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AK Stat § 42.05.421 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 4. Rates and Rate Schedules.|Sec. 42.05.421. Suspension of tariff filing.

(a) When a tariff filing is made containing a new or revised rate, classification, rule, regulation, practice, or condition of service the commission may, either upon written complaint or upon its own motion, after reasonable notice, conduct a hearing to determine the reasonableness and propriety of the filing. Pending the hearing the commission may, by order stating the reasons for its action, suspend the operation of the tariff filing. For a tariff filing that does not change the utility's revenue requirement or rate design, the suspension may last for a period not longer than six months beyond the effective date established in the tariff filing unless the commission extends the period for good cause. For a tariff filing that changes the utility's revenue requirement or rate design, the suspension may last, unless the commission extends the period for good cause, for a period not longer than (1) six months before an interim rate equal to the requested rate goes into effect and not longer than 12 months before a permanent rate goes into effect if the annual gross revenues of the utility making the filing are more than $3,000,000; and (2) 150 days before an interim rate equal to the requested new rate goes into effect and not longer than one year before a permanent rate goes into effect if the annual gross revenues of the utility making the filing are $3,000,000 or less. (b) An order suspending a tariff filing may be vacated if, after investigation, the commission finds that it is in all respects proper. Otherwise the commission shall hold a hearing on the suspended filing and issue its order, before the end of the suspension period, granting, denying or modifying the suspended tariff in whole or in part. (c) In the case of a proposed increased rate, the commission may by order require the interested public utility or utilities to place in escrow in a financial institution approved by the commission and keep accurate account of all amounts received by reason of the increase, specifying by whom and in whose behalf the amounts are paid. Upon completion of the hearing and decision the commission may by order require the public utility to refund to the persons in whose behalf the amounts were paid, that portion of the increased rates which was found to be unreasonable or unlawful. Funds may not be released from escrow without the commission's prior written consent and the escrow agent shall be so instructed by the utility, in writing, with a copy to the commission. The utility may, at its expense, substitute a bond in lieu of the escrow requirement. (d) One who initiates a change in existing tariffs shall bear the burden to prove the reasonableness of the change.
AK Stat § 42.05.433 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 4. Rates and Rate Schedules.|Sec. 42.05.433. Review of certain contracts by the commission.

(a) A precedent agreement or contract entered into by a public utility with the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation or its successors or assigns may contain a covenant for the public utility to establish, charge, and collect rates sufficient to meet its obligations under the contract. If the precedent agreement associated with the contract is approved by the commission under AS 42.08, the rate covenant in the associated contract is valid and enforceable. (b) A public utility negotiating to purchase natural gas to be shipped through an in-state natural gas pipeline regulated under AS 42.08 shall submit the contract to the commission before the contract takes effect. (c) A public utility negotiating to contract for the storage of natural gas shipped in an in-state natural gas pipeline regulated under AS 42.08 shall submit the contract to the commission before the contract takes effect. (d) The commission shall review and may conduct an investigation and hearing to determine whether a contract submitted under (b) or (c) of this section is just and reasonable. The review and determination shall be conducted as provided in AS 42.08.320(b) - (d). The commission shall either approve the contract as presented or, if the commission finds that a contract is not just and reasonable, disapprove the contract. Notwithstanding AS 42.05.175, if the commission has not acted within 180 days after the contract is submitted, the contract shall be considered approved and shall take effect immediately. The commission may, by order, extend the 180-day review period by the duration of a delay caused by a failure of the public utility to submit supplemental information that is available to the public utility. A contract that is approved or considered approved under this section is not subject to further review by the commission.
AK Stat § 42.05.441 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 4. Rates and Rate Schedules.|Sec. 42.05.441. Valuation of property of a public utility.

(a) The commission may, after providing reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard, ascertain and set the fair value of the whole or any part of the property of a public utility, insofar as it is material to the exercise of the jurisdiction of the commission. The commission may make revaluations from time to time and ascertain the fair value of all new construction, extensions, and additions to the property of a public utility. If a public utility furnishes more than one classification of utility service the utility shall allocate the investment and expenses associated with the property used and useful in furnishing service among the utility services and it may not solely consider the utility's total investment and expenses in fixing rates for a particular service. (b) In determining the value for rate-making purposes of public utility property used and useful in rendering service to the public, the commission shall be guided by acquisition cost or, if lower, the original cost of the property to the person first devoting it to public service, less accrued depreciation, plus materials and supplies and a reasonable allowance for cash working capital when required. (c) For rate-making purposes, indebtedness, debt service, and payments by a regulated public utility to a person having an ownership interest of more than 70 percent in the utility shall be considered to be ownership equity, profits, or dividends except to the extent that there is a clear and convincing showing that (1) the indebtedness was incurred, or the payments made, for goods or services that were reasonably necessary for the operation of the utility; and (2) the goods or services were provided at a cost that was competitive with the price at which they could have been obtained from a person having no ownership interest.
AK Stat § 42.05.451 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.05.451. System of accounts and reports.

(a) The commission may classify the public utilities under its jurisdiction and prescribe a uniform system of accounts for each class and the manner in which the accounts and supporting records shall be kept. (b) A public utility shall maintain its accounts on a calendar year basis unless specifically authorized by the commission to maintain its accounts on a fiscal year basis. Within 90 days after the close of its authorized annual accounting period, or additional time granted upon a showing of good cause, a public utility shall file with the commission a verified annual report of its operations during the period reported, on forms prescribed by the commission.
AK Stat § 42.05.461 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.05.461. Continuing property records.

The commission may require a public utility to establish, provide, and maintain as a part of its system of accounts, continuing property records segregated by the year of placement in service, including a list or inventory of all the units of tangible property used or useful in the public service, identifying the property by location and project. The commission may require a public utility to keep accounts and records in a manner that shows the original cost of the property when first devoted to the public service, and the current related reserve for depreciation. A public utility with annual revenues exceeding $100,000 shall keep continuing property records.
AK Stat § 42.05.471 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.05.471. Depreciation rates and accounts.

(a) To provide for the loss in service value of its property, not restored by current maintenance, a utility shall charge adequate, but not excessive, depreciation expense for each major class of utility property used and useful in serving the public. From time to time the commission shall determine the proper and adequate rates of depreciation for each major class of property of a public utility. The commission shall accept rates of depreciation and depreciation accounts prescribed and maintained under regulations of a federal agency or the terms of a bond ordinance. The commission shall determine and allow depreciation expense in fixing the rates, tolls, and charges to be paid for the services of a public utility. (b) The commission is not bound in rate proceedings to accept, as just and reasonable for rate-making purposes, estimates of annual or accrued depreciation established under the provisions of this section, or to allow annual or accrued depreciation on utility property directly or indirectly contributed by customers or others.
AK Stat § 42.05.481 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.05.481. Separate Business Accounts.

A public utility engaged, directly or indirectly, in another business, including another utility business or a subsidiary business, shall keep separate accounts relating to that business. Except as the commission provides, property, expense, or revenue used in or derived from that business may not be considered in establishing the rates and charges of the utility for its public services.
AK Stat § 42.05.491 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.05.491. Records and accounts to be kept in state.

A public utility shall keep the books, accounts, papers, and records required by the commission in an office within this state, and may not remove them from the state, except upon the terms and conditions that may be prescribed by the commission. The provisions of this section do not apply to a public utility whose accounts are kept at its principal place of business outside the state, in the manner prescribed by a federal regulatory body; however, such a public utility shall at its option, either furnish to the commission, within a reasonable time fixed by the commission, certified copies of its books, accounts, papers, and records relating to the business done by the public utility within this state, or agree to pay the actual expenses incurred by the commission in sending personnel to examine the utility's books and records at the place where they are kept.
AK Stat § 42.05.501 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.|Sec. 42.05.501. Inspection of books and records.

(a) The commission shall at all reasonable times have access to, and may designate any of its employees, agents, or consultants to inspect and examine, the accounts, records, books, maps, inventories, appraisals, valuations, or other reports and documents, kept by public utilities or their affiliated interests, or prepared or kept for them by others, that relate to any contract or transaction between them. The commission may require a public utility or its affiliated interest to file with the commission copies of any or all of these accounts, records, books, maps, inventories, appraisals, valuations, or other reports and documents. (b) When participating as a party under AS 42.04.070(c) or AS 44.23.020(e), the attorney general shall, at all reasonable times, have the right to reasonable access to, and may designate any of the attorney general's employees, agents, or consultants to inspect and examine, the accounts, records, books, maps, inventories, appraisals, valuations, or other reports and documents kept by public utilities that are relevant to the issues presented in any adjudicatory matter before the commission in which the attorney general has appeared as a party under AS 42.04.070(c) or AS 44.23.020(e). This access is subject to reasonable notice to all parties with an opportunity to object before the commission. Included under this subsection is access to records or other documents under the custody or control of an affiliated interest of a public utility that relate to any contract or transaction between the public utility and the affiliated interest.
AK Stat § 42.05.511 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 6. Financial and Management Regulation.|Sec. 42.05.511. Unreasonable management practices.

(a) The commission may investigate the management of a public utility, including staffing patterns, wage and salary scales and agreements, investment policies and practices, and purchasing and payment arrangements with affiliated interests, for the purpose of determining inefficient or unreasonable practices that adversely affect the cost or quality of service of the public utility. (b) Where unreasonable practices are found to exist, the commission may, after providing reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, take appropriate action to protect the public from the inefficient or unreasonable practices and may order the public utility to take the corrective action the commission may require to achieve effective development and regulation of public utility services. (c) In a rate proceeding, the utility involved has the burden of proving that any written or unwritten contract or arrangement it may have with any of its affiliated interests for the furnishing of any services or for the purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of any property is necessary and consistent with the public interest and that the payment made therefor, or consideration given, is reasonably based, in part, on the submission of satisfactory proof as to the cost to the affiliated interest of furnishing the service or property and, in part, on the estimated cost the utility would have incurred if it furnished the service or property with its own personnel and capital.
AK Stat § 42.05.521 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 6. Financial and Management Regulation.|Sec. 42.05.521. Impaired capital.

When the commission finds that the capital of a public utility corporation is impaired, or might become impaired, it may, after investigation and hearing, issue an order directing the public utility to cease paying dividends on its common stock until the impairment has been removed.
AK Stat § 42.05.531 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 6. Financial and Management Regulation.|Sec. 42.05.531. Distribution of surplus and profits.

The surplus and profits of a public utility shall be distributed in accordance with the bylaws or ordinances controlling the utility.
AK Stat § 42.05.541 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.541. Effect of regulations.

Regulations adopted and issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter have the effect of law.
AK Stat § 42.05.551 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.551. Review and enforcement.

(a) All final orders of the commission are subject to judicial review in accordance with AS 44.62.560 - 44.62.570. (b) If an appeal is not taken from a final order of the commission, 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 § 42.05.561 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.561. Injunctions and monetary sanctions.

(a) A person who violates a provision of AS 42.05.291 insofar as it governs the safety of pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas, or of any regulation issued under AS 42.05.291 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation for each day that the violation persists. However, the maximum civil penalty may not exceed $200,000 for any related series of violations. (b) A civil penalty may be compromised by the commission. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, 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 penalty, 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. (c) A person may be enjoined by the superior court from committing any violation mentioned in this section.
AK Stat § 42.05.571 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.571. Civil penalties.

(a) In addition to all other penalties and remedies provided by law, a public utility and every person, and their lessees or receivers appointed by a court in any way subject to the provisions of this chapter, together with their officers, managers, agents, or employees that either violate or procure, aid, or abet the violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any order, regulation, or written requirement of the commission are subject to a maximum penalty of $100 for each violation. Each act of omission as well as each act of commission shall be considered a violation subject to the penalty. (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 each violation with reasonable particularity and designate the maximum penalty that may be assessed for each violation. The order shall be served on the alleged violator named in the order. The order must state a time and place for the hearing. (c) After a hearing, the commission shall enter its findings of fact and final order. The order must state when the penalties, if any, are payable.
AK Stat § 42.05.581 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.581. 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's continuance is a separate and distinct offense.
AK Stat § 42.05.601 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.601. Actions to recover penalties; disposition.

(a) Actions to recover penalties under this chapter shall be brought by the attorney general in a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) All 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 § 42.05.611 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.611. Penalties cumulative.

(a) All penalties imposed under this chapter are cumulative and an action for the recovery of a civil penalty is not a bar to any criminal prosecution. A criminal prosecution is not a bar to an action for the recovery of a civil penalty. (b) Neither a criminal prosecution nor an action to recover a civil penalty is a bar to an enforcement proceeding to require compliance, or to any other remedy provided by this chapter.
AK Stat § 42.05.621 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.|Sec. 42.05.621. 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 a penalty may be joined. The court may, in the interests of justice, separate the action.
AK Stat § 42.05.631 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 8. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 42.05.631. Eminent domain.

A public utility may exercise the power of eminent domain for public utility uses. This section does not authorize the use of a declaration of taking.
AK Stat § 42.05.641 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act|Article 8. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 42.05.641. Regulation by municipality.

The commission's jurisdiction and authority extend to public utilities operating within a municipality, whether home rule or otherwise. In the event of a conflict between a certificate, order, decision, or regulation of the commission and a charter, permit, franchise, ordinance, rule, or regulation of such a local governmental entity, the certificate, order, decision, or regulation of the commission shall prevail.