Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3043

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

            A. No local governing authority shall adopt an ordinance, rule, or law that limits consumer access to an energy type or that results in the prohibition of a wholesaler, retailer, energy producer, or the related infrastructure necessary to provide consumer access to a specific energy type within the jurisdiction of the local governing authority.

            B. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to restrict, impair, or diminish the regulatory authority of the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority, a municipally owned electric system, the Louisiana Public Service Commission in accordance with La. Const. Art. IV, § 21 , or any governing authority of a political subdivision that regulates a public utility in accordance with La. Const. Art. IV, § 21 .

            Acts 2022, No. 546, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.