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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.381 - Interexchange carrier of last resort

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The incumbent
				  interexchange carrier is the carrier of last resort unless the commission by
				  order changes the carrier's responsibilities in whole or in part in accordance
				  with 3 AAC 52.381 -
				  3 AAC 52.385.
(b) Unless directed by commission order, an
				  interexchange carrier of last resort shall
(1) provide and maintain adequate, efficient,
				  and safe essential interexchange service of reasonable quality throughout its
				  carrier of last resort area at rates that comply with
				  3 AAC 52.370 and
				  3 AAC 52.372, either through its own facilities or other
				  reasonable arrangement, until relieved of that duty by order of the commission;
				  and
(2) notify the commission as
				  soon as reasonably possible of the inability to provide essential interexchange
				  service of reasonable quality in its carrier of last resort area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.382 - Reassignment of interexchange carrier of last resort duties

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission
				  may, upon petition or its own motion and after notice and opportunity for
				  hearing, reassign interexchange carrier of last resort obligations for a
				  specified local exchange area to an alternative carrier based on a finding that
				  the alternative carrier is able to fulfill carrier of last resort obligations
				  currently and in the foreseeable future and that reassignment is consistent
				  with the public interest.
(b) A
				  petition to reassign interexchange carrier of last resort obligations to an
				  alternative carrier must include
(1) a list
				  of the local exchange areas that the petitioner seeks to reassign to an
				  alternative carrier, including a map of the petitioner's facilities in each
				  area:
(2) a written description of
				  each facility that the petitioner uses to provide essential interexchange
				  service, including information identifying the entity that owns or controls
				  each facility;
(3) a written
				  description of all state-regulated and other services provided over the
				  identified facilities, including information identifying services provided by
				  affiliates or, to the extent known, by third parties;
(4) the name of the carrier identified as an
				  alternative interchange carrier of last resort;
(5) a general written description of the
				  capability of the alternative carrier to provide essential interexchange
				  service to each local exchange area upon reassignment; and
(6) an explanation of how the relevent
				  factors listed in (d) of this section support the petition, including a
				  demonstration
(A) that the provision of
				  essential interexchange service in the specified local exchange area will
				  continue without interruption after the reassignment of carrier of last resort
				  obligations; and
(B) how the relief
				  requested is consistent with the public interest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.383 - Elimination of interexchange carrier of last resort duties

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission
				  may, upon petition or its own motion and after notice and opportunity for
				  hearing, terminate carrier of last resort obligations without reassignment for
				  a local exchange area based on a finding that
(1) more than one interexchange carrier,
				  including the carrier of last resort, owns or controls all facilities necessary
				  to provide essential interexchange service to the local exchange area for which
				  interexchange carrier of last resort obligations are to be terminated without
				  reassignment; and
(2) the
				  termination of interexchange carrier of last resort obligations is consistent
				  with the public interest.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.384 - Emergency interexchange carrier of last resort

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an
				  interexchange carrier of last resort is unable to perform the duties for all or
				  a portion of its carrier of last resort area, the commission may require an
				  alternative interexchange carrier to act as the emergency interexchange carrier
				  of last resort.
(b) Designation as
				  an emergency carrier of last resort under (a) of this section may not exceed a
				  period of 12 months, unless extended by the commission, after notice, for good
				  cause.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.800
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.385 - Standards of service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions of
				  3 AAC 52.200 -
				  3 AAC 52.340 do not apply to an interexchange carrier
				  who is not a carrier of last resort under
				  3 AAC 52.381 -
				  3 AAC 52.384 and is not assigned any responsibilities of
				  a carrier of last resort, except that a carrier that owns or controls
				  interexchange facilities in the state shall comply with
				  3 AAC 52.280(b) for its interexchange
				  carrier operations.
(b) Traffic
				  initially routed over the facilities of one interexchange carrier that is
				  blocked due to busy circuits may not be automatically rerouted to the
				  facilities of another interexchange carrier without the written agreement of
				  the other carrier.
(c) A local
				  exchange carrier may not disconnect a customer from local service for failure
				  to pay interexchange carrier charges.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.221
AS
						42.05.241
AS
						42.05.711
AS
						42.05.990
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.390 - Miscellaneous provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 48.275,
				  3 AAC 48.277, and
				  3 AAC 48.430 do not apply to an interexchange carrier.
(b) Repealed 9/16/2005.
(c) Repealed 8/1/2015.
(d) Provisions governing the reassignment of
				  a subscriber's access line or lines to a different interexchange carrier are
				  set out in 3 AAC 52.334.
(e) No implicit modification or waiver of any
				  statutory or regulatory requirements is intended by
				  3 AAC 52.350 -
				  3 AAC 52.399; absent specific modification or waiver,
				  all statutory and regulatory requirements remain in effect.
(f) For each proposed retail tariff revision,
				  an interexchange carrier shall give public notice of that tariff revision by
				  publication in a widely distributed newspaper of general circulation and shall
				  file with the commission a copy of each notice. The carrier shall publish and
				  file each notice no later than five days after filing the proposed tariff
				  revision with the commission.
(g)
				  For each proposed wholesale tariff revision, an interexchange carrier shall
				  provide public notice of that tariff revision on its Internet website and shall
				  file with the commission a copy of the notice. The carrier shall post and file
				  the notice no later than five days after filing the proposed tariff revision
				  with the commission.
(h) In a
				  notice required under (f) or (g) of this section, the carrier shall provide a
				  general description of the proposed tariff revision that is accurate, written
				  in plain English, and in sufficient detail to explain the proposal. The notice
				  must include the following information:
(1)
				  the date the carrier made or will make its filing with the
				  commission;
(2) the date the
				  revision is expected to become effective;
(3) a listing of the principal rates and rate
				  changes proposed;
(4) a brief
				  explanation of the principal changes proposed to the carrier's rules of
				  service;
(5) a statement
				  identifying where the proposed revision and the carrier's current tariff are
				  available for public review in the state;
(6) a statement similar to the following:
				  "Any person may file written comments on this tariff revision with the
				  Regulatory Commission of Alaska on paper at 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300,
				  Anchorage, Alaska 99501 or electronically by means of the commission's website
				  at (Internet website address). To assure that the Commission has sufficient
				  time to consider the comments before the revision takes effect, your comments
				  must be filed with the Commission no later than (a specific date, not a weekend
				  or holiday, approximately 7-10 days before the filing takes effect)."
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 4 - Criteria for Intrastate Interexchange Telephone Competition › 3 AAC 52.399 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in
					 3 AAC 52.350 -
					 3 AAC 52.399
(1) "commission" means the Regulatory
				  Commission of Alaska;
(2) repealed
				  9/16/2005;
(3) "geographically
				  averaged rates" means rates that use the same tariff provisions and rate
				  schedules to apply to all message telephone service communications of the same
				  distance, regardless of the originating and terminating points of the
				  communication;
(4) "incumbent
				  interexchange carrier"
(A) means the
				  telephone utility, or its successor, certificated in commission Docket U-69-24
				  to provide intrastate interexchange telephone service;
(B) does not include an incumbent local
				  exchange carrier;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.400 - Application, purpose, and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 52.400 -
				  3 AAC 52.500 apply to all electric utilities subject to
				  the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission and govern the furnishing of
				  electric service and facilities to the public.
(b) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 52.400 -
				  3 AAC 52.500 is to establish certain minimum statewide
				  standards which ensure that electric utilities will render safe, reliable, and
				  prompt service to the public. Each electric utility must follow these standards
				  and implement them with diligence and good faith to maintain the proper balance
				  between economic effectiveness and the provision of safe, adequate service to
				  the public.
(c) The standards of
				  service, safety, and performance established in
				  3 AAC 52.400 -
				  3 AAC 52.500 are minimum levels of mandatory performance
				  and service. A utility's failure to conform to these standards is a sufficient
				  basis for issuance of a show cause order by the commission as to why civil
				  penalties should not be invoked under
				  AS
				  42.05.571.
(d) For good cause shown, the commission
				  will, in its discretion, waive all or any portion of the standards in
				  3 AAC 52.400 -
				  3 AAC 52.500 applicable to an individual electric
				  utility, or establish interim standards for that utility.
(e) As provided for under
				  3 AAC 48.320,
				  3 AAC 48.370, and
				  3 AAC 48.380, each utility's tariff must be amended, as
				  appropriate, to include, and conform the provisions of the tariff to, standards
				  set out in 3 AAC 52.400 -
				  3 AAC 52.500.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.571
AS
						42.05.711
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.405 - Business office standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  locate and staff business offices so that customers and other members of the
				  public have reasonably convenient access to qualified personnel, including
				  supervisors, if necessary, who are able to provide service and rate
				  information, accept payments, process applications for service, explain charges
				  in customers' bills, and adjust billings.
(b) A utility shall include in its tariff,
				  and notify its customers and the public of, all reasonably available means of
				  contacting its business office or service centers. The utility shall maintain
				  business office hours on a regular schedule to include at least part of each
				  weekday, except holidays, during the time period from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If
				  a local utility representative is unavailable or unable to correct a service
				  deficiency, the utility shall provide collect calling to a designated business
				  office for customers who need to report an emergency situation or service
				  deficiency.
(c) A utility shall
				  list in its tariff a number that will enable a customer at any time to
				  telephone the utility to notify it of an emergency condition.
(d) A utility shall maintain accurate records
				  of service applications, the billing history for each customer, and service
				  complaints. The utility shall respond to the substance of each service
				  complaint and other customer correspondence within 10 working days after its
				  receipt. In its response the utility shall state that a customer not satisfied
				  with the response may file a complaint with the commission under
				  3 AAC 48.120 and
				  3 AAC 48.130. The utility shall retain these records for
				  at least two years.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS
						42.05.361
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.410 - Establishment of permanent service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility may
				  require a new applicant for service to appear at the utility's designated place
				  of business to produce proof of identity and complete the utility's application
				  form. A utility may accept an application filed by an authorized representative
				  of the applicant.
(b) A utility
				  must obtain from each new applicant for service the following minimum
				  information:
(1) name or names of
				  applicant;
(2) service address or
				  location, and telephone number;
(3)
				  billing address and telephone number, if different than service
				  address;
(4) address where service
				  was provided previously;
(5) date
				  when applicant will be ready to receive service;
(6) information as to whether service
				  premises had been previously supplied with utility service;
(7) statement as to whether applicant is
				  owner, tenant, or agent for the service premises; if the applicant is a tenant,
				  name, address, and telephone number of owner or owner's agent;
(8) information concerning the purpose for
				  which service is to be used, including the anticipated energy and demand
				  requirements of the customer;
(9)
				  type of life support equipment, if any, used by the customer or by a resident
				  at the service premises; and
(10)
				  the name and address of any third party that the customer wishes to designate
				  to be copied with any termination notice issued under
				  3 AAC 52.450(c).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.415 - Establishment of temporary service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before it
				  establishes service, a utility may require an applicant for temporary service
				  to pay the estimated cost of installing and removing the facilities necessary
				  to furnish the desired service.
(b)
				  If the duration of temporary service is to be less than one month, a utility
				  may also require an applicant to advance a sum of money equal to the estimated
				  bill for service. If the duration of temporary service is to exceed one month,
				  the applicant may also be required to meet the deposit requirements set out in
				  the utility's effective tariff.
(c)
				  If, during the term of the temporary service agreement, the character of a
				  temporary customer's operations changes or it appears that the duration of the
				  service may be substantially longer than stated in the application, the utility
				  shall classify the customer as permanent and may immediately apply the deposit
				  and line extension rules in its effective tariff.
(d) No utility may allow a temporary service
				  connection to continue longer than 12 months unless, for good cause shown, the
				  utility has approved an extension of time for temporary service or unless
				  application for permanent service has been made by the customer.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS
						42.05.361
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.420 - Deposit requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility's electric service deposit
				  payment and refund procedures, if any, must be set out in its effective tariff
				  and must conform to the provisions of this section.
(b) A utility may require a separate deposit
				  for each meter installed. The amount of a deposit required by the utility may
				  not exceed the higher of two times the estimated average monthly bill at that
				  location or two times the average monthly bill of that customer
				  class.
(c) A utility shall refund a
				  deposit for residential electric service within 90 days if the applicant is
				  able to meet either of the following requirements:
(1) the applicant has previously established
				  a good payment record with the utility by, for example, receiving service from
				  the utility at another location within the past two years without delinquency
				  in payment during the last 12 consecutive months of service; or
(2) the applicant provides a letter or other
				  written verification from the electric utility that last provided comparable
				  service to the applicant, stating that the applicant was not delinquent in
				  payment for the last 12 consecutive months of service at the prior
				  location.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.425 - Meter readings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall separately bill for each
				  meter at a customer's premises. The readings of two or more meters may not be
				  combined unless otherwise provided for in a utility's effective
				  tariff.
(b) If, for a reason
				  described in
				  3 AAC 52.435(b) (2) or (b)(3), a
				  utility is unable to read a meter during the scheduled meter reading cycle, the
				  utility shall estimate the consumption for the billing period considering,
				  where applicable, the customer's usage during the same month of the previous
				  year or the amount of usage during the preceding month or months.
(c) After the second consecutive month of
				  estimating a customer's bill, a utility must obtain an accurate reading of the
				  meter unless the meter is inaccessible due to severe weather or other dangerous
				  conditions.
(d) A utility may allow
				  for customer reading of meters, subject to the following criteria:
(1) the utility shall inform the customer how
				  to properly read the meter;
(2) the
				  utility shall require that the customer read the meter on as close to the same
				  day each month as practical;
(3)
				  the utility shall specify the timing requirements for the customer to submit
				  the monthly meter reading to conform with the utility's billing
				  cycle;
(4) the utility shall verify
				  the customer's reading of the meter at least once every six months;
				  and
(5) if the customer fails to
				  submit the meter reading on time, the utility may issue the customer an
				  estimated bill, subject to the provisions of (c) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.430 - General billing and collection requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  bill monthly for services rendered. Charges for service may commence when the
				  service is installed and energized.
(b) Each bill for service must contain the
				  following minimum information:
(1) customer's
				  name;
(2) customer's service
				  account number;
(3) rate schedule
				  designation, if applicable;
(4)
				  utility telephone number;
(5) meter
				  reading at the start of the billing period;
(6) date and meter reading at the end of the
				  billing period and number of days in the billing period;
(7) billing date;
(8) amount due and date after which payment
				  is past due;
(9) past due amount,
				  if applicable;
(10) delinquent
				  amount, if applicable;
(11) late
				  charge and finance charge, if applicable;
(12) customer charge, if
				  applicable;
(13) total
				  kilowatt-hour consumption;
(14)
				  monthly kilowatt maximum demand and associated demand charge, if
				  applicable;
(15) fuel or energy
				  surcharge rate and associated total charge, if applicable;
(16) power cost equalization amount and
				  statutory notice statement, if applicable;
(17) levelized billing amount due and
				  accumulated variation in actual versus levelized billing amount, if applicable;
				  and
(18) any other adjustment
				  factor, applicable.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.435 - Estimated billings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) On each bill based on estimated usage, a
				  utility shall indicate that it is an estimated bill.
(b) A utility may issue an estimated bill
				  only if
(1) a customer who reads his or her
				  own meter has failed to transmit the meter reading to the utility in accordance
				  with the requirements of the utility's billing cycle;
(2) severe weather conditions prevent the
				  utility from reading the meter; or
(3) circumstances make it dangerous or not
				  reasonably feasible to read the meter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.440 - Levelized billing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall offer a levelized billing
				  option to its residential electric heating customers and may offer the option
				  to all customers. The utility's levelized billing option as described in its
				  tariff must be periodically noticed to its customers. Upon customer request, a
				  utility shall develop an estimate of the customer's levelized billing for a
				  12-month period, based upon the customer's actual consumption history for the
				  most recent 12 months or other representative period. The utility may offer a
				  levelized billing plan to customers with less than 12 months' consumption
				  history.
(b) A utility shall inform
				  customers applying for levelized billing as to how the levelized billing
				  estimate was developed; how levelized billing will impact a customer's monthly
				  utility bill; and that the utility may adjust the customer's monthly levelized
				  bill under (c) of this section.
(c)
				  A utility shall adjust a customer's levelized billing annually, or more
				  frequently if the utility's estimate of the customer's usage or cost varies
				  significantly from the customer's actual usage or cost. The utility or the
				  customer may initiate the adjustment for causes including weather and rate
				  changes.
(d) In the case of an
				  overcollection determined at the time of the annual adjustment required by (c)
				  of this section, a termination of service, or a termination of the levelized
				  billing plan, a utility shall immediately refund or credit the excess payment
				  to the customer account, as appropriate.
(e) A utility may not refuse enrollment in
				  levelized billing to a customer whose current bill at the time of enrollment is
				  past due or delinquent if the customer enters into a deferred payment
				  agreement, as described in
				  3 AAC 52.445.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.445 - Deferred payment agreements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a
				  residential customer who demonstrates that economic hardship prevents payment
				  in full of a delinquent bill, a utility may not refuse to restore or continue
				  service unless the customer refuses to agree to or comply with a deferred
				  payment plan meeting the requirements of this section.
(b) A deferred payment agreement between a
				  utility and a residential customer must provide that service will continue if
				  the customer meets all of the following conditions:
(1) the customer agrees to pay one-third, or
				  less at the option of the utility, of the outstanding bill at the time the
				  parties enter into the deferred payment agreement;
(2) the customer agrees to pay all future
				  bills for utility service in accordance with the effective billing and
				  collection tariffs of the utility; and
(3) the customer agrees to pay the remaining
				  outstanding balance in installments over a period not to exceed 12
				  months.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.450 - Disconnection of service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility may
				  disconnect service to a customer without advance written notice under the
				  following conditions:
(1) an immediate hazard
				  exists which threatens the safety or health of the customer or the general
				  population or the utility's personnel or facilities;
(2) the utility has evidence of meter
				  tampering or fraud by the customer; or
(3) a customer has failed to comply with the
				  curtailment procedures imposed by a utility during emergency supply
				  shortages.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.460 - Quality of service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall, except in the case of
				  conditions caused by the utility's customers, maintain a steady-state standard
				  frequency of 60 Hertz within the following tolerances:
(1) wherever 2,000 or more customers of one
				  or more utilities are served by an isolated or interconnected transmission or
				  distribution system, frequency must be held within plus or minus two percent of
				  standard frequency; cumulative error registered by an electric clock over a
				  24-hour period may not exceed 90 seconds; and
(2) for other service areas, frequency must
				  be held within plus or minus two cycles of standard frequency.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.462 - Demand charge billings

Current through May 31, 2024
A utility may not calculate demand charge billings for any
					 self-generating customer based upon that customer's demand as measured during
					 forced outages of customer generation facilities required to resynchronize and
					 return the customer's self-generation output to parallel operation with the
					 utility during the one-hour period after power to the self-generating customer
					 is restored following a utility system outage that originates on the utility's
					 side of its metering to the customer affecting service to the self-generating
					 customer.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.391
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.470 - Engineering standards; energy purchase contracts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  construct, maintain, and operate its plant in accordance with accepted
				  engineering practices to reasonably assure service reliability, service
				  quality, and the safety of persons and property.
(b) A utility shall design, construct, and
				  maintain generation, transmission, and distribution facilities in conformance
				  with the state minimum electrical safety standards as adopted in
				  AS
				  18.60.580.
(c) A utility shall normally maintain
				  generating capacity supplemented by the electric power regularly available from
				  other sources, sufficient to meet all reasonable demands for service and
				  provide a reasonable reserve for emergencies. In addition to any other
				  standards imposed by the commission, noninterconnected utilities shall
				  maintain, at a minimum, adequate reserve capacity to cover the loss of the
				  utility's largest generating unit. Generating capacity assigned to
				  interruptible customers may be considered for reserve capacity
				  determination.
(d) Before entering
				  into a contract with a regulated utility for the purchase of energy, including
				  electrical energy or capacity, natural or manufactured gas, diesel oil or
				  gasoline, or any other fuel source, for a term exceeding 12 months, a utility
				  shall request commission approval in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.200 -
				  3 AAC 48.390 and provide the following information:
(1) a copy of the proposed
				  contract;
(2) the load forecasting
				  data that justifies the need for the contract; and
(3) documentation that the proposed contract
				  is the most feasible means available to the utility for meeting the forecasted
				  load.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.475 - Maintenance and testing standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  adopt and pursue a maintenance program of periodic tests, inspections, and
				  field maintenance to achieve efficient operation of its system so as to permit
				  safe, adequate, and reliable service at all times. Each utility shall maintain
				  reasonable records indicating compliance with this subsection.
(b) A utility with generating facilities
				  shall maintain for each generating station a station log that must include the
				  following information:
(1) the daily hours of
				  operation of each machine;
(2) a
				  record of any period during which a generating unit is unavailable for service
				  and the reason why; and
(3) the
				  dates when repair or maintenance work for a machine was performed and an
				  explanation of the nature of the work.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.480 - Safety standards for utility plant

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  exercise reasonable care to promote safe working conditions and reduce hazards
				  to its employees, its customers, and the general public.
(b) A utility shall use the applicable
				  provisions of the state minimum electrical safety standards adopted in
				  AS
				  18.60.580 as a basis for determining safe
				  practices.
(c) A utility shall
				  maintain a record of all accidents involving the utility or utility plant and
				  resulting in injuries to the public.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.485 - Safety standards for interconnecting to qualified cogenerators and small power producers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No utility may interconnect with a
				  qualifying facility that fails to conform to the edition of the National
				  Electrical Code adopted in
				  AS
				  18.60.580.
(b) No utility may interconnect with a
				  qualifying facility that does not provide a means of disconnecting with
				  provision for padlocking in the open position by the utility. This device, or a
				  supplementary device, must be capable of switching under full load conditions
				  and must be clearly labeled and accessible to utility personnel.
(c) No utility may interconnect with a
				  qualifying facility that does not provide overcurrent protection of adequate
				  interrupting capacity and design, in conformance with the utility's overcurrent
				  practices for similar feeders and loads, for the feeder serving as the intertie
				  to the utility system. Automatic reclosing by the qualifying facility is
				  prohibited unless the facility has received prior approval from the utility as
				  not posing a threat to life or property.
(d) A utility shall provide overcurrent
				  protection in accordance with the utility's overcurrent practices for similar
				  feeders and loads for the feeder extension serving as the intertie to a
				  qualifying facility.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.490 - Other general information to be furnished to the commission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  publish in its tariff and on its website as available the location and
				  telephone number of each of its business offices, each telephone number to
				  report service outages, and the normal hours of operation of each
				  office.
(b) A utility shall submit
				  information to the commission regarding service outages as follows:
(1) for an outage that is an immediate threat
				  to the health or safety of customers within the utility's certificated service
				  area, the utility shall notify the commission as soon as reasonably possible;
				  the utility shall report the outage by electronic mail, by telephone, or in
				  person, to the commission at the commission's office in Anchorage, Alaska; the
				  notification must include
(A) the location and
				  time of the outage;
(B) the number
				  of fatalities and personal injuries reported to the utility; and
(C) each individual to be contacted by the
				  commission for additional information;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.495 - Electric service reliability rules

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To the extent
				  necessary to calculate and report reliability indices as required under
				  3 AAC 52.490 - 3 AAC 52.495, an electric utility shall
				  comply with IEEE Standard 1366, IEEE Guide for Electric Power Distribution
				  Reliability Indices, revised as of May 14, 2012 (IEEE 1366-2012) and adopted by
				  reference. If there is a conflict between any provision in IEEE Standard 1366
				  and 3 AAC 52.490 - 3 AAC 52.495, the
				  provisions of
				  3 AAC 52.490 - 3 AAC 52.495 govern.
(b) An electric utility shall include both
				  "distribution system" outages and "interruptions caused by events outside of
				  the distribution system" as defined in IEEE Standard 1366 in the electric
				  utility's record keeping, calculations, reporting, and filing as required under
				  3 AAC 52.490.
(c) Except as provided in (d) of this
				  section, an electric utility shall keep an accurate record of each outage that
				  affects one or more customers. Each record must contain at least
(1) the date and time the outage occurred; if
				  the exact time is unknown, the beginning of an outage is recorded as the
				  earlier of an automatic alarm or the reported initiation time;
(2) the date and time service was
				  restored;
(3) the number of
				  customers affected by the outage; and
(4) the cause of the outage, if
				  known.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 6 - Adjustment Clause › 3 AAC 52.501 - Application and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each electric utility subject to the
				  regulatory jurisdiction of the commission must comply with the provisions of
				  3 AAC 52.501 -
				  3 AAC 52.504 and
				  3 AAC 52.507 -
				  3 AAC 52.519.
(b) Each gas utility subject to the
				  regulatory jurisdiction of the commission must comply with the provisions of
				  3 AAC 52.501 -
				  3 AAC 52.502 and
				  3 AAC 52.505 -
				  3 AAC 52.519.
(c) Unless otherwise required under AS 42.05,
				  a requirement in
				  3 AAC 52.501 -
				  3 AAC 52.519 may be modified or waived, in whole or in
				  part, by order of the commission, on the commission's own motion or on a
				  showing that the waiver or modification is in the public interest. A utility
				  shall file and the commission will consider an application for waiver in
				  accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.805.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.130
AS 42.45.160
AS
						42.45.170
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 6 - Adjustment Clause › 3 AAC 52.502 - Criteria for adjustment clauses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Cost elements
				  included in an adjustment clause must be
(1)
				  subject to change at a rate that would cause financial harm to the utility if
				  the costs were recovered exclusively in base rates;
(2) beyond the control of the utility;
				  and
(3) easily
				  verifiable.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 6 - Adjustment Clause › 3 AAC 52.503 - Adjustment clauses for electric utilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A cost-of-power
				  adjustment (COPA) for an electric utility must provide for an adjustment, per
				  kilowatt-hour of sales, equal to the difference between the utility's cost of
				  power included in its base rates and the utility's projected cost of power
				  according to the following formula:
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					 FORMULA
where:
C
p
= the total projected cost of
					 fuel and purchased power for the future period;
B = the balance in the cost-of-power balancing
					 account;
S
p
= the projected kilowatt-hour
					 sales for the future period; and
C
b
= the base cost of
					 power.
(b) In the formula
				  set out in (a) of this section,
(1) the
				  balance in the cost-of-power balancing account must be entered into the COPA
				  calculation and derived on a monthly basis, with the following entries made:
(A) a debit entry equal to the actual monthly
				  amounts for all cost elements approved for recovery under
				  3 AAC 52.502;
(B) a credit entry equal to the total number
				  of kilowatt-hours sold during the month multiplied by the cost of power per
				  kilowatt-hour included in base rates;
(C) a credit entry equal to the total number
				  of kilowatt-hours of energy sold during the month multiplied by the actual COPA
				  assessed during that month;
(D)
				  additional entries that the commission approves on a showing of good
				  cause;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 6 - Adjustment Clause › 3 AAC 52.505 - Adjustment clauses for gas utilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A gas cost
				  adjustment (GCA) for a gas utility must provide for an adjustment, per Mcf of
				  sales, equal to the difference between the utility's gas costs included in its
				  base rates and the utility's projected gas costs according to the following
				  formula:
CLICK TO VIEW
					 FORMULA
where:
C
g
= the total projected cost of
					 gas for the future period;
B = the balance in the cost-of-gas balancing
					 account;
S
g
= the projected Mcf sales for
					 the future period; and
and C
b
= the base cost of
					 gas.
(b) In the formula set
				  out in (a) of this section, the
(1) the
				  balance in the cost-of-gas balancing account must be entered into the GCA
				  calculation and derived on a monthly basis, with the following entries made:
(A) a debit entry equal to the actual monthly
				  amounts for all cost elements approved for recovery under
				  3 AAC 52.502;
(B) a credit entry equal to the total number
				  of Mcf of gas sold during the month multiplied by the cost of gas per Mcf
				  included in base rates;
(C) a
				  credit entry equal to the total number of Mcf of gas sold during the month
				  multiplied by the actual GCA assessed during that month; and
(D) additional entries that the commission
				  approves on a showing of good cause;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 6 - Adjustment Clause › 3 AAC 52.506 - Filing requirements for gas utilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A gas utility
				  shall submit each GCA as a tariff filing in compliance with the applicable
				  provisions of
				  3 AAC 48.200 -
				  3 AAC 48.380. With its first GCA tariff filing after
				  January 11, 2004, a gas utility must submit a copy of each gas supply contract
				  required under
				  3 AAC 52.470(d) - (e), if that contract
				  is not already on file with the commission.
(b) A gas utility may implement a GCA
				  revision that does not include a new methodology or new cost element
				  immediately upon filing with the commission. The GCA filing is subject to
				  subsequent review, adjustment, and approval by the commission.
(c) If a gas utility seeks, outside of a
				  general rate case, to change its GCA methodology or include any new cost
				  element in its GCA, the utility must first obtain the commission's approval. In
				  a separate tariff filing, the utility must identify the proposed change in
				  methodology and any new cost element. A gas utility must justify the proposed
				  change in methodology and show that any new cost element meets the criteria of
				  3 AAC 52.502(a).
(d) For a GCA filing under (b) of this
				  section, a gas utility is not required to give public notice under
				  AS
				  42.05.411. However, if a gas utility seeks,
				  outside of a general rate case, a change to its GCA methodology, a change to a
				  GCA cost element, or a change to its GCA that the commission considers to be of
				  significant interest to the public, the commission will require notice to the
				  public in a form that the commission considers sufficient for the particular
				  changes proposed.
(e) With each GCA
				  tariff filing, the gas utility must identify the percentage change in the
				  average cost of gas and explain the reasons for the change.
(f) Within 45 days after the last day of any
				  month in which the absolute value of the cost-of-gas balancing account balance
				  exceeds 10 percent of the gas utility's annual gas costs, the gas utility shall
				  submit a GCA tariff filing.
(g)
				  With each GCA tariff filing, the gas utility must submit the following
				  information to support entries in the cost-of-gas balancing account for the
				  historical period and projections for the future period:
(1) a copy of each invoice for costs
				  recovered through the GCA;
(2) a
				  report of gas volumes sold by customer class;
(3) the GCA calculation;
(4) documentation in support of projected
				  costs and sales for the future period;
(5) a calculation of monthly balances in the
				  cost-of-gas balancing account;
(6)
				  revised tariff sheets;
(7) other
				  information that the commission considers necessary to explain entries in the
				  cost-of-gas balancing account or to explain the proposed GCA
				  calculation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 6 - Adjustment Clause › 3 AAC 52.507 - Affiliated interest transactions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an electric
				  or gas utility includes in its COPA or GCA costs from transactions with
				  affiliated interests, the utility must file the following information with each
				  adjustment clause tariff filing:
(1) the
				  identity of each affiliated interest;
(2) a description of the relationship between
				  the utility and the affiliated interest;
(3) a list of the products and services
				  provided to the utility by the affiliated interest;
(4) the prices and quantity of products or
				  services provided to the utility by the affiliated interest;
(5) a list of alternative suppliers of the
				  product purchased from the affiliated interest;
(6) if applicable, a report showing which
				  products or services provided to the utility by the affiliated interest are
				  also supplied to other customers by the affiliated interest, including prices
				  and quantities.