Electric cooperative corporations generating, manufacturing, purchasing, acquiring, transmitting, distributing, selling, furnishing, and disposing of electric power and energy in this state pursuant to the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, § 23-18-301 et seq., shall be subject to the general jurisdiction of the Arkansas Public Service Commission in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law for the regulation, supervision, or control of public utilities except as provided in this subchapter.
Ark. Code § 23-18-201