A. If a utility develops and delivers a facility plan to a municipality or a county, the municipality or county, with respect to the facilities located in its corporate limits or planning area, shall include the location and nature of the planned facilities in the municipality general plan under Section 9-461.05 or the county comprehensive plan under section 11-804.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 40-360.53

  • Facilities: means corridors used by a utility to provide service to customers including poles, towers, transformers and lines for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages of one hundred fifteen thousand volts or more, natural gas pipelines of twenty-four or more inches in diameter and substations, regulator stations, measurement stations and compressor stations. See Arizona Laws 40-360.51
  • Facility plan: means a plan for the future location of facilities developed by a utility. See Arizona Laws 40-360.51
  • Municipality: means a city or town chartered or incorporated under the laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 40-360.51
  • Planning area: means outside the extraterritorial jurisdiction limits of a municipality described in Section 9-461. See Arizona Laws 40-360.51
  • Utility: means any retail provider of electric or natural gas services. See Arizona Laws 40-360.51

B. The utility shall update each facility plan provided to a municipality or a county at least every two years.