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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-3-101. Organization or reorganization - (a) Organizations or reorganizations of all public utilities shall be...
§ 23-3-102. Consolidations, stock purchases in another utility, or rentals of additional property - (a) With the consent and approval of the Arkansas Public...
§ 23-3-103. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc., and creation of liens — Regulation by commissions - (a) (1) The power of public utilities to issue stocks,...
§ 23-3-104. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Issuance - (a) (1) When authorized by order of the commission, and...
§ 23-3-105. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Amount of issue - The commission shall have no power to authorize the issuance...
§ 23-3-106. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Disposition of proceeds - The commission shall have the power to require every public...
§ 23-3-107. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Liability of state - No provision of this act and no deed or act...
§ 23-3-108. Domestication of foreign railroad, pipeline, or electric light and power corporations - (a) (1) Before any foreign railroad corporation, foreign pipeline corporation,...
§ 23-3-109. Annual statements of gross earnings - (a) Annually, during the month of March, each utility subject...
§ 23-3-110. Annual fees generally - (a) (1) There is levied and charged and there shall...
§ 23-3-111. Fees — Foreign companies doing intrastate business - (a) All foreign railroad, street, interurban, or other transportation companies...
§ 23-3-112. Forms sent to utilities to be filled out and returned - (a) Any public utility receiving from the commission any blanks...
§ 23-3-113. Adequate service, facilities, etc., to be provided - (a) Every public utility shall furnish, provide, and maintain such...
§ 23-3-114. Unreasonable preferences prohibited - (a) (1) As to rates or services, no public utility...
§ 23-3-115. Wires transmitting electricity or messages over public or private ways - Every public utility which owns, operates, manages, or controls along...
§ 23-3-116. Power, water, gas, or electricity — Violation of municipal franchise — Penalties — Damages - (a) (1) Whenever a person, company, or corporation which has...
§ 23-3-117. Contracts for interruptible service with industrial users - Public utilities are authorized to contract for the sale, on...
§ 23-3-118. Rates, charges, or service — Investigations - (a) Whenever the commission believes that any rate or charge...
§ 23-3-119. Complaints - (a) (1) Any chamber of commerce or board of trade,...
§ 23-3-120. Definition - As used in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise,...
Subchapter 2 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity
§ 23-3-201. Requirement for new construction or extension - (a) New construction or operation of equipment or facilities for...
§ 23-3-202. Requirement for operation under suspended permit - A public utility shall not exercise any right or privilege...
§ 23-3-203. Application for certificate - (a) Every applicant for a certificate shall give notice of...
§ 23-3-204. Preliminary orders - (a) If the applicant desires to exercise the right or...
§ 23-3-205. Issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity — Terms and conditions — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Consolidated utility district”...
§ 23-3-206. Unauthorized construction or operation - (a) Whenever any new construction or operation is undertaken or...
Subchapter 3 - Merger or Acquisition of Control of Domestic Public Utilities
§ 23-3-301. Legislative determination - (a) The methods and manner in which utility services are...
§ 23-3-302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 23-3-303. Applicability - (a) If a domestic public utility seeks to acquire control...
§ 23-3-304. Penalties - (a) Any person who knowingly does or causes to be...
§ 23-3-305. Powers of commission - The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have power to perform...
§ 23-3-306. Procedure generally - (a) Any person who acquires five percent (5%) or more...
§ 23-3-307. Statement filed with commission — Contents — Amendments - (a) The statement to be filed with the Arkansas Public...
§ 23-3-308. Statement filed with commission — Attachments and incorporation by reference - If any offer, request, invitation, merger, or acquisition referred to...
§ 23-3-309. Payment of expenses of investigation - The expense of conducting an analysis or investigation by the...
§ 23-3-310. Grounds for disapproval - The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall approve any merger or...
§ 23-3-311. Hearing — Notice — Determination - (a) The public hearing referred to in § 23-3-310 shall...
§ 23-3-312. Rehearing - Any party to a proceeding before the Arkansas Public Service...
§ 23-3-313. Judicial review - Any party to a proceeding before the Arkansas Public Service...
§ 23-3-314. Stay of order pending review - (a) The filing of an application for rehearing under §...
§ 23-3-315. Jurisdiction over nonresidents — Service of process - (a) The courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction...
§ 23-3-316. Injunctions — Criminal proceedings - (a) Whenever it shall appear to the Arkansas Public Service...
Subchapter 4 - Energy Conservation Endorsement Act of 1977
§ 23-3-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 23-3-402. Legislative findings - The General Assembly finds that the United States is confronted...
§ 23-3-403. Energy conservation programs and measures defined - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 23-3-404. Conservation a proper utility function - It shall be considered a proper and essential function of...
§ 23-3-405. Authority of commission — Rates and charges — Exemptions - (a) (1) (A) Except as otherwise stated in this section,...
Subchapter 5 - Navigable Water Crossings
§ 23-3-501. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 23-3-502. Applicability of subchapter - Each section of this subchapter shall apply with full effect...
§ 23-3-503. Commission's jurisdiction, power, and authority - (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have jurisdiction over...
§ 23-3-504. Petition regarding operation - Pursuant to the authority granted in this subchapter, the Arkansas...
§ 23-3-505. Hearings - (a) Upon the filing of a petition under § 23-3-504...
§ 23-3-506. Objections to petition - Any person, corporation, company, municipal agency, state agency, or institution...
§ 23-3-507. Grant of petition — Exceptions - (a) Upon the hearing, if it appears that the United...
§ 23-3-508. Order granting rights — Effect - (a) When a river crossing proprietor owning or operating one...
§ 23-3-509. Characteristics of rights granted - Rights in respect to the crossing of navigable waterways granted...
§ 23-3-510. Costs and expenses of proceedings — Damages - The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall require the applicant to...
§ 23-3-511. Review by circuit court - (a) Any party to a proceeding conducted pursuant to this...
§ 23-3-512. Appeal to Supreme Court - (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission, the river crossing proprietor,...
§ 23-3-513. Replacement of navigable water crossing - (a) In each instance where a river crossing proprietor may...
Subchapter 6 - Gas Utilities — Extension Projects
§ 23-3-601. Purpose — Petition for certificate - (a) The General Assembly finds that the proportion of the...
§ 23-3-602. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Certificate of extension project”...
§ 23-3-603. Grant of certificate generally - (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall grant a certificate...
§ 23-3-604. Rates and tariffs - (a) (1) Once an extension project that has been granted...
§ 23-3-605. Conditions, limitations on grant of certificates - Certificates shall be granted under this subchapter under the following...
§ 23-3-606. Petitions not considered rate applications - Petitions for a certificate under this subchapter are not general...
§ 23-3-607. Denial of certificate - Denial of a certificate under this subchapter does not preclude...
Subchapter 7 - Avoided Costs
§ 23-3-701. Legislative determination - (a) It is declared to be the policy of this...
§ 23-3-702. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 23-3-703. Establishment of rates - The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall establish rates to be...
§ 23-3-704. Basis of rate determination — Waiver of avoided cost standard - (a) A determination of the avoided energy cost rate or...
§ 23-3-705. Lower contract rates permitted - Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit an electric utility and...