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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
Senate: NR DP 5-3-0-0 | 3rd read 17-12-1-0-0
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SB1309: public utilities; electric grid improvements
Sponsor: Senator Carroll, LD 28
Vetoed by the Governor
Overview
Outlines requirements the Arizona Corporation Commission (Commission) must follow regarding changes to maintain or improve an electric power grid.
History
The Commission is a statewide agency and public utility commission that is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable and affordable utility services. The Commission has five elected committee members who oversee executive, legislative and judicial proceedings on behalf of Arizona's residents in regard to utilities and regulation of securities (ACC).
The electrical grid is responsible for the nation's energy economy, it is composed of interconnected power lines and substations that transmit electricity from power plants to consumers. The Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) works through the Department of Energy to modernize the electrical grid to measure, analyze and protect electrical grids (DOE).
Electric grids undergo modernization improvements for multiple reasons:
1) wildfire prevention by wildfire and wildfires caused by aging infrastructure;
2) improvements allow consumers to keep power on locally even when outages are being experienced;
3) lower energy bills and clean energy;
4) focuses on infrastructure upgrades including locally focused economic development (DOE).
1. Requires the Commission, during the integrated resource planning process, to mandate a public service corporation ensure that any changes to an electric power grid must be capable of producing enough electricity to provide safe, adequate and reliable service throughout the year. (Sec.1)
2. Mandates that upon retirement of an electric generation plant, the Commission will require a replacement electric generation plant that is able to provide an equal or more reliable electric generation that ensures safe and adequate service. (Sec.1)
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