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1-House Engrossed Senate Bill public utilities; electric grid improvements State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1309 AN ACT amending title 40, chapter 2, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 40-207; relating to public service corporations. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
1+Senate Engrossed public utilities; electric grid improvements State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1309 AN ACT amending title 40, chapter 2, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 40-207; relating to public service corporations. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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69- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 40, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 40-207, to read: START_STATUTE40-207. Electric generation plant; modifications A. During the integrated resource planning process, The commission shall require a public service corporation to ensure that any changes to maintain or improve an electric power grid Are capable of producing enough electricity to provide safe, adequate and reliable service THROUGHOUT the year. B. On the retirement of an electric generation plant, the commission shall ensure that a replacement electric generation plant is capable of providing an equal or more reliable electric generation that ensures safe and adequate service. END_STATUTE
67+ Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 40, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 40-207, to read: START_STATUTE40-207. Electric generation plant; modifications; definitions A. The commission shall ensure that any changes to maintain or improve an electric power grid: 1. Are capable of producing enough electricity to meet the demand for electric service in the summer and winter months. 2. Contain a generation resource mix that avoids both: (a) Nonmomentary electric service interruptions that are unrelated to severe weather conditions. (b) power quality incidents. B. On the retirement of an electric generation plant, the commission shall ensure that a replacement electric generation plant is capable of providing equally dispatchable load following generation. C. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Dispatchable load following generation" means a power source that quickly adjusts to fluctuations in the demand for electricity. 2. "Generation resource mix" means the combination of different energy sources that are used to produce electricity in a specific region and the relative contributions of each source, including coal, natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear power. END_STATUTE
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91+2. "Generation resource mix" means the combination of different energy sources that are used to produce electricity in a specific region and the relative contributions of each source, including coal, natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear power. END_STATUTE