AZ HCR2041

Proposes constitutional amendment to Article XV, Section 3 of Arizona Constitution regarding Corporation Commission authority over public service corporations that furnish electricity.

Requires Corporation Commission to establish rules maximizing solar energy use in the public interest while maintaining electricity affordability and system reliability.

Mandates Corporation Commission create separate rate classifications for customers with distributed energy resources to protect both those with and without such systems from unjust charges.

Requires Corporation Commission to establish procedures for interconnection applications of distributed energy resources and establish purchase rates for energy exported to the electrical system, minimizing impact on customers without distributed energy resources.

Provides grandfathering provisions for customers who interconnected distributed energy resources before January 1, 2017, and allows electrical cooperatives to request alternative requirements.