(a) A local government shall not enact or adopt any ordinance, policy, or action that infringes, prohibits, or otherwise impairs the right of a customer to purchase, use, connect, or reconnect to a utility service, or to install in a building or other structure wires, pipes, or other conduits for the purpose of purchasing, using, connecting, or reconnecting to a utility service, on the basis of the energy source of the utility service to be delivered to the customer.
(b) As used in this section:(1) “Customer” means an individual or entity that purchases a utility service;(2) “Energy source” means the method of generation or fuel source that is used to provide or supply a utility service to a customer, including without limitation a nonrenewable or renewable energy resource;(3) “Local government” means:(A) A county;(B) A city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; or(C) Any other district or political subdivision of the state or an agency, board, or commission of such a district or political subdivision; and(4) (A) “Utility service” means a service:(i) Provided by a utility regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission under § 23-4-201; and(ii) That is related to: (a) The generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use; or (b) The production, manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, or furnishing of natural, renewable, or manufactured gas or a mixture of gases: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.(B) “Utility service” includes services provided by a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board-permitted propane gas provider:(i) To or for the public;(ii) For compensation; and(iii) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(1) “Customer” means an individual or entity that purchases a utility service;
(2) “Energy source” means the method of generation or fuel source that is used to provide or supply a utility service to a customer, including without limitation a nonrenewable or renewable energy resource;
(3) “Local government” means:(A) A county;(B) A city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; or(C) Any other district or political subdivision of the state or an agency, board, or commission of such a district or political subdivision; and
(A) A county;
(B) A city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; or
(C) Any other district or political subdivision of the state or an agency, board, or commission of such a district or political subdivision; and
(4) (A) “Utility service” means a service:(i) Provided by a utility regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission under § 23-4-201; and(ii) That is related to: (a) The generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use; or (b) The production, manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, or furnishing of natural, renewable, or manufactured gas or a mixture of gases: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.(B) “Utility service” includes services provided by a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board-permitted propane gas provider:(i) To or for the public;(ii) For compensation; and(iii) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(A) “Utility service” means a service:(i) Provided by a utility regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission under § 23-4-201; and(ii) That is related to: (a) The generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use; or (b) The production, manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, or furnishing of natural, renewable, or manufactured gas or a mixture of gases: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(i) Provided by a utility regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission under § 23-4-201; and
(ii) That is related to: (a) The generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use; or (b) The production, manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, or furnishing of natural, renewable, or manufactured gas or a mixture of gases: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(a) The generation, production, transmission, or distribution of electricity: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use; or
(1) To or for the public;
(2) For compensation; and
(3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use; or
(b) The production, manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, or furnishing of natural, renewable, or manufactured gas or a mixture of gases: (1) To or for the public; (2) For compensation; and (3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(1) To or for the public;
(2) For compensation; and
(3) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(B) “Utility service” includes services provided by a Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board-permitted propane gas provider:(i) To or for the public;(ii) For compensation; and(iii) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.
(i) To or for the public;
(ii) For compensation; and
(iii) For lighting, heat, power, cooking, or any similar use.