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Arkansas
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State Planning and Incentive Structures | Energy Efficiency Actions | Energy Supply Actions
State Planning and Incentive Structures
Lead By Example—Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Details: House Bill 2445, enacted in 2005, encourages improved building practices in state facilities. The bill includes specific provisions supplemental to LEED standards for building design. State agencies conducting or funding a public building project or rehabilitation project are encouraged to use LEED rating systems whenever possible. Classified as no action because there are no energy savings goals and the building design standard language is not stringent enough to be considered a requirement.
Lead By Example—Energy Efficient Appliance and Equipment Purchase Requirements for Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Lead By Example—Clean Energy Goals for Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Lead By Example—Energy Efficiency and Alternative Fuel Goals for Public Fleets
Status: Completed
Details: The Arkansas Alternative Fuels Development Act (SB237, Act 699), signed March 30, 2007, requires that by January 1, 2009, all diesel-powered motor vehicles, light trucks, and equipment owned or leased by a state agency be operated using diesel fuel that contains a minimum of 2% biofuels by volume.
State and Regional Energy Planning
Status: No Activity Identified
Determining the Air Quality Benefits of Clean Energy—Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Set Asides (NOX Budget Trading Program)
Status: No Activity Identified
Determining the Air Quality Benefits of Clean Energy—Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Set Asides (CAIR Budget Trading Program)
Status: No Activity Identified
Energy Efficiency Actions
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Public Benefit Funds for Energy Efficiency
Status: No Activity Identified
Building Codes for Energy Efficiency—Commercial Programs
Status: Goes Beyond ECPA
Details: 2003 IECC (including ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2001), mandatory statewide; can use COMcheck-EZ to show compliance.
Building Codes for Energy Efficiency—Residential Programs
Status: Goes Beyond ECPA
Details: Arkansas Energy Code 2003 IECC with state-specific amendments, mandatory statewide; can use REScheck to show compliance. Amendments eliminate the 0.40 Solar Heat Gain Coefficient requirement in climate zones under 3500 heating degree days and changes the R-values for minimum duct insulation.
- http://www.bcap-energy.org/node/5
- http://www.energycodes.gov/implement/state_codes/state_status.php?state_AB=AR
State Appliance Efficiency Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Energy Supply Actions
Renewable Portfolio Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Public Benefit Funds for Clean Energy Supply
Status: No Activity Identified
Output-Based Environmental Regulations
Status: Completed
Details: Arkansas will allocate allowances to existing units on an output basis as a part of CAIR.
Interconnection Standards—Clean Distributed Generation
Status: No Activity Identified
Details: Considered no activity because it only applies to net metering. Section 3 (Interconnection of Net Metering Facilities to Existing Electric Power Systems) of the Arkansas Public Service Commission's net metering rules (adopted in 2002) addresses interconnection requirements for small systems (<100 kW).
Interconnection Standards—Net Metering
Status: Completed
Details: On December 19, 2007, the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) issued Order #12, in Docket 06-105-U to implement the provisions of Act 1026 / HB 2334, passed April 4, 2007. HB 2334 expands the state's existing net metering policy in three ways. The law expands the maximum capacity of a commercial net metered system from 100 kW to 300 kW, and extends the availability of net metering to all other nonresidential customers with systems up to 300 kW in capacity. The limit on residential net metered systems remains 25 kW. The law also allows net metered customers to carry over any net excess generation to the following monthly bill at the utility's retail rate until the end of an annual billing cycle when it is granted to the utility. The law specified that net metered customers own the RECs associated with their generation. On July 26, 2002, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved net metering rules, pursuant to HB 2325 (signed April 13, 2001). There is a system limit of 25 kW for residential and 100 kW for commercial systems. The rules cover solar, wind, biomass, hydro, geothermal, fuel cells, and microturbines.