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AK Stat § 42.06.445 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.06.445. Public records.

(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, or prohibited from disclosure under state or federal law, records in the possession of the commission are open to public inspection at reasonable times. (b) The commission may, by regulation, classify records submitted to it by regulated pipeline carriers or pipelines as privileged records that are not open to the public for inspection. However, if a record involves an application or tariff filing pending before the commission, the commission may release the record for the purpose of preparing for or making a presentation to the commission in the proceeding if the record or information derived from the record is considered by the commission to be relevant to an issue in the proceeding, and if the record or information will be used by the commission in the proceeding. A record or information that the commission releases under this subsection may be released only after giving to the party that filed the record or information reasonable notice of its intention to release the record or information and opportunity to object to that release. (c) A document filed with the commission that relates to the finances or operations of a pipeline subject to federal jurisdiction and that is in addition to or other than the copy of a document required to be filed with the appropriate federal agency is open to inspection only by an appropriate officer or official of the state for relevant purposes of the state. (d) A person may make written objection to the public disclosure of information contained in a record filed under the provisions of this chapter or of information obtained by the commission or by the attorney general under the provisions of this chapter, stating the grounds for the objection. When an objection is made, the commission shall order the information withheld from public disclosure if the information adversely affects the interest of the person making written objection and disclosure is not required in the interest of the public. (e) A commissioner may certify as to all official records of the commission under this section and may certify as to all official acts of the commission under this chapter. (f) In this section, “record” means a report, file, book, account, paper, or application, and the facts and information contained in it.
AK Stat § 42.06.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.06.450. Investigations.

The commission may investigate any matter that affects the cost or quality of transportation of oil or gas in this state by pipeline carriers or affiliated interests or of related services and may ensure compliance by pipeline carriers and their affiliated interests with the provisions of this chapter. Investigations may be public, nonpublic, or both. In conducting investigations, the commission may compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records and testimony before the commission or its designee. In the course of an investigation, the commission may exclude from attendance at the taking of investigative testimony all persons except the person compelled to attend, that person's attorney, members of the commission or the commission's staff, and a person authorized to transcribe the proceedings. Following an investigation and after providing reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, the commission may institute proceedings to determine whether unreasonable practices have occurred, whether expenditures have been imprudently incurred, the costs of those practices or expenditures, and whether a pipeline carrier and its affiliated interests are in compliance with this chapter. Following such a determination, the commission shall take appropriate action to ensure that neither the direct nor indirect costs of any unreasonable practices or imprudent expenditures are included in any tariff or rate of a pipeline carrier or are borne by the public or the state.
AK Stat § 42.06.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.06.460. Designation of service agents.

Each pipeline carrier shall file with the commission a written appointment of a named permanent resident, which may be a corporation, of this state as its registered agent in this state upon whom service of all notices, regulations, and requests of the commission may be made. The appointment shall specify an address in this state of the appointed agent, which address may be changed from time to time by filing a new Alaska address with the commission. If a pipeline carrier fails to appoint an agent, service of notices, regulations, and requests may be made by posting a copy in the main office of the commission and filing a copy in the office of the lieutenant governor.
AK Stat § 42.06.470 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.470. Effect of regulations.

Regulations adopted by the commission under this chapter have the effect of law.
AK Stat § 42.06.480 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.480. Review and enforcement.

(a) All final orders of the commission are subject to judicial review under AS 44.62.560 - 44.62.570. (b) If an appeal is not taken from a final order of the commission within 10 calendar days, the commission may apply to the superior court for enforcement of this chapter, the regulations adopted under it, and the orders of the commission. The court shall enforce the order by injunction or other process.
AK Stat § 42.06.530 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.530. Injunctions and monetary sanctions.

(a) The full amount of damages determined by a civil action may be compromised by the commission. In determining the amount of the damages, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered. The amount of the damages, when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the state to the person charged or may be recovered in a civil action in the state courts. (b) A person may be enjoined by the superior court from committing a violation mentioned in this section.
AK Stat § 42.06.540 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.540. Civil penalties.

(a) In addition to all other penalties and remedies provided by law, a person subject to the provisions of this chapter, as well as an officer, manager, agent, or employee of that person, that either violates or procures, aids, or abets the violation of any provision of this chapter, or of an order, regulation, or written requirement of the commission is subject to a maximum penalty of $500 for each violation. (b) A penalty may not be assessed unless the commission first issues an order to show cause why the penalty should not be levied. The order shall describe the violation with reasonable particularity and designate the maximum penalty that may be assessed for the violation. The order shall be served on the alleged violator named in the order. The order shall state a time and place for the hearing. (c) After a hearing the commission shall enter its findings of fact and final order which shall state when the penalties, if any, are payable.
AK Stat § 42.06.550 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.550. Each violation a separate offense.

Each violation of a provision of this chapter or of an order, decision, regulation, or written requirement of the commission is a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continuing violation each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
AK Stat § 42.06.560 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.560. Actions to recover damages and penalties; disposition.

(a) Actions to recover damages and penalties under this chapter shall be brought by the attorney general in a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) All damages and penalties recovered under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the commission and deposited by it in the general fund of the state.
AK Stat § 42.06.570 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.570. Penalties cumulative.

(a) All penalties imposed under this chapter are cumulative. (b) An action to recover a civil penalty is not a bar to an enforcement proceeding to require compliance, or to any other remedy provided by this chapter.
AK Stat § 42.06.580 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.580. Joinder of actions.

Under the applicable court rules, appeals from orders of the commission, applications for enforcement of commission orders and actions for recovery of damages or penalties may be joined. The court may in the interests of justice separate the actions.
AK Stat § 42.06.590 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 6. Enforcement Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.590. Private cause of action.

(a) A person subjected to an unlawful rate, price, service, or practice, in violation of this chapter, may sue in a state court of appropriate jurisdiction for damages resulting from the unlawful rate, price, service, or practice. (b) If the violation described in (a) of this section resulted in the overcharge of rate or price, the person paying the unlawful rate or price is entitled to recover as damages at least double the amount of the overcharge. (c) A person recovering damages under this section is entitled to a reasonable attorney fee, fixed by the court, to be taxed and collected as costs of the suit.
AK Stat § 42.06.601 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.601. Exemption.

An in-state natural gas pipeline subject to AS 42.08 and an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier subject to AS 42.08 are exempt from this chapter.
AK Stat § 42.06.605 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.605. Restrictions on commissioners and employees.

A member or employee of the commission may not have an official connection with, or hold stock or securities in, or have a pecuniary interest in, a corporation, company, or association engaged in the production or the transportation of oil or gas. A member or employee may not act upon a matter in which the relationship of the member or employee with any person creates a conflict of interest.
AK Stat § 42.06.607 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.607. Application fees.

The commission may establish reasonable fees to cover the costs of initial processing of applications for certificates or amendments to certificates.
AK Stat § 42.06.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.610. Expenses of investigation or hearing.

(a) During a proceeding held under this chapter, the commission may allocate the cost of the proceeding among the parties, including the commission, as is just under the circumstances. In allocating costs, the commission shall consider the regulatory cost charge paid directly or indirectly under AS 42.06.286. The costs allocated may include the costs of any time devoted to investigations or hearings by hired consultants, whether or not the consultants appear as witnesses or participants. The commission shall provide an opportunity for any person objecting to an allocation to be heard before the allocation becomes final. (b) After completion of a proceeding held under this chapter, the commission may reallocate the cost of the proceeding among the parties, including the commission, as is just under the circumstances. The costs which are reallocated may include the costs of time devoted to investigations or hearings by hired consultants, whether or not the consultants appear as witnesses or participants. The commission shall provide an opportunity for any person objecting to a reallocation to be heard before the reallocation becomes final. (c) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]  (d) Notwithstanding the commission's discretion under (a) and (b) of this section to allocate costs to parties, the commission may not require a state agency to pay any costs allocated to the state agency.
AK Stat § 42.06.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.620. Classification.

The commission may by regulation provide for the classification of oil or gas pipeline facilities based upon differences in annual revenue, assets, nature of ownership, and other appropriate distinctions and as between these classifications, by regulation, provide for different reporting, accounting, and other regulatory requirements.
AK Stat § 42.06.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 06. Pipeline Act|Article 7. General Provisions.|Sec. 42.06.640. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Pipeline Act.
AK Stat § 42.08.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 1. Application of Chapter; Qualifications.|Sec. 42.08.010. Application of chapter.

(a) This chapter applies to the regulation of in-state natural gas pipelines that provide transportation by contract carriage. (b) An in-state natural gas pipeline subject exclusively to federal jurisdiction is exempt from this chapter.
AK Stat § 42.08.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 1. Application of Chapter; Qualifications.|Sec. 42.08.020. Qualification of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; findings.

(a) The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is financially fit, willing, and able to take the actions, perform the service, and conform to the requirements of this chapter. (b) The board of directors and the officers of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation are managerially fit, willing, and able to manage the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and to take the actions, perform the service, and conform to the requirements of this chapter. (c) The proposed service, construction, and operation of an in-state natural gas pipeline for which the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation applies for a certificate under this chapter is required by present and future public convenience and necessity. (d) The findings that the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is financially fit in (a) of this section and managerially fit in (b) of this section and that an in-state natural gas pipeline is required by present or future public convenience and necessity in (c) of this section are conclusive and binding on the commission. (e) The commission shall determine whether a person making application under this chapter is technically fit, willing, and able to take the actions, perform the service, and conform to the requirements in this chapter.
AK Stat § 42.08.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 2. Powers and Duties of Regulatory Commission of Alaska.|Sec. 42.08.230. Commission decision-making procedures.

The commission shall comply with AS 42.04.080(a) and expeditiously adjudicate all matters that come before the commission.
AK Stat § 42.08.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 2. Powers and Duties of Regulatory Commission of Alaska.|Sec. 42.08.240. Publication of reports, orders, decisions, and regulations.

All reports, orders, decisions, and regulations of the commission shall be in writing. The commission shall notify all affected operators of in-state natural gas pipeline facilities and interested parties of reports, orders, decisions, and regulations as they are issued and adopted and, when appropriate, publish them in a manner that will reasonably inform the public or the affected consumers of the services of an in-state natural gas pipeline facility. The commission may set charges for costs of printing or reproducing and furnishing copies of reports, orders, decisions, and regulations. The publication requirement, as it pertains to regulations, does not supersede the requirements of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 42.08.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 2. Powers and Duties of Regulatory Commission of Alaska.|Sec. 42.08.250. Application of Administrative Procedure Act.

(a) The administrative adjudication procedures of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) do not apply to adjudicatory proceedings of the commission under this chapter, except that final administrative determinations by the commission are subject to judicial review under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) as provided in AS 42.08.530. (b) AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations adopted by the commission.
AK Stat § 42.08.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 2. Powers and Duties of Regulatory Commission of Alaska.|Sec. 42.08.260. Annual report.

The commission shall include in its annual reports under AS 42.05.211 and AS 42.06.220 a review of its activities under this chapter during the previous fiscal year. The report must address the regulation of in-state natural gas pipeline facilities in the state as of June 30 of each year and must contain details about the commission's compliance with the performance measures in this chapter.
AK Stat § 42.08.310 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 3. Contract Review; Contract Carriage Certificate; Open Seasons.|Sec. 42.08.310. Transportation service.

(a) Firm transportation service shall be made available only through a presubscription agreement, a recourse tariff, or an open season conducted in accordance with AS 42.08.300. (b) The pipeline carrier shall offer a recourse tariff for firm transportation service. The rates included in the recourse tariff shall be determined on a cost-of-service basis and may be levelized over the depreciable life of the pipeline. The recourse tariff may not preclude the pipeline carrier from collecting rolled-in rates so long as the resulting rate for prior shippers does not exceed the initial maximum rate allowable under agreements for capacity. (c) An in-state natural gas pipeline carrier may contract to provide firm transportation service for rates and containing provisions different than those in the recourse tariff. For purposes of this subsection, “provisions” are limited to those terms and conditions that directly relate to the rate and do not include the general operating terms and conditions of the recourse tariff. (d) An in-state natural gas pipeline carrier shall provide interruptible transportation service through capacity not used for firm transportation service. An in-state natural gas pipeline carrier shall establish means for routinely advising potential shippers of the availability of interruptible transportation service and of uncommitted firm transportation capacity.
AK Stat § 42.08.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 3. Contract Review; Contract Carriage Certificate; Open Seasons.|Sec. 42.08.340. Filing requirements; recourse tariffs.

(a) An in-state natural gas pipeline carrier shall file with the commission a complete recourse tariff containing rates, rules, regulations, terms, and conditions pertaining to service provided under the certificate and copies of all contracts with shippers that in any way affect or relate to the carrier's rates, tariffs, charges, classifications, rules, regulations, terms, and conditions to service provided under the certificate. (b) The terms and conditions under which an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier offers its services and facilities to the public shall be governed strictly by the provisions of its currently effective recourse tariff as supplemented and modified by contracts that have been approved by the commission. A legally filed and effective recourse tariff rate, charge, rule, regulation, or condition of service may not be changed except as provided in this chapter. The in-state natural gas pipeline carrier shall maintain copies of its recourse tariff on file at its principal business office and at places designated by the commission and make the copies available to and subject to inspection by the general public on demand. (c) A change in a recourse tariff rate, charge, rule, regulation, or condition of service is not effective until filed under (a) of this section. If more than one recourse tariff rate or charge may reasonably be applied for billing purposes, the recourse tariff rate or charge most advantageous to the shipper shall be used. (d) The commission may reject the filing of all or part of a recourse tariff that is not consistent with this chapter. A recourse tariff rate or provision so rejected is void. (e) Initial and revised recourse tariffs shall be filed in the manner provided in AS 42.08.350.
AK Stat § 42.08.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 08. In-State Pipeline Contract Carrier|Article 3. Contract Review; Contract Carriage Certificate; Open Seasons.|Sec. 42.08.370. Expansion; dispute resolution.

(a) A contract entered into by an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier may provide for expansion unless the expansion would cause the pipeline to be a competing natural gas pipeline project for purposes of AS 43.90. (b) The recourse tariff or a contract filed by an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier may include a dispute resolution procedure. A dispute resolution procedure shall (1) provide that notice of a dispute be given to all shippers; (2) culminate in a process that is determined by an independent third party or panel; and (3) permit the participation of existing shippers and creditworthy potential shippers that have previously made good-faith requests for firm transportation service; a participant must satisfy the commission's standard for intervention in an adjudicatory proceeding and demonstrate that the participant has a property, financial, or other significant interest in the dispute.