§3.3. Public power authority; commercially sensitive information
A. Nothing in this Chapter shall require the disclosure of commercially sensitive
information in the custody or control of a public power authority.
B. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(1) "Commercially sensitive information" means information regarding a utility
matter that is directly related to the public power authority's competitive activity which
would, if disclosed, give an advantage to competitors or prospective competitors and
includes the following:
(a) Portfolio and generation unit specific fixed, variable, and related costs.
(b) Fuel and purchased power costs and costs of related activities.
(c) Risk management information and strategies.
(d) Power pricing information, system load characteristics, marketing analyses and
strategies, and customer billing, contract, and usage information.
(2)(a) "Public power authority" means a political subdivision of the state created by
the governing authority of a municipality pursuant to R.S. 33:4172 for the purpose of the
construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or management of a public power project
or improvement.
(b) "Public power authority" also means a utility division for the city of Alexandria.
However, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall have access to commercially
sensitive information in the custody and control of the utility division.
C. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to general
information relating to the identity of the parties to any agreement or contract with a public
power authority, and such information shall be subject to inspection, examination, copying,
and reproduction.
D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed in a manner as to prevent the
inspection, examination, copying, or reproduction of any record or part of a record that does
not contain commercially sensitive information.
Acts 2014, No. 269, §1, eff. May 28, 2014; Acts 2025, No. 31, §1.