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Senate approves Generating Arkansas Jobs Act after extended debate; emergency clause later adopted
Summary
The Arkansas Senate passed Senate Bill 3 07, creating a framework for strategic utility investments and allowing certain costs to be recovered during construction (CWIP); the bill passed on final reading, the initial emergency clause failed but was later adopted after a revote and procedural motions.
Senators passed Senate Bill 3 07 — titled the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act of 2025 — after extended floor debate on March 12, 2025. The bill, which adjusts how utilities may recover costs for certain strategic generation investments (commonly described as construction work in progress or CWIP), cleared the Senate on final passage and the body later adopted an emergency clause on a revote.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Dismang, said the legislation establishes “guardrails” and procedural requirements for the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) to review and approve strategic investments that utilities propose to help replace aging generation capacity. Dismang told the Senate the engrossed bill runs about “62 pages” and added clarifying language requested by the PSC and stakeholders to address prudency reviews, over‑collections, abandonment and…
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