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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Competitive Energy Solutions for NC."
description: "Competitive Energy Solutions for NC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "North Carolina HB 589 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ARMED FORCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "DEFINITIONS", "DEQ", "EDUCATION", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FUELS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INDUSTRIAL LOCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MILITARY BASES", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "MORATORIUMS", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "ENERGY POLICY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Szoka"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-05"
last_action: "2017-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b97497-2bd4-4a2c-acfd-e3e67c580dc6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H589&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f220c4776d7002703eedfdd8dcd63c91c5cebf5e374573e87d111bb39460d1d6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---
# North Carolina HB 589 (2017) — Competitive Energy Solutions for NC.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATS-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4549/0/H589-ATS-8-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2017-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v6.pdf)
## Votes
- For Adoption Conference Report — **364** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **6641** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Arp — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-192 `became-law`
- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-23** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-06-08** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-07** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2017
- **2017-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0b97497-2bd4-4a2c-acfd-e3e67c580dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).