Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1238

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission or, solely with respect to an electric utility furnishing electric service within the city of New Orleans, the council of the city of New Orleans. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1227
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Financing order: means an order of the commission, if granted by the commission in its sole discretion, which allows for:

    (a)  The issuance of storm recovery bonds. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1227

  • Storm: means a named tropical storm or hurricane, ice or snow storm, flood, or other significant weather or natural disaster that occurred during calendar year 2005 or that occurs thereafter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1227
  • Storm recovery property: means the contract right constituting incorporeal movable property newly created pursuant to this Part which may consist of any of the following:

    (a)  All rights and interests of an electric utility or successor or assignee of the electric utility under a financing order, including the right to impose, bill, charge, collect, and receive storm recovery charges authorized in the financing order and to obtain periodic adjustments to such charges as may be provided in the financing order. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1227

            A. Notwithstanding the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 45:1228(C)(3), in a financing order issued to an electric utility by the commission to create storm recovery property, the financing order may provide that such storm recovery property shall be sold, assigned, or transferred by the electric utility to the corporation.

            B. When an electric utility petitions the commission for a financing order pursuant to this Section, the corporation shall be a party to the commission’s proceedings along with the pertinent utility.

            Acts 2021, No. 293, §2, eff. June 14, 2021.