Arkansas Code
Subchapter 4 - Utilities — Rate Changes and Surcharges Generally
§ 23-4-416. Surcharge to collect excessive refunds

In the event that the amount of refunds ordered by the Arkansas Public Service Commission in its final order is subsequently determined to have been excessive, either on rehearing or in accordance with a court decision on judicial review, the public utility subject to the order shall be entitled to impose an additional surcharge on the affected customers to recover that portion of the refunds to which it was entitled, together with interest as determined by the commission at a rate not to exceed the maximum interest rate otherwise allowed by law. The surcharge shall be assessed over a period equal to the period between the date the rates were implemented under bond and the date of the commission's final order. The surcharge shall be distributed among the affected customers in proportion to the amount of refunds those customers received.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries

Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers

Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally

Subchapter 4 - Utilities — Rate Changes and Surcharges Generally

§ 23-4-401. Notice of intention to file application

§ 23-4-402. Notice of proposed changes

§ 23-4-403. Changes allowed without notice

§ 23-4-404. Proposed changes to be reflected in schedules

§ 23-4-405. Investigation of proposed rates

§ 23-4-406. Test periods to justify new rates

§ 23-4-407. Suspension of proposed rates

§ 23-4-408. Interim implementation of suspended rates

§ 23-4-409. Rate increase not effective until final order

§ 23-4-410. Authority of commission to fix rates — Apportionment of increase

§ 23-4-411. Failure of commission to reach timely decision — Conditional implementation of suspended rates

§ 23-4-412. Issuance of commission order — Rates to be collected

§ 23-4-413. Surcharge to collect rates increased by courts

§ 23-4-414. Refunds of excessive rate collections under bond

§ 23-4-415. Refunds of excessive bonded collections — Order not stayed during rehearing

§ 23-4-416. Surcharge to collect excessive refunds

§ 23-4-417. Petition for mandamus

§ 23-4-418. Suit to compel refunds — Proceeds

§ 23-4-419. Applications for additional increases

§ 23-4-420. Reports on status of applications

§ 23-4-421. No changes allowed in terms of employment subject to collective bargaining agreement

§ 23-4-422. Cost allocation — Definition