AR SB454

A public utility may contract for interruptible service with industrial customers for up to 25 years at agreed prices, subject to Arkansas Public Service Commission approval and demonstration that the contract is in the public interest.

Contracts must specify the amount of interruptible load to be achieved by the customer, and this amount may only be altered once per year.

An electric utility must offer an interruptible service rate schedule when its highest consumption customer class has annual usage exceeding 5 million megawatt hours (5,000,000 MWh).

The rate schedule must be consistent with regional transmission organization tariffs and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements, with pricing based on embedded costs and consistent with the utility's cost-of-service study.

Customers taking interruptible service are ineligible for net-metering unless the Arkansas Public Service Commission issued an order before December 31, 2022, approving the specific customer's net-metering facility and determining it is in the public interest.