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AR SB795
Bill
Status
Passed
4/11/2013
Primary Sponsor
Jason Rapert
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AI Summary
- Creates the "Regulation of Electric Demand Response Act" as a new subchapter of Arkansas Code Title 23, Chapter 18
- Defines "aggregator of retail customers" as a person aggregating demand response to market or sell to electric utilities or wholesale electricity markets, excluding utilities serving their own service territories
- Grants the Arkansas Public Service Commission and local governing authorities power to establish terms and conditions for demand response marketing and sales, while prohibiting regulation of retail customer investments on their side of the electric meter
- Prohibits aggregators of retail customers and retail customers from marketing or selling demand response into wholesale electricity markets unless determined to be in the public interest by the Arkansas Public Service Commission or relevant municipal authority
- Allows nonresidential customers to continue opting out of energy conservation programs under existing law sections 23-3-403 and 23-3-405
Legislative Description
To Regulate Electric Demand Response.
Last Action
Notification that SB795 is now Act 1078
4/11/2013
Committee Referrals
Insurance and Commerce4/4/2013
Insurance & Commerce3/5/2013
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