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Arkansas utilities and PSC urge data‑driven fix for net‑metering ‘cost shift’; industry warns of regulatory overreach
Summary
Public Service Commission chair, Entergy and electric co‑ops told legislators that Arkansas’ 1:1 net‑metering credit and rules allowing remote aggregation have created a growing cross‑subsidy; the PSC urged collection of utility data and a formal proceeding rather than immediate statutory bans.
The hearing’s second major thread focused on net metering, rate design and the so‑called “cost shift” — the redistribution of fixed utility system costs onto customers who cannot participate in net metering. Ted Thomas, chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, told the committee that the PSC’s prior grid‑fee approach (June 2020) was intended to manage cumulative cost shifts but that legal appeals and co‑op recusal motions have complicated the agency’s options. “We need data,” Thomas said, urging utilities to file the evidence that will allow the PSC to quantify any redistribution and design an appropriate mitigation.
Utilities told the…
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