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Panel backs bill protecting non-export customer generation after hours-long debate over cost-shifting and PSC role
Summary
Senate Bill 615, protecting non-export 'behind-the-meter' generation, passed the committee after extensive debate between business advocates and Entergy; the committee added PSC rulemaking authority and capacity limits in a verbal amendment.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee approved Senate Bill 615 after extended debate over whether customer-owned generation that does not export power to the grid should be treated differently under state law.
Sponsor Sen. Clint Penzo told the committee the bill “protects customers energy choices without undermining utility revenue,” and argued the measure aligns Arkansas law with federal protections for qualifying facilities. Jordan Tinsley, vice president at Bernhard with regulatory experience, added that “this bill clarifies that facilities that are not selling power back to the utility are…
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