RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 546 (SB 354) 2022 Regular Session Cathey
New law provides for the sale, transportation, and acceptance of fuel following a natural
disaster. New law is not to be construed as waiving any mandatory federal law, nor as
creating any exception, to te extent any such law may be applicable to the transport of
commodities described in new law.
New law establishes the "Louisiana Consumer Fuel Choice Act".
New law defines "energy type" to include aviation fuel, biofuel, compressed natural gas,
diesel, electricity to be utilized for the charging of electric vehicles, gasoline, gas distillates,
hydrogen, liquified petroleum gas, and renewable diesel.
New law provides that no local governing authority shall adopt any ordinance, rule, or law
that limits consumer access to an energy type or that results in the prohibition of a
wholesaler, retailer, energy producer, or the related infrastructure that is necessary to provide
consumer access to a specific energy type within the local governing authority.
New law prohibits construing any provision of new law to restrict, impair, or diminish the
regulatory authority of the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority, a municipally owned
electric system, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, or of any governing authority of
a political subdivision that regulates a public utility in accordance with Const. Art. IV,
Section 21.
New law provides for retroactive and prospective application.
Effective June 17, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 51:1611 and 3051-3053)