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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.462 - Simplified pipeline tariff rules

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the requirements of
				  3 AAC 48.360 and as applicable
				  3 AAC 48.370, rules contained in a simplified pipeline
				  tariff must include
(1) a statement setting
				  out the location of the principal place of business and the location where the
				  books and records are kept;
(2) a
				  statement that the pipeline carrier's books and records are kept in accordance
				  with 3 AAC 48.277, or that the accounts
				  of the pipeline carrier are kept in a manner enabling the pipeline carrier to
				  furnish the books and records in compliance with
				  3 AAC 48.277;
(3) a description of the oil, gas, or product
				  quality, temperature of transported substance, and any other applicable
				  specifications, including pipeline pressure specifications;
(4) if the designated pipeline facility
				  transports crude oil or products, a statement that upon request the pipeline
				  carrier will provide common carriage over the designated pipeline
				  facility;
(5) if the designated
				  pipeline facility transports natural gas, either
(A) a statement that upon bona fide request
				  the pipeline carrier will provide common carriage over the designated pipeline
				  facility; or
(B) a statement that
				  upon bona fide request the pipeline carrier will provide firm transportation
				  service and interruptible transportation service over the designated pipeline
				  facility in compliance with (b) of this section;
(6) a statement of how to apply for service
				  and interconnection, including the name, title, and address of the designated
				  contact for the pipeline carrier; and
(7) a statement describing the invoicing
				  practices of the pipeline carrier and the obligations of the shipper to pay
				  invoices, including the timing of invoicing and payment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.464 - Simplified pipeline tariff rates

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Rates contained
				  in an initial simplified pipeline tariff must be less than or equal to rates
				  computed using
(1) a cost-of-service component
				  that consists of
(A) total actual annual
				  operating costs up to and including $10,000,000 and less than or equal to the
				  sum of
(i) 10 percent of the initial rate base
				  of $1,000,000 or less;
(ii) 7.5
				  percent of the initial rate base over $1,000,000 up to and including
				  $5,000,000; and
(iii) five percent
				  of the initial rate base over $5,000,000;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.466 - Supporting information for simplified pipeline tariff rates

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A pipeline
				  carrier filing a simplified pipeline tariff to implement simplified pipeline
				  tariff rates for the first time shall file with the tariff
(1) an affidavit itemizing actual plant
				  expenditures by major asset class and attesting that all plant costs were
				  prudently incurred and expended solely for the purpose of providing the
				  regulated service; and
(2) an
				  affidavit stating the basis for the actual or estimated throughput level and
				  attesting that the actual or estimated throughput level complies with
				  3 AAC 48.464(e) and is based on the
				  most accurate information available at the time of the filing.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.468 - Rejection, suspension, notice, and effective date

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In accordance
				  with 3 AAC 48.310, the commission may
				  reject a simplified pipeline tariff that does not meet the requirements of
				  3 AAC 48.450 -
				  3 AAC 48.490.
(b) A simplified pipeline tariff meeting the
				  requirements of
				  3 AAC 48.450 -
				  3 AAC 48.490 will be noticed to the public in accordance
				  with 3 AAC 48.220 and
				  3 AAC 48.280. A petition to declare the pipeline
				  facility a designated pipeline facility eligible to operate under a simplified
				  pipeline tariff will be noticed to the public as part of the simplified
				  pipeline tariff filing.
(c) Except
				  as provided in
				  3 AAC 48.474(b), simplified pipeline
				  tariff rules under
				  3 AAC 48.462 or rates filed under
				  3 AAC 48.464 are effective on the 91st day after filing
				  unless
(1) the commission suspends the
				  simplified pipeline tariff filing and opens an investigation into the filing;
				  or
(2) upon request by the
				  applicant for good cause shown the commission determines to shorten the period
				  before which the tariff rules, rates, or both become effective.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.470 - Exemption from AS 42.05

Current through May 31, 2024
A designated pipeline facility with an effective simplified
					 pipeline tariff is exempt under
					 AS
					 42.05.711(d) from the
					 provisions of AS 42.05.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.711
AS
						42.06.140
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.474 - Protests and settlements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  protest a simplified pipeline tariff under
				  3 AAC 48.130. Upon the filing of a protest, or upon the
				  commission's own motion, the commission will open a docket and appoint a
				  settlement judge who shall
(1) convene a
				  settlement meeting with the parties within 10 days of the initial order opening
				  the docket;
(2) work with the
				  parties to resolve the disputed issues within 60 days of the initial order
				  opening the docket by assisting the parties in reaching an agreement to
				  withdraw the protest and to move the commission to close the docket under
				  3 AAC 48.090(d) (2); and
(3) if the settlement process does not
				  resolve all issues, file a report within 10 days of the conclusion of the
				  settlement process identifying to the commission each issue that remains
				  unresolved.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.476 - No precedential effect

Current through May 31, 2024
Tariff rules adopted and approved under
					 3 AAC 48.462 and tariff rates adopted and approved under
					 3 AAC 48.464 are not precedent for tariff rules or rates
					 filed under other provisions of this chapter.
Authority:
AS
						42.06.140
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 3 - Simplified Pipeline Tariffs › 3 AAC 48.490 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 3 AAC 48.450 -
					 3 AAC 48.490, unless the context requires
					 otherwise,
(1) "BLS" means the United
				  States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics;
(2) "bona fide request" means a request for
				  transportation service made by a shipper or potential shipper that
(A) has natural gas capable of being shipped
				  on the designated pipeline facility; and
(B) if requesting expansion, is capable of
				  advancing and will advance the necessary and reasonable capital to pay for any
				  necessary expansion of the designated pipeline facility;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.500 - Application and purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)3 AAC 48.500 -
				  3 AAC 48.560 apply to all electric utilities subject to
				  the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under
				  AS
				  42.05.361-42.05.441.
(b) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 48.500 -
				  3 AAC 48.560 is to set out standard guidelines for
				  cost-of-service methodology and pricing objectives for use by regulated
				  electric utilities in preparation of cost-of-service studies, rate design, and
				  related activity filings.
As of Register 170 (July 2004), the regulations attorney
						made a technical revision under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to correct
						an authority citation for
						3 AAC 48.500.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.361
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.391
AS 42.05.451
AS 42.05.691
AS
						42.05.990
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.510 - Pricing objectives

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The following are the primary objectives
				  for the pricing of electricity:
(1) the cost
				  causer should be the cost payer;
(2) the revenue requirement or utility
				  financial need;
(3) equity, which
				  includes the fair-cost apportionment of revenue among customer
				  classes;
(4) conservation;
				  and
(5) optimal use, which includes
				  considerations of efficiency.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.520 - Costs as basis for rates

Current through May 31, 2024
The fundamental basis for establishing rates in order to
					 meet pricing objectives is costs. The commission will, in its discretion, for
					 appropriate reasons, consider noncost standards in establishing electricity
					 rates.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.361
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 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.530 - Cost measures

Current through May 31, 2024
Accounting costs, embedded or fully distributed, are the
					 primary basis for designing electricity rates. The commission will, in its
					 discretion, upon an appropriate evidentiary basis, consider marginal or
					 incremental costs in designing electricity rates.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.361
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 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.540 - Cost-of-service methods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each electric
				  utility that sells 100,000,000 kilowatt-hours or more annually shall submit an
				  accounting cost-of-service study in each rate case in conformance with (c) -
				  (h) of this section. To support that study, the utility shall submit prefiled
				  direct testimony in conformance with
				  3 AAC 48.275(a) (14).
(b) Each electric utility that sells less
				  than 100,000,000 kilowatt-hours annually shall submit an accounting
				  cost-of-service study when proposing new rate designs, or upon reasonable
				  notice by the commission, in conformance with (c) - (h) of this section. To
				  support that study, the utility shall submit prefiled direct testimony in
				  conformance with
				  3 AAC 48.275(a) (14).
(c) Each electric utility shall use the
				  general framework developed in the
NARUC Electric Utility Cost Allocation
				  Manual
(1973) as the foundation for conducting an accounting
				  cost-of-service study. This framework consists of the following primary
				  components or steps:
(1) costs are
				  functionalized as production, transmission, or distribution;
(2) functionalized costs are subdivided or
				  classified into demand, energy, or customer costs; and
(3) functionalized and classified costs are
				  finally allocated to rate or customer classes.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.550 - Rate design

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The customer or fixed charge may recover
				  only those customer costs defined in
				  3 AAC 48.540(f) (1)(A) and (B).
				  However, the commission will, in its discretion, consider requests to increase
				  or decrease the fixed charge when the electric utility or any other party
				  submits to the commission appropriate justification and analysis which relates
				  to its pricing objectives.
(b) Each
				  electric utility shall use flat rates as the standard rate form for all
				  customer classes. However, the commission will, in its discretion, upon
				  submission of appropriate justification and analysis, including load research
				  data, approve an alternative rate form.
(c) An electric utility may recover demand
				  costs through rates as follows:
(1) each
				  electric utility shall implement a three-part rate that includes a customer
				  charge, a demand charge, and an energy charge to at least all customers
				  consuming in excess of 7,500 kilowatt-hours per month or with a maximum demand
				  of 20 kilowatts per month for three consecutive months; or
(2) in the absence of a separate demand
				  charge as provided for under (c)(1) of this section, demand costs are
				  recoverable through the energy charge.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 4 - Cost-of-Service Study and Rate Design Information for Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 48.560 - Related activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each electric utility shall develop and
				  implement customer education and information programs for existing and new rate
				  designs.
(b) Each electric utility
				  which sells 100,000,000 kilowatt-hours or more annually shall develop and
				  conduct load-research activities for all customer classes in conformance with
				  guidelines promulgated by the commission.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.691
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.600 - Scope of regulations

Current through May 31, 2024
The regulations in
					 3 AAC 48.600 -
					 3 AAC 48.660 set out
(1) the general information that must be
				  furnished in all applications;
(2)
				  the procedures which the commission will observe to prescribe appropriate
				  specialized applications, application forms, and associated instructions for
				  making specific kinds of applications; and
(3) other provisions relating to applications
				  generally.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.231
AS 42.06.140
AS
						42.06.250
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.620 - Form

Current through May 31, 2024
Every application and every application form prescribed by
					 the commission must comply with the applicable requirements of
					 3 AAC 48.090 -
					 3 AAC 48.100, including those concerning filing, type of
					 organization, general form, execution, and verification. However, the factual
					 data set out in the numbered paragraphs and the exhibits attached to, and made
					 a part of, an application will, in the commission's discretion, be prescribed
					 by general order.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.231
AS 42.06.140
AS
						42.06.250
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.630 - Content

Current through May 31, 2024
After notice and affording interested parties an
					 opportunity to be heard in a general proceeding, the commission may prescribe
					 the information to be included in the numbered paragraphs of applications, and
					 the content of supporting exhibits for various kinds of applications with due
					 regard to
(1) the nature and
				  complexity of the application;
(2)
				  the necessity of obtaining full disclosure of all pertinent facts relating to
				  applicant's legal, financial, technical and managerial capabilities;
(3) any other relevant factors.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141(1)
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.231
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.640 - Special kinds of applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In a general
				  proceeding the commission may, after notice and affording interested parties an
				  opportunity to be heard, enter a general order prescribing the information and
				  supporting exhibits that shall be included in applications for
(1) an original certificate of public
				  convenience and necessity;
(2) the
				  revision of an outstanding certificate with respect to
(A) the delineation of service
				  areas;
(B) the nature and extent of
				  the authority granted;
(C) the
				  scope of operations or services authorized;
(D) any authority that may be needed in
				  connection with
(i) the elimination of
				  competition and any undesirable duplication or paralleling of
				  facilities;
(ii) the exchange of
				  customers or facilities with another utility in connection with a contract,
				  arrangement, or plan to eliminate the overlapping of service areas;
				  or
(E) any other
				  matter.
(3) the sale,
				  lease, rental, inheritance, assignment, receivership, or disposition of a
				  certificate, or the controlling interest in a certificated public utility or
				  pipeline carrier, by any means, under
				  AS
				  42.05.281 or
				  AS
				  42.06.305;
(4) the purchase, lease, rental, inheritance,
				  assignment, receivership, or acquisition of a certificate, or the controlling
				  interest in a certificated public utility or pipeline carrier, by any means,
				  under AS
				  42.05.281 or
				  AS
				  42.06.305;
(5) the joint use or interconnection of
				  facilities under
				  AS
				  42.05.321 or
				  AS
				  42.06.340;
(6) the apportionment of joint rates under
				  AS
				  42.05.401;
(7) the privilege of keeping books and
				  records pertaining to a utility's intrastate operations any place other than
				  within Alaska;
(8) the
				  discontinuance or abandonment of service under
				  AS
				  42.05.261 or
				  AS
				  42.06.290; or
(9) any other matter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.648 - Complete applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions of this section apply to
				  applications subject to timelines under
				  AS
				  42.05.175 and to pipeline applications filed
				  under 3 AAC 48.625.
(b) An application is complete when filed
				  with the commission unless the application
(1) is rejected by the commission under
				  3 AAC 48.650(a) within the 15 business
				  days after the date the application was filed;
(2) is accompanied by a request, described in
				  (c) of this section, for waiver of a filing requirement, and the waiver request
				  is subsequently denied;
(3) is
				  accompanied by a petition, described in (d) of this section, for confidential
				  treatment that is subsequently denied, and the records filed under seal are
				  withdrawn under the procedures stated at
				  3 AAC 48.047; or
(4) does not include a proposed public notice
				  of the application that complies with (e) of this section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.650 - Incomplete applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission
				  may dismiss an application that
(1) does not
				  comply with a requirement established by statute or regulations and forms
				  adopted by the commission;
(2)
				  contains a request for waiver that does not comply with
				  3 AAC 48.648(c); or
(3) contains a petition for confidential
				  treatment that does not comply with
				  3 AAC 48.648(d).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.652 - Supplemental information

Current through May 31, 2024
After issuing an order finding an application to be
					 complete, the commission may require that the applicant provide supplemental or
					 clarifying information that the commission determines is necessary for the
					 commission to reach a decision in the application. The commission will request
					 the applicant furnish the information by a specified date. If the applicant
					 fails to respond on or before the specified date, the commission will proceed
					 with the application as filed.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.06.140
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.654 - Contested applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before the close of the comment period,
				  an interested person may file with the commission comments or a protest of the
				  application under
				  3 AAC 48.100.
(b) A protest of an application must include
(1) specific grounds for the protest,
				  including a listing of facts in dispute;
(2) any steps the applicant may take to
				  mitigate the protest;
(3) any
				  conditions the commission should consider applying to the application if
				  approved; and
(4) a petition to
				  intervene under
				  3 AAC 48.110.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.656 - Separate applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant for commission designation
				  under 3 AAC 53.400 -
				  3 AAC 53.499 as an eligible telecommunications carrier
				  for more than one study area must file a separate application for each study
				  area.
(b) An applicant for
				  commission approval to acquire control of more than one certificate of public
				  convenience and necessity may file a consolidated application for the multiple
				  certificates of public convenience and necessity. The commission may consider
				  the request to acquire control of each certificate of public convenience and
				  necessity in a separate docket and may require the applicant to submit
				  additional copies of supporting information.
(c) An applicant for commission approval for
				  the issuance of more than one certificate of public convenience and necessity
				  must file a separate application for each proposed certificate of public
				  convenience and necessity.
(d)
				  Except as specified in (a) of this section, an applicant for commission
				  approval to provide telecommunications service in more than one study area may
				  submit a consolidated application for all areas. The commission may consider
				  the request to provide service in each study area in a separate docket and may
				  require the applicant to submit additional copies of supporting information.
				  For the purpose of this subsection, "telecommunications" has the meaning given
				  in AS
				  42.05.990.
(e) The commission will reject an application
				  that does not meet the requirements of (a) or (c) of this section.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.231
AS 42.05.281
AS 42.06.055
AS 42.06.140
AS 42.06.240
AS
						42.06.305
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.660 - Burden of proof

Current through May 31, 2024
Every applicant shall have the burden of furnishing
					 whatever information and data that may be required to prove to the commission's
					 satisfaction that the applicant has, or will, comply with the governing law and
					 the provisions of any applicable rule, regulation or order of the commission.
					 When a governing law requires the commission to make a finding in regard to any
					 application, the applicant shall, in each case, have the burden of furnishing
					 whatever information, data, and documents may be required to prove to the
					 commission's satisfaction that the finding is justified.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 5 - Applications Generally › 3 AAC 48.661 - Timelines for consideration of applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for
				  intrastate interexchange carrier applications governed by
				  3 AAC 52.360(d), the commission will
				  rule on an application for a new certificate of public convenience and
				  necessity within six months after the filing of a complete
				  application.
(b) The commission
				  will rule on an application to extend the service area authorized under an
				  existing certificate of public convenience and necessity within six months
				  after the filing of a complete application.
(c) The commission will rule on an
				  application to transfer an existing certificate of public convenience and
				  necessity within six months after the filing of a complete
				  application.
(d) The commission
				  will rule on an application to acquire a controlling interest in a certificated
				  public utility or pipeline carrier within six months after the filing of a
				  complete application.
(e) The
				  commission will rule on an application to change the name of the holder of an
				  existing certificate of public convenience and necessity within three months
				  after the filing of a complete application.
(f) The commission will determine if an
				  application is complete in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.648.
(g) The commission will extend the periods
				  for action set out in (a) - (f) of this section for good cause. The commission
				  will set out findings on good cause in an order extending a deadline.
Authority:
AS
						42.04.080
AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.241
AS 42.05.281
AS 42.06.055
AS 42.06.140
AS
						42.06.240
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.700 - Application and purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790 is to implement
				  AS
				  42.05.381(e) and to
				  establish simplified, expedited filing and rate adjustment procedures for those
				  nonprofit electric cooperatives organized under AS 10.25 and regulated by the
				  commission.
(b) If allowed or
				  required by
				  3 AAC 48.740, an electric cooperative organized under AS
				  10.25 may adjust rates no more than quarterly based on the filing requirements
				  and other conditions set out in
				  3 AAC 48.710 -
				  3 AAC 48.790.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.710 - Filing requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A rate adjustment filing under
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790 is subject to
				  3 AAC 48.220 and
				  3 AAC 48.270.
(b) A cooperative that adjusts its rates
				  under the authority of
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790 shall then file all of the information
				  required by
				  3 AAC 48.720 for whichever period is elected, quarterly
				  or semi-annual, whether or not a change in rates is requested, until permission
				  to discontinue the filing is granted by the commission or the cooperative
				  submits a filing in accordance with
				  AS
				  42.05.411 and
				  3 AAC 48.275. A cooperative that files the information
				  required by
				  3 AAC 48.720 for each quarterly period shall file that
				  information within 60 days after the end of each quarter, and a cooperative
				  that files the information required by
				  3 AAC 48.720 for each semi-annual period shall file that
				  information within 90 days after the end of the semi-annual period.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.381
AS
						42.05.411
AS
						42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.720 - Supporting information

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.710(b), a cooperative shall
				  file with the commission the following information for each quarterly or
				  semi-annual period:
(1) RCA Form 201 (Modified
				  REA Form 7);
(2) a schedule and
				  explanation of all amortized expenses;
(3) a schedule and explanation of all pro
				  forma and normalizing adjustments;
(4) a schedule and explanation of each line
				  item on RCA Form 201 which has increased or decreased more than 10 percent from
				  the previous 12-month period;
(5) a
				  schedule of the calculation of the cooperative's Times Interest Earned Ratio
				  (TIER), calculated in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.750;
(6) a schedule showing the ratio of
				  residential class kilowatt-hour sales to total kilowatt-hour sales for the
				  current 12-month period and the ratio that existed when the cooperative last
				  filed a cost-of-service study;
(7)
				  if appropriate, a schedule showing the ratio of retail kilowatt-hour sales as a
				  percentage of total retail and wholesale kilowatt-hour sales, and the ratio
				  that existed when the cooperative filed its last cost-of-service study;
				  and
(8) a copy of the cooperative's
				  annual certified audit, including any adjusting journal entries.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.730 - Notice and effective date

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A cooperative's
				  rate adjustment filing under
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790 is subject to
				  3 AAC 48.220 -
				  3 AAC 48.280 and becomes permanent at the end of the
				  notice period described in
				  AS
				  42.05.411 unless the commission suspends the
				  filing in accordance with
				  AS
				  42.05.421. If the commission suspends the
				  filing, the commission may allow the filing to take effect on an interim basis,
				  subject to refund.
(b) A
				  cooperative shall provide to its customers prior individual notice of the
				  intent of its board of directors to consider participation in the simplified
				  rate filing procedure established in
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790. That notice must include, at a minimum,
(1) the purpose of
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790 and its possible effect on recurring
				  electric rates on a quarterly or semi-annual basis, whichever is
				  appropriate;
(2) the time and place
				  of the board of director's meeting scheduled for consideration of the
				  appropriateness and desirability of participation in the simplified rate
				  procedure; and
(3) acknowledgment
				  that the major responsibility for rate adjustments under the simplified
				  procedure will rest with the board of directors of the cooperative rather than
				  with the commission.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.740 - Rate adjustments

Current through May 31, 2024
If a cooperative's TIER deviates from the cooperative's
					 Target TIER, the cooperative may adjust rates in accordance with
					 3 AAC 48.700 -
					 3 AAC 48.790 to achieve its Target TIER. If a
					 cooperative's TIER is more than five percent above the cooperative's Target
					 TIER, the cooperative shall reduce rates to achieve its Target
					 TIER.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.750 - Calculation of TIER

Current through May 31, 2024
A cooperative's TIER is calculated for the most recent
					 12-month period, based on the information filed in accordance with
					 3 AAC 48.720 and on the following principles:
(1) the annualized long-term interest expense
				  for the period must be used;
(2)
				  the actual operating expenses for the period must be normalized to remove
				  nonrecurring items and to adjust for items normally amortized for ratemaking
				  purposes, and may also be normalized to reflect pro forma adjustments for known
				  and measurable changes that are more than likely to continue through the period
				  in which the rates will be in effect;
(3) interest income must be included in the
				  determination of TIER to the extent that interest income exceeds short-term
				  interest expense.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.760 - Target TIER determination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Target TIER
				  (Times Interest Earned Ratio) for a cooperative is the TIER approved by the
				  commission in that cooperative's last general rate case or the TIER established
				  under (b) of this section.
(b) By
				  petition separate from another proceeding under
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790, a cooperative may request that a new
				  Target TIER be set, based on consideration of the cooperative's present equity
				  levels, optimum equity levels, cost of debt, growth rate and capitalization,
				  mortgage covenants, the capital credits retirement program of the cooperative,
				  and other relevant factors.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.770 - Limitations on use of simplified procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Rate
				  adjustments allowed under
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790 may not exceed a cumulative 20 percent
				  increase in any three-year period, or a cumulative eight percent in any
				  12-month period, excluding purchased power and fuel costs rate
				  adjustments.
(b) For good cause
				  shown, the commission will, in its discretion, revoke or deny a cooperative's
				  authority to request an increase under the simplified rate filing procedure in
				  3 AAC 48.700 -
				  3 AAC 48.790.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.780 - Application of rate increases

Current through May 31, 2024
A rate increase granted under
					 3 AAC 48.700 -
					 3 AAC 48.790 must be applied as an across-the-board
					 adjustment to all recurring charges, except the customer
					 charge.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 6 - Simplified Rate Filing Procedures for Electric Cooperatives › 3 AAC 48.790 - Cost-of-service filings

Current through May 31, 2024
To ensure that a cooperative's rates properly reflect the
					 cost to serve the various classes of customers, a cost-of-service study in
					 accordance with
					 3 AAC 48.540(c) - (h) must be filed
					 if
(1) the residential class
				  kilowatt-hour sales as a percentage of total kilowatt-hour sales, on an annual
				  basis, changes by more than 5 percent from the percentage that existed when the
				  cooperative last filed a cost-of-service study; or
(2) the retail kilowatt-hour sales as a
				  percentage of total retail and wholesale kilowatt hour sales, on an annual
				  basis, changes by more than 5 percent from the percentage that existed when the
				  cooperative last filed a cost-of-service study; or
(3) the cooperative files a rate case
				  complying with the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.05.411 and
				  3 AAC 48.275, and if
				  3 AAC 48.540(a) or (b) requires that
				  cooperative to file a cost-of-service study.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.381
AS 42.05.411
AS 42.05.421
AS
						42.05.431
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 3 AAC 48.800 - General administrative provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each utility
				  and pipeline carrier has the continuing responsibility to conform the language
				  of its tariff with the definitions in 3 AAC 48 and 3 AAC 52. A definition that
				  is not substantially the same must be revised by means of an appropriate tariff
				  filing.
(b) Definitions contained
				  in 3 AAC 52.080,
				  3 AAC 52.150 and
				  3 AAC 52.340 also apply to the defined words as they are
				  used in 3 AAC 48.010 -
				  3 AAC 48.820.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.06.140(a)
AS
						42.06.350
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 3 AAC 48.805 - Waivers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for those that are also required
				  under AS 42.05, any requirement in 3 AAC 48 may be modified or waived, in whole
				  or in part, by order of the commission upon application and a showing of good
				  cause or on the commission's own motion.
(b) Application for waiver under this section
				  must be in writing and must set out the pertinent facts in sufficient detail to
				  support a finding by the commission that no legitimate public interest will be
				  served by enforcing the requirement designated in the application. An
				  application under this section may be made to the commission by motion,
				  petition, or, where appropriate, by a tariff advice letter.
(c) If modification of a requirement in 3 AAC
				  48 cannot be granted without also exempting the applicant from a provision of
				  AS 42.05, the application for the modification or waiver must include
				  application for exemption from the provision of AS 42.05.
(d) The commission will grant or deny an
				  application, in whole or in part. The commission's decision will be announced
				  by order or in a letter written "By Direction of the Commission."
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.711(d)
AS
						42.06.140(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 3 AAC 48.810 - Delegation of authority

Current through May 31, 2024
The commission will, in its discretion, delegate to a
					 commissioner or designated members of its staff any of its legal powers,
					 duties, and responsibilities except that of making all final
					 decisions.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.06.140(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 49 - Deregulation › Article 1 - Deregulation Ballot: Election Procedure › 3 AAC 49.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.090 is to ensure that the election conducted
				  under AS
				  42.05.712 will be organized and managed in
				  such a manner that the public interest will be protected and that the integrity
				  of the election process will be maintained. Thus, the utility subscriber or
				  cooperative member will be assured that an election under
				  AS
				  42.05.712 will be held in a fair, orderly,
				  and impartial manner.
(b) The
				  procedures set out in
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.090 must be adhered to. Adherence to these
				  procedures is a prerequisite to obtaining commission certification of the
				  election results under
				  AS
				  42.05.712(e).
Authority:
AS
						42.05.151(a)
AS
						42.05.712
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 49 - Deregulation › Article 1 - Deregulation Ballot: Election Procedure › 3 AAC 49.020 - Certification of voter eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a subscriber
				  or member is a subscriber or member on the 30th day before the date ballots are
				  mailed or delivered, that person must be sent notice of the election and a
				  ballot.
(b) If a subscriber or
				  member has more than one account or more than one membership with the utility
				  or the cooperative, the subscriber or member may cast one ballot for each
				  account or membership if
(1) the utility's
				  rules filed with and approved by the commission under 3 AAC 48 permit that
				  procedure; or
(2) the cooperative's
				  bylaws adopted under AS 10.25 permit that member to have more than one vote at
				  the cooperative's annual meeting.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 49 - Deregulation › Article 1 - Deregulation Ballot: Election Procedure › 3 AAC 49.070 - Disposition of ballots, election materials

Current through May 31, 2024
The commission will preserve all election certificates,
					 tallies, registers or lists, and election materials for four years after the
					 election conducted under
					 AS
					 42.05.712. All ballots and return-addressed
					 envelopes will, in the commission's discretion, be destroyed 30 days after the
					 certification of the election results unless an application for recount has
					 been filed and not completed, or unless their destruction is stayed by court
					 order. The commission will, in its discretion, permit the inspection of
					 election materials upon order of a court of competent
					 jurisdiction.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.151(a)
AS
						42.05.712
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 49 - Deregulation › Article 1 - Deregulation Ballot: Election Procedure › 3 AAC 49.080 - Miscellaneous

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The utility or cooperative shall provide
				  the commission with a copy of each notice it mails to its subscribers or
				  members under
				  AS
				  42.05.712, and a copy of the list of
				  subscribers or members to whom it mails the notice. The utility or cooperative
				  also shall provide the commission with a sample of the ballot it mails to its
				  subscribers or members, of the small envelope in which the ballot is inserted,
				  and the large, outer envelope (return-addressed to the commission) that
				  contains the voter's certificate as prescribed in
				  3 AAC 49.040(c).
(b) If a deadline prescribed in
				  AS
				  42.05.712 or in
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.080 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal
				  holiday for Alaska state offices, the deadline will be the next regular
				  business day of the commission.
(c)
				  A utility or cooperative, or its officers, directors, management, or employees,
				  or any person who, directly or indirectly, gives or offers to give, or offers
				  any money or valuable thing (including but not limited to a refund, rebate, or
				  remission in any manner or by any device of any rate or charge, or any portion
				  of a rate or charge, or receipt of a greater or lesser compensation for a
				  utility's or cooperative's services than is prescribed in its currently
				  effective tariff), or extends, promises, or offers to extend to any utility
				  subscriber or cooperative member any form of contract, agreement, inducement,
				  privilege, or facility, or apply any rule or condition of service as an
				  inducement to, or with the intent to induce, a subscriber or member to
				  participate in an election conducted under
				  AS
				  42.05.712 or to vote for or against, or
				  refrain from voting for or against, any election question under
				  AS
				  42.05.712, has engaged in a discriminatory
				  practice under
				  AS
				  42.05.391(a) or (c), or
				  both, and is subject to the imposition of civil sanctions under
				  AS
				  42.05.571.
Authority:
AS
						01.10.080
AS
						42.05.151(a)
AS 42.05.391
AS
						42.05.712