ARIZONA STATE SENATE
study committee;
Arizona energy assurance
Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Arizona Energy Assurance.
Laws 1998, Chapter 209 established the Joint Legislative Study Committee on Electric Deregulation Issues to study issues involving electric deregulation including deregulation of billing and metering services and taxation of these services, taxation issues associated with electric competition, regulation of public power entities outside their service territory, constitutional issues relating to facilitating electric competition, independent system operators, buy-through, load profiling, provider of last resort after competition is phased in, stranded cost recovery, low income services, consumer education and protection, system priority of electric service providers, transmission system capacity and capability, public power entities compliance with the code of conduct and affiliate issues between competitive and noncompetitive service electricity providers, system reliability and anti-trust issues. The Joint Legislative Study Committee on Electric Deregulation Issues is scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2002.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, several states have introduced, or are currently considering, legislation to respond to a possible energy crisis. States such as Iowa, Missouri, Wyoming, Utah and Alaska have created task forces to address energy planning issues. H.B. 2186 establishes a Joint Legislative Study Committee on Arizona Energy Assurance to study issues involving fuels availability and usage, demand side management, market monitoring, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission jurisdiction in a deregulated environment, aggregation of retail customers, availability of energy in rural areas and transmission system capacity and capability.
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state general fund associated with this legislation.
1. Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee (Committee) on Arizona Energy Assurance to study the following:
a) fuels availability and usage.
b) demand side management.
c) market monitoring.
a) federal energy regulatory commission jurisdiction in a deregulated environment.
b) aggregation of retail customers.
c) availability of energy in rural areas.
d) transmission system capacity and capability.
2. Prescribes the membership of the Committee.
3. Requires the Committee to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by December 15, 2001.
4. Repeals the Committee on December 31, 2001.
5. Provides for a general effective date.
3rd Read 3/19/01 44-11-5-0
Prepared by Senate Staff
March 23, 2001