AR HR1031

Encourages the United States Department of Energy to reject Clean Line Energy Partners' application for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission project unless clear and substantial benefits to Arkansas are identified that exceed detrimental impacts.

Notes that the Arkansas Public Service Commission previously denied Clean Line's request for a certificate of public convenience and necessity in Order No. 9 of Docket No. 10-041-U, finding the company did not meet statutory requirements to operate as a public utility in Arkansas.

Identifies concerns that the transmission line would pass through the Mississippi Flyway bottleneck in Arkansas, an important staging area for waterfowl migration that provides significant economic benefits to the region through duck hunting.

States the project would traverse 12 Arkansas counties (Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Conway, Van Buren, Faulkner, Cleburne, White, Jackson, Poinsett, and Mississippi) and potentially cause detrimental impacts on landowners' property.

Requires the House Chief Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to the United States Department of Energy, Arkansas Public Service Commission, Arkansas Congressional delegation, the Governor, and the President of the United States upon adoption.