purposes of this section, the term “bondholder” means a person who holds, owns, or is the beneficial holder or owner of a storm recovery bond.  (b)  (1) The state and its agencies, including the Arkansas Public Service Commission, pledge to and agree with bondholders, the owners of the storm recovery property, and other financing parties that the state will not:  (A) Alter the provisions of this section which make the storm recovery charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding, and nonbypassable charges;  (B) Take or permit any action that impairs or would impair the value of storm recovery property; or  (C) Except as allowed under this section, reduce, alter, or impair storm recovery charges that are to be imposed, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders and other financing parties until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses, or charges incurred, and any contracts to be performed in connection with the related storm recovery bonds have been paid and performed in full.    (2) Nothing in this subsection shall preclude limitation or alteration if full compensation is made by law for the full protection of the storm recovery charges collected pursuant to a financing order and of the holders of storm recovery bonds and any assignee or financing party entering into a contract with the electric utility.    (c) Any person or entity that issues storm recovery bonds may include the pledge specified in subsection (b) of this section in the bonds and related documentation.
AR Code § 23-18-912 (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 9 - Arkansas Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act|§ 23-18-912. Assignee or financing party not an electric utility

 An assignee or financing party shall not be considered an electric utility or person providing electric service by virtue of engaging in the transactions described in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-18-1001 (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 10 - Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act|§ 23-18-1001. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act”.
AR Code § 23-18-1002 (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 10 - Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act|§ 23-18-1002. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Aggregator of retail customers” means a person that aggregates demand response from retail customers for the purpose of marketing, selling, or marketing and selling the aggregated demand response:  (i) To an electric public utility; or  (ii) Into a wholesale electricity market.    (B) “Aggregator of retail customers” does not include:  (i) An electric public utility to the extent that it engages in demand response programs or demand response aggregation activities with the retail customers in its own service territory as certificated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission; or  (ii) A municipally owned electric utility or consolidated municipal utility improvement district to the extent that it engages in demand response programs or demand response aggregation activities with the retail customers in its own service territory; and      (2)  (A) “Demand response” means a reduction in the consumption of on-peak or off-peak electric energy by a retail customer served by an electric public utility or a municipally owned electric utility or consolidated municipal utility improvement district relative to the retail customer's expected consumption in response to:  (i) Changes in the price of electric energy to the retail customer over time; or  (ii) Incentive payments designed to induce lower consumption of electric energy.    (B) “Demand response” includes demand response resources capable of providing demand response.
AR Code § 23-18-1003 (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 10 - Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act|§ 23-18-1003. Authority to regulate demand response

 (a) The marketing, selling, or marketing and selling of demand response within the State of Arkansas by electric public utilities or aggregators of retail customers to retail customers or by electric public utilities, aggregators of retail customers, or retail customers into wholesale electricity markets is subject to regulation by:  (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission under Acts 1935, No. 324, as amended; or  (2) The local governing authority in the case of a municipally owned electric utility or a consolidated municipal utility improvement district.    (b) The commission:  (1) May establish the terms and conditions for the marketing, selling, or marketing and selling of demand response by electric public utilities or aggregators of retail customers to retail customers or by electric public utilities, aggregators of retail customers, or retail customers into wholesale electricity markets; and  (2) Shall not regulate demand response investments or demand response actions of a retail customer on the customer's side of the electric meter.
AR Code § 23-18-1004 (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 10 - Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act|§ 23-18-1004. Marketing or selling of demand response prohibited

 The marketing, selling, or marketing and selling of demand response into wholesale electricity markets by an aggregator of retail customers or by a retail customer is prohibited unless the Arkansas Public Service Commission or the governing authority of a municipally owned electric utility or a consolidated municipal utility improvement district determines that the marketing, selling, or marketing and selling of demand response into wholesale electricity markets by aggregators of retail customers or by retail customers is in the public interest.
AR Code § 23-18-1005 (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 10 - Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act|§ 23-18-1005. Applicability

 This subchapter does not prevent a nonresidential customer from opting out in accordance with § 23-3-405 of energy conservation programs and measures as defined in § 23-3-403.
AR Code § 23-19-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 19 - Cable and Video Communications|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Video Service Act|§ 23-19-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Video Service Act”.
AR Code § 23-19-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 19 - Cable and Video Communications|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Video Service Act|§ 23-19-204. Certificate of franchise authority — Fees

 The fees for a certificate of franchise authority to be collected by the Secretary of State include:   (1) An application filing fee of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) that includes the cost of issuance of a certificate of franchise authority by the Secretary of State; and  (2) A fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for accepting an amendment to a certificate of franchise authority or providing a notice required by this subchapter.