SB52 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Electric utilities, transmission facilities, existing suppliers authorized to construct add'l facilities connecting with other electric suppliers, appeals of disputes, Energy Security Act of 2015, Sec. 37-4-150 added

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, an electric supplier is required to serve its customers and expand its electric system as necessary to fulfill that duty</p><p class="bill_description"> Recently established federal regulations may prevent an electric supplier from constructing and maintaining the new electric transmission facilities that it needs to expand its system</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would specify that an electric supplier would have the right to construct and maintain transmission facilities necessary to expand its system. The bill would provide for the appeal of disputes to circuit court</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to incumbent electric suppliers; to add Article 7 to Chapter 4 of Title 37, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish that incumbent electric suppliers have the right to construct, own, operate, and maintain new electric transmission facilities and upgrades for their own electric systems; to provide for two or more electric suppliers to address the circumstance where a new transmission facility would connect to each of their electric systems; and to provide for appeals of disputes to the circuit court and for the venue of appeals. </p>

Subjects

Utilities