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Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   94th General Assembly                        A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2023                                                             HOUSE BILL 1047
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 5   By: Representative S. Meeks
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 7                                     For An Act To Be Entitled
 8                  AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RENEWABLE ENERGY
 9                  DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2001; TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR
10                  PAYING A RESIDENTIAL NET-METERING CUSTOMER FOR NET
11                  EXCESS GENERATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15                           TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RENEWABLE ENERGY
16                           DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2001; AND TO PROVIDE
17                           REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYING A RESIDENTIAL
18                           NET-METERING CUSTOMER FOR NET EXCESS
19                           GENERATION.
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22   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24          SECTION 1.       Arkansas Code § 23-18-604(b), concerning commission
25   authority related to net-metering, is amended to add an additional
26   subdivision to read as follows:
27                  (11)(A)        Shall require an electric utility to compensate a
28   residential net-metering customer at the retail rate on a kilowatt-to-
29   kilowatt basis for any net excess generation.
30                           (B)    The residential net-metering customer may cash out any
31   net excess generation available in the account of the residential net-
32   metering customer at the time of the cash-out which shall be paid:
33                                   (i)     At the wholesale rate;
34                                   (ii)    Only one (1) time every six (6) months; and
35                                   (iii)    At the residential net-metering customer's
36   election, either as a credit on the residential net-metering customer's bill
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 1   or directly to the residential net-metering customer.
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 3        SECTION 2.   Arkansas Code § 23-18-605, concerning net-metering
 4   facilities interconnected with a municipal utility, is amended to add an
 5   additional subdivision to read as follows:
 6        (f)   The governing body of a municipal utility shall follow the
 7   procedures under § 23-18-604(b)(11) for a residential net-metering customer.
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Statutes affected: 
HB 1047: 23-18-604(b), 23-18-605