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portable solar power devices; requirements
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HB 2843
Introduced by
Representatives
Contreras P: Aguilar, Cavero, Connolly, Crews, Garcia, Hernandez C, Liguori,
Sandoval, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Villegas;� Senator Sundareshan
AN
ACT
amending title 30, Arizona Revised
Statutes, by adding chapter 9; amending title 40, chapter 2, article 1, arizona
revised statutes; by adding SECTION 40-207; amending section 44-1761,
Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 44, chapter 11, article 11, arizona
revised statutes, by adding section 44-1765; relating to solar power.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 30, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding chapter 9, to read:
CHAPTER 9
SOLAR ENERGY
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
START_STATUTE
30-1101.
Portable solar generation devices; requirements; liability;
definition
A. A public power entity may not
require a customer that uses a portable solar generation device to:
1. Obtain approval before installing
or using the portable solar generation device.
2. Pay a fee or charge.
3. Install additional controls or
equipment beyond what is integrated into the system.
B. A portable solar generation device
that is offered for sale and sold in this state shall:
1. Be listed and labeled in
accordance with a national safety standard that is approved by the corporation
commission.
2. Include integrated means that stop
energizing the building circuit on loss of utility power and that are
consistent with the institute of electrical and electronics engineers
standards.
3. Comply with the manufacturer's
installation instructions and the national electrical code provisions that
apply to cord-and-plug connected equipment.
C. A public power entity is not
liable for damages in any civil action for any injury or death due to a
customer's operation of a portable solar generation device if an electric
utility disconnects power.
D. Notwithstanding sections 9-801,
9-802, 9-803 and 11-861, a city, town or county may not
require a permit, an inspection or any additional local approval for a portable
solar generation device or prohibit or restrict the use of a portable solar
generation device that complies with subsection B of this section.
E. For the purposes of this section,
"Portable solar generation device":
1. Means a moveable photovoltaic
generation device that:
(
a
) Has a
maximum power output of not more than 1,200 watts.
(
b
) Is designed
to be connected to a building's electrical system through a STANDARD 120 volt
alternating current outlet.
(
c
) Is intended
primarily to offset part of the customer's electricity consumption.
(
d
) Meets the
standards of the most recent version of the national electrical code.
(
e
) Is
certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
2. Does not include a generating
facility, distributed generation facility or net metering facility.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Title 40, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 40-207, to read:
START_STATUTE
40-207.
Portable solar generation devices; requirements; liability;
definition
A. A public service corporation may
not require a customer that uses a portable solar generation device to:
1. Obtain approval before installing
or using the portable solar generation device.
2. Pay a fee or charge.
3. Install any additional controls or
equipment beyond what is integrated into the system.
B. A portable solar generation device
that is offered for sale and sold in this state shall:
1. Be listed and labeled in
accordance with a national safety standard that is approved by the corporation
commission.
2. Include integrated means that stop
energizing the building circuit on loss of utility power and that are
consistent with the institute of electrical and electronics engineers
standards.
3. Comply with the manufacturer's
installation instructions and the national electrical code provisions that
apply to cord-and-plug connected equipment.
C. A public service corporation is
not liable for damages in any civil action for any injury or death due to a
customer's operation of a portable solar generation device if an electric
utility disconnects power.
D. Notwithstanding sections 9-801,
9-802, 9-803 and 11-861, a city, town or county may not
require a permit, an inspection or any additional local approval for a portable
solar generation device or prohibit or restrict the use of a portable solar
generation device that complies with subsection B of this section.
E. For the purposes of this section,
"Portable solar generation device":
1. Means a moveable photovoltaic
generation device that:
(
a
) Has a
maximum power output of not more than one thousand two hundred watts.
(
b
) Is designed
to be connected to a building's electrical system through a STANDARD one
hundred twenty volt alternating current outlet.
(
c
) Is intended
primarily to offset part of the customer's electricity consumption.
(
d
) Meets the
standards of the most recent version of the national electrical code.
(
e
) Is
certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
2. Does not include a generating
facility, distributed generation facility or net metering facility.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 3. Section 44-1761, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
44-1761.
Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Collector" means a component of a
solar energy device that is used to absorb solar radiation, convert it to heat
or electricity and transfer the heat to a heat transfer fluid or to storage.
2. "Distributed energy generation system":
(a) Means a device or system that is used to
generate or store electricity, that has an electric delivery capacity, singly
or in connection with other similar devices or systems, greater than one
kilowatt or one kilowatt-hour, and that is primarily for on-site energy
consumption.
(b) Does not include
either:
(
i
)
An
electric generator that is intended for occasional use.
(
ii
) A portable
solar generation device as defined in sections 30-1101 and 40-207.
3. "Energize" or "energized"
means that the distributed energy generation system is installed and
operational for its intended purposes of generating or storing electricity.
4. "Heat exchanger" means a component of a
solar energy device that is used to transfer heat from one fluid to another.
5. "Interconnected" or
"interconnection" means a distributed energy generation system that
is connected to the power grid and that is able to transfer electricity to the
power grid.
6. "Seller or marketer" means an
individual or a company acting through its officers, employees or agents that
markets, sells or solicits the sale, financing or lease of distributed energy
generation systems or negotiates or enters into agreements for the sale,
financing or lease of distributed energy generation systems.
7. "Solar daylighting" means a device that
is specifically designed to capture and redirect the visible portion of the
solar beam spectrum, while controlling the infrared portion, for use in
illuminating interior building spaces in lieu of artificial lighting.
8. "Solar energy device":
(a) Means a system or series of mechanisms that is
designed primarily to provide heating, to provide cooling, to produce
electrical power, to produce mechanical power, to provide solar daylighting or
to provide any combination of the foregoing by means of collecting and
transferring solar generated energy into such uses either by active or passive
means. Such systems may also have the capability of storing such
energy for future utilization. Passive systems shall clearly be
designed as a solar energy device such as a trombe wall and not merely a part
of a normal structure such as a window.
(b) Includes a distributed energy generation system.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 4. Title 44, chapter 11, article 11,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 44-1765, to read:
START_STATUTE
44-1765.
Portable solar generation device
A portable solar generation device as defined in
sections 30-1101 and 40-207 shall include a device or feature that prevents the
system from energizing the building's electrical system during a power outage.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 5.
Corporation
commission; rules
Within one year after the effective
date of this act, the corporation commission shall adopt rules that comply with
title 30, chapter 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, and
section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.