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House Engrossed
electric utility customers; carbon reduction |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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HOUSE BILL 2738 |
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AN ACT
amending title 40, chapter 1, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 40-104; relating to the corporation commission.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 40, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 40-104, to read:
40-104. Public service corporation; carbon emissions goals; alternative electric service provider; rules; definitions
A. if an electric public service corporation or the public service corporation's holding company or parent company does any of the following, The commission shall allow a retail electric customer to opt out and to receive electric service from other providers in the same service territory:
1. Commits to shareholders in filings to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or in an integrated resource plan approved or acknowledged by the commission to go net zero.
2. compensates executives or employees based on any clean energy commitment.
B. The commission shall adopt rules that:
1. Allow a retail electric customer to petition to opt out as prescribed in subsection A of this section and that set forth procedures for use by the commission in evaluating petitions to opt out.
2. Establish guidelines for the provision of alternative, safe, affordable and reliable retail electric service by other retail electric service providers or public power entities to retail electric customers that are located WITHIN the original public service corporation's service territory and that have opted out pursuant to this section.
c. for the purposes of this section:
1. "commission" has the SAME meaning prescribed in section 40-201.
2. "Electric Service" has the SAME meaning prescribed in section 40-201.
3. "Net Zero" means committing to net zero carbon emissions by proving one hundred percent clean and carbon free electricity.
4. "retail electric customer" has the SAME meaning prescribed in section 40-201.
5. "Service territory" has the SAME meaning prescribed in section 40-201.