(a) (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission is vested with the sole and exclusive jurisdiction and authority to determine the rates to be charged for each kind of product or service to be furnished or rendered by electric, gas, telephone, or sewer public utilities in Arkansas. (2) Cities and towns in this state shall have […]
(a) It shall be unlawful for any public utility furnishing water, gas, or electricity to the general public in the State of Arkansas to bill or render statements to its customers, patrons, or consumers except in accordance with rate schedules duly filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission in the manner provided by law. (b) […]
(a) (1) All water, gas, or electric companies shall base their charges for their commodities upon the reading of the meters and shall charge for the commodities as per printed tables supplied to patrons. (2) The bills or statements rendered to patrons shall show the number of units charged for. (b) (1) Upon a finding […]
(a) It shall be unlawful for any public utility furnishing water, gas, or electricity to the general public to make a charge for disconnecting service. (b) Any public utility described in subsection (a) of this section which makes a charge for disconnecting service in violation of this section shall be fined in any sum not […]
(a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission is hereby empowered, following notice and hearing, to order any public utility subject to its jurisdiction to make refunds. The refunds shall be made in the manner and to the extent determined just and reasonable by the commission. (b) The authority of the commission to make refunds shall include, […]
(a) Whenever any person, company, or corporation furnishing patrons or consumers with power, gas, water, electricity, or telephone service shall require a deposit from the consumer before the utility will be supplied to him or her or before a meter will be installed by the person, company, or corporation, then, in every case, the person […]
(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Advertising” means the commercial use by a utility of any medium including newspaper, bill enclosures, radio, and television in order to transmit a message to a substantial number of members of the public or to the utility’s consumers; (2) “Informational advertising” means any […]
The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have jurisdiction to set rates to be paid by military installations for water and sewer services provided by a municipality located in a county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) persons if the governing body of the municipality petitions the commission to exercise this jurisdiction.
(a) (1) As used in this section, “transition costs” means those costs, investments, or unfunded mandates, either recurring or nonrecurring, incurred by an electric utility after July 30, 1999, that are found to have been necessary to carry out the electric utility’s responsibilities associated with efforts to implement retail open access or were mandated by […]
