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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 106 - Loan Programs › Article 3 - Loans From Bulk Fuel Revolving Loan Fund › 3 AAC 106.345 - Assumptions (Deleted)

Current through May 31, 2024
Deleted.
As of Register 205 (April 2013), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney deleted
						3 AAC 106.345, to reflect the enactment of ch. 46, SLA
						2012. Effective January 1, 2013, ch. 46, SLA 2012 made statutory changes with
						respect to the bulk fuel revolving loan program, transferring authority over
						that program from the Alaska Energy Authority to the division in the Department
						of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for
						community and regional affairs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 106 - Loan Programs › Article 3 - Loans From Bulk Fuel Revolving Loan Fund › 3 AAC 106.350 - Modifications (Deleted)

Current through May 31, 2024
Deleted.
As of Register 205 (April 2013), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney deleted
						3 AAC 106.350, to reflect the enactment of ch. 46, SLA
						2012. Effective January 1, 2013, ch. 46, SLA 2012 made statutory changes with
						respect to the bulk fuel revolving loan program, transferring authority over
						that program from the Alaska Energy Authority to the division in the Department
						of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for
						community and regional affairs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 106 - Loan Programs › Article 3 - Loans From Bulk Fuel Revolving Loan Fund › 3 AAC 106.355 - Reconsideration of a loan request (Deleted)

Current through May 31, 2024
Deleted.
As of Register 205 (April 2013), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney deleted
						3 AAC 106.355, to reflect the enactment of ch. 46, SLA
						2012. Effective January 1, 2013, ch. 46, SLA 2012 made statutory changes with
						respect to the bulk fuel revolving loan program, transferring authority over
						that program from the Alaska Energy Authority to the division in the Department
						of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for
						community and regional affairs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 106 - Loan Programs › Article 3 - Loans From Bulk Fuel Revolving Loan Fund › 3 AAC 106.360 - Confidentiality of loan information (Deleted)

Current through May 31, 2024
Deleted.
As of Register 205 (April 2013), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney deleted
						3 AAC 106.360, to reflect the enactment of ch. 46, SLA
						2012. Effective January 1, 2013, ch. 46, SLA 2012 made statutory changes with
						respect to the bulk fuel revolving loan program, transferring authority over
						that program from the Alaska Energy Authority to the division in the Department
						of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for
						community and regional affairs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 106 - Loan Programs › Article 3 - Loans From Bulk Fuel Revolving Loan Fund › 3 AAC 106.365 - Definitions (Deleted)

Current through May 31, 2024
Deleted.
As of Register 205 (April 2013), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney deleted
						3 AAC 106.365, to reflect the enactment of ch. 46, SLA
						2012. Effective January 1, 2013, ch. 46, SLA 2012 made statutory changes with
						respect to the bulk fuel revolving loan program, transferring authority over
						that program from the Alaska Energy Authority to the division in the Department
						of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development that is responsible for
						community and regional affairs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 106 - Loan Programs › Article 4 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 106.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
				  requires otherwise,
(1) deleted;
(2) repealed 4/8/2015;
(3) deleted;
(4) "regional corporation" means an Alaska Native regional
				  corporation established under the laws of this state in accordance with the
				  provisions of 43 U.S.C.
				  1601 -
				  1629(e) (Alaska
				  Native Claims Settlement Act).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.200 - Technical requirements; metering

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An eligible
				  electric utility shall install and maintain
(1) operational equipment designed to meter
				  power consumption of its utility customers, including community facilities and
				  power stations;
(2) a fuel meter on
				  the day tank to record the amount of fuel used to generate electric power on a
				  daily basis;
(3) an appropriate
				  master meter or totalizing meter and demand register to measure the electric
				  power generated at the main bus-bar; and
(4) a station service meter to measure the
				  power consumed by the utility for lights and heat for the power
				  plant.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.210 - Overpayments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The authority is entitled to
				  reimbursement if an eligible electric utility, or its electric utility
				  customers, have received power cost equalization payments to which they were
				  not entitled.
(b) Grounds for
				  reimbursement include
(1) an interim or
				  permanent power cost equalization reduction ordered by the
				  commission;
(2) a reduction of
				  power cost equalization resulting from an adjustment to fuel or other eligible
				  costs ordered by the commission;
(3) payment disbursed in error or based on an
				  erroneous or undocumented monthly report.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.220 - Power cost equalization pro-rata reduction

Current through May 31, 2024
When power cost equalization payments paid to each electric
					 utility are reduced on a pro rata basis as required by
					 AS
					 42.45.110(i), eligible
					 electric utilities will implement the pro rata reduction effective with the
					 comparable monthly report. An electric utility shall consult with the authority
					 regarding implementation of the reduction.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.160
AS 42.45.170
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.225 - Allocation of supplemental appropriations after pro rata reduction

Current through May 31, 2024
If a supplemental appropriation is received for the power
					 cost equalization program after the authority has made a pro rata reduction
					 under AS
					 42.45.110(i), the authority
					 will
(1) increase the power cost
				  equalization payments to be made to eligible utilities for the rest of the
				  fiscal year on a pro rata basis up to the maximum allowable under
				  AS
				  42.45.110; and
(2) if any money remains after payments are
				  made under (1) of this section, make additional power cost equalization
				  payments to eligible utilities that received reduced payments under
				  AS
				  42.45.110(i) to restore
				  funding to the maximum allowable under
				  AS
				  42.45.110 for each month, starting from the
				  most recent month and going back to the beginning of the state fiscal
				  year.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.160
AS 42.45.170
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.230 - Exclusions from power cost equalization

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A customer
				  whose facility has more than one meter will only receive power cost
				  equalization credit for the master meter.
(b) Power consumption measured by a station
				  service meter required in
				  3 AAC 107.200 is not eligible for power cost
				  equalization credit.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.160
AS 42.45.170
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.240 - Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An eligible
				  electric utility shall submit a power cost equalization report to the authority
				  within 10 working days after the end of its billing period. The report must set
				  out the power consumption of the previous month and must be in the format
				  required by the authority. Within each fiscal year an eligible electric utility
				  shall submit 12 separate monthly reports.
(b) Power cost equalization payments will not
				  be made for power consumed through June 30 of a year if the relevant monthly
				  report is received after August 31 of that year.
(c) An eligible electric utility shall report
				  separately, in the format required by the authority, the power eligible for
				  power cost equalization that is consumed by each of its customers.
(d) An eligible electric utility shall keep
				  accurate periodic written records for the fuel day meters, generating meters,
				  and station service meters required by
				  3 AAC 107.200.
(e) An eligible electric utility shall
				  organize and maintain, in accordance with standard accounting practices, the
				  accounts of its electric fund as a separate accounting entity in a
				  self-balancing set of accounts that includes the assets, liabilities, balance,
				  revenue, and expenses of the electric fund.
(f) An eligible electric utility shall make
				  its records available to the authority and the commission within 60 days after
				  receipt of a request to do so.
(g)
				  Failure to comply with (f) of this section may result in
(1) suspension by the authority of the power
				  cost equalization disbursements to the eligible electric utility, until
				  satisfactory records are provided;
(2) loss of the suspended power cost
				  equalization disbursements, if satisfactory records are not submitted by
				  January 31 of the following fiscal year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.250 - Power cost equalization and the commission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The authority
				  and the commission have statutory responsibilities in furtherance of the power
				  cost equalization program.
(b)3 AAC 107.200 -
				  3 AAC 107.270 should be read together with
				  3 AAC 52.600 -
				  3 AAC 52.690.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.120
AS 42.45.130
AS 42.45.140
AS 42.45.150
AS 42.45.160
AS 42.45.170
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.260 - Standards for customer eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
To receive a power cost equalization payment, a customer of
					 an eligible electric utility
(1) must
				  be billed by the utility in accordance with the relevant tariff, rate
				  structure, separate demand charge, or minimum charge;
(2) shall make timely payments to the
				  utility, for the electric power purchased, at least annually or on an
				  appropriate schedule throughout the year, and in an amount equal to the
				  required annual payment, if this practice is justified by the community's
				  seasonal economy, the local utility rule, and the economic feasibility of the
				  practice by the local utility; and
(3) shall pay to the utility at least the
				  applicable base amount determined by the commission under
				  AS
				  42.45.110 and 3 AAC 52.160, plus the
				  difference between the utility rate and the amount of power cost equalization,
				  for each kilowatt-hour consumed.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.120
AS 42.45.130
AS 42.45.140
AS 42.45.150
AS 42.45.160
AS 42.45.170
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.267 - State or federal funding of community facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A community
				  facility is not eligible for power cost equalization if the costs of operating
				  the community facility, or eligible portion of the community facility, are paid
				  for by the state, federal government, or private commercial
				  interests.
(b) As used in (a) of
				  this section, the receipt of state or federal government funds by a community
				  facility is not state or federal government payment for the costs of operating
				  the community facility if the local community will receive the benefits of the
				  power cost equalization payment, rather than the state or federal government.
				  The local community receives the benefits of the power cost equalization
				  payment if
(1) the state or federal
				  government does not direct the community facility to spend the state or federal
				  government funds on operating costs of the community facility, and
(2) the power cost equalization payment will
				  not reduce the amount of state or federal government funding provided to the
				  community facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 1 - Power Cost Equalization Program › 3 AAC 107.270 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)In
				  3 AAC 107.200 -
				  3 AAC 107.270 and in
				  AS
				  42.45.110-42.45.170, unless the context
				  requires otherwise,
(1) "commission" means the
				  Regulatory Commission of Alaska;
(2) "customers" means
(A) an eligible electric utility's
				  residential customer of energy for a single-family or multi-family dwelling, or
				  residential housing unit;
(B) an
				  eligible electric utility's commercial customer of energy for a business,
				  school, or building other than the customers identified in (A), (C), and (D) of
				  this paragraph;
(C) a community
				  facility as defined in
				  AS
				  42.45.150;
(D) state or federal customers;
(3) deleted;
(4) "state or federal customer" means a state
				  or federal office or facility other than public schools;
(5) "authority" means the Alaska Energy
				  Authority created in
				  AS
				  44.83.020;
(6) "residential customer" means a customer
				  whose residence is the
(A) location receiving
				  electrical service, regardless of whether the customer engages in commercial
				  activity at the customer's residence; and
(B) place of residence in this state as
				  determined under
				  AS
				  15.05.020 for the purpose of
				  voting.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.300 - Grants for utility improvements; purpose of fund

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430 implement and interpret
				  AS
				  42.45.180 relating to the responsibilities
				  and powers of the authority with respect to grants for utility improvements
				  from the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund. The
				  authority may use money available in the fund to make grants for utility
				  improvements as provided in
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430. It is a purpose of the fund to provide
				  grants to improve existing utility systems and thereby to reduce the costs to
				  the fund for power cost equalization under
				  AS
				  42.45.100-42.45.170.
(b) A grant under
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430 is subject to the availability of money in
				  the fund for that purpose. As soon as practical in each fiscal year, the
				  authority shall determine the amount of money in the fund. During each fiscal
				  year, the authority shall make available for grants for utility improvements
				  from the fund an amount equal to three percent of the amount of money in the
				  fund as of July 1 of that fiscal year.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.310 - Notice of availability of money in fund

Current through May 31, 2024
If the authority determines under
					 3 AAC 107.300 that money is available from the fund for
					 grants for utility improvements, the authority shall publish notice of the
					 amount of money available for the grants. The authority shall include in the
					 notice information regarding application procedures, a summary of significant
					 terms and conditions that shall apply to the grants, and a statement of the
					 time by which the authority must receive applications. The authority shall
					 publish the notice by the method that it considers appropriate. Upon receipt of
					 written request from a person, the authority shall mail to the person a sample
					 grant agreement and the evaluation criteria that will be used to select
					 recipients of the grants.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.320 - Utility improvements grant limits

Current through May 31, 2024
The authority may not award a grant to a recipient under
					 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430 in a fiscal year in an amount that exceeds
					 20 percent of the amount in the fund available in that fiscal year for grants
					 under 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430. An applicant may apply for, and the
					 authority may award to an applicant, more than one grant under
					 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430 during a fiscal year; however, the
					 applicant must submit a separate application for each grant
					 requested.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.360 - Conditions for receiving a utility improvements grant

Current through May 31, 2024
A recipient of a grant under
					 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430 may not use the proceeds of the grant to
					 pay for costs of a project that were incurred before the applicant entered into
					 a grant agreement under
					 3 AAC 107.350(a) unless the executive
					 director of the authority approves payment of the costs.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.370 - Insufficient money

Current through May 31, 2024
If the amount of money in the fund is not sufficient to
					 initially award grants for all the ranked applications as provided in
					 3 AAC 107.340(d), the authority shall
					 notify the successful applicants for whom there is insufficient money in the
					 fund to award grants. The notice must include a statement that the applicant's
					 application was ranked but that there was insufficient money in the fund to
					 award the grant. The notice also must inform the successful applicant that (1)
					 if additional money becomes available in the fund in the same fiscal year, the
					 authority, to the extent of that additional available money, will award grants
					 to the remaining successful applicants in the order in which their applications
					 were ranked; and (2) if the applicant does not receive a grant in the fiscal
					 year for which the applicant applied, the applicant must resubmit its
					 application within the time required for the following fiscal year to be
					 considered for a grant in that period. If additional money becomes available in
					 the fund, the authority shall award additional grants as described in the
					 notice. The authority may award a grant to an applicant in an amount less than
					 the amount requested by the applicant if there is insufficient money in the
					 fund to award the full amount requested and if the purposes of the grant can be
					 carried out with less than the full amount requested.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.380 - Inspection of records and facilities; audits and examinations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each applicant
				  for a grant under
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430 and each grant recipient under
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430 shall agree to make its books and records,
				  facilities, and real and personal property of any kind, available for
				  inspection at any reasonable time by the authority or its agents upon receipt
				  by the applicant or grant recipient of a written request to inspect at any time
				  while the applicant's application is pending with the authority and at any time
				  up to one year after the most recent disbursement of grant proceeds to the
				  recipient.
(b) The authority or its
				  agents may inspect, upon reasonable notice, the construction of any project
				  that is being financed, in whole or in part, with a grant under
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430.
(c) A grant recipient shall,
(1) at reasonable times during the applicable
				  time period described in (a) of this section, and upon written request from the
				  authority, submit to an audit or examination of the recipient's book and
				  records by an independent firm of certified public accountants selected by the
				  authority, in order to determine whether the provisions of the grant agreement
				  have been complied with and, except as limited by
				  2 AAC 45.010, shall pay the cost of the audits or
				  examinations;
(2) upon written
				  request from the authority, submit a sworn statement by a responsible officer
				  of the recipient as to the purposes to which the grant proceeds have been
				  applied.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.400 - Termination of grant agreement; ineligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
If the authority terminates a grant agreement for cause in
					 accordance with the terms of the grant agreement under
					 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430, the authority may
(1) require the grant recipient to repay to
				  the authority the portion of the grant proceeds that relates to the
				  termination; and
(2) determine that
				  the grant recipient is ineligible for further grants under this
				  chapter.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.410 - Title to project

Current through May 31, 2024
In connection with a grant under
					 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430 and for the purpose of ensuring that the
					 grant proceeds are used for a public purpose, the authority may require that a
					 deed restriction on the title to the land benefited by the grant be recorded
					 requiring approval from the authority for sale or transfer of the title to the
					 land and requiring that the property be used for the purposes of the grant. The
					 deed restriction may include provisions restricting the sale or transfer of
					 title to the land to an entity that is eligible for the
					 grant.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.420 - Modifications

Current through May 31, 2024
The authority may consider and treat a request for a
					 modification to a grant as a grant application if, in the determination of the
					 evaluation committee appointed under
					 3 AAC 107.340, the modification is
					 material.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 2 - Utility Improvements Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.430 - Definition for 3 AAC 107.300 - 3 AAC 107.430

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 3 AAC 107.300 -
					 3 AAC 107.430, "fund" has the meaning given in
					 AS
					 42.45.190.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.500 - Eligible applicants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Only an electric utility that meet the
				  requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.200 and this chapter is eligible to
				  apply for a grant from the electrical service extension fund.
(b) A grant application must be submitted by
				  the utility that will serve the customers for whom the line extension is
				  proposed, or by the utility for which the improvement is proposed. The
				  authority will not accept a grant application submitted by a subcontractor or a
				  third party on behalf of an eligible applicant.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.505 - Notice of funding availability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At the
				  beginning of each fiscal year that money is available from the electrical
				  service extension fund, the authority will invite electric utilities to apply
				  for a grant from the fund. The authority will determine the appropriate form of
				  notice, including publishing public notice in a newspaper and direct
				  notification of electric utilities by mail. The notice will state how an
				  electric utility can obtain information on grant application procedures, the
				  terms and conditions of a grant, and the application deadline.
(b) Upon request, the authority will provide
				  an electric utility with a sample grant agreement and the evaluation criteria
				  that will be used to select a grant recipient.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.510 - Grant limits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The maximum dollar amount of a grant is
				  25 percent of the total amount of money appropriated to the fund in any given
				  fiscal year, or $100,000, whichever is greater.
(b) A grant may not exceed 60 percent of the
				  total eligible project costs.
(c)
				  An electric utility may submit multiple applications. Each application must be
				  for a project clearly and distinctly separate from the other and not a phase,
				  continuation, or extension of another project for which an application is made
				  under AS
				  42.45.200.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.515 - Matching funds

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grantee shall contribute at least
(1) 40 percent of the total eligible project
				  costs; and
(2) 100 percent of the
				  ineligible project costs, including planning, feasibility studies, and
				  design.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.525 - Grounds for rejecting incomplete applications

Current through May 31, 2024
The authority will notify an applicant in writing of the
					 authority's intent to reject an application if information requested under
					 3 AAC 107.520(b) is not provided in a
					 timely manner. A rejected application will not be evaluated under
					 3 AAC 107.530.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.530 - Evaluation of grant applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The authority
				  will appoint a committee consisting of employees of the authority to evaluate
				  the grant applications, including any additional information requested by the
				  authority under
				  3 AAC 107.520.
(b) The committee must include at least one
				  electrical engineer.
(c) The
				  committee shall first evaluate all the grant applications for line extensions
				  to qualifying residences or small businesses.
(d) To evaluate grant applications for line
				  extensions, the committee shall determine whether each
(1) project is technically feasible and falls
				  within accepted national utility standards for design and
				  construction;
(2) applicant can
				  obtain permits and rights-of-way within the time provided in the project
				  schedule;
(3) proposed project
				  start up and completion dates are realistic and the applicant can comply with
				  3 AAC 107.535(e) - (g);
(4) applicant can secure all necessary
				  permits and other approvals within the time required in
				  3 AAC 107.535(f) and (g);
(5) project is financially feasible, and
				  whether the applicant demonstrates that it has the money available to meet the
				  matching fund requirements of
				  3 AAC 107.515;
(6) application and all of its supporting
				  documentation provide sufficient information to determine eligibility for award
				  of a grant;
(7) applicant has met
				  the requirements of eligibility for a grant under
				  AS
				  42.45.200.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.535 - Conditions for receiving a grant

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A successful
				  applicant shall sign a grant agreement with the authority in order to receive
				  the grant.
(b) A successful
				  applicant that fails to execute a grant agreement with the authority within 60
				  days of receiving a notice of award from the authority forfeits the right to
				  that grant award.
(c) The authority
				  will, in its discretion, terminate the grant agreement if the grantee fails to
				  meet the terms and conditions of the agreement.
(d) The authority will not disburse grant
				  money for any work completed before the execution of the grant
				  agreement.
(e) Within 90 days after
				  the grant agreement is executed, unless otherwise determined by the authority,
				  the grantee shall submit plans and specifications to the authority for
				  review.
(f) Within eight months
				  after the grant agreement is executed, permit work must be completed.
(g) Within 18 months after the grant
				  agreement is executed, field construction work must be completed.
(h) The grantee shall pay all project costs
				  above those costs on which the grant is based.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.540 - Insufficient funds

Current through May 31, 2024
If the total amount of grant money requested from all
					 eligible applicants is greater than the money available in the fund, the
					 authority will place the eligible applicants who were not awarded a grant on a
					 waiting list ranked according to the standards set out in
					 3 AAC 107.530(f) and (g). As money
					 becomes available during the fiscal year in which the waiting list is
					 established, the authority will award grants in the order that the applications
					 are ranked on the waiting list. The waiting list will be dissolved on June 30
					 of each year. Any remaining applications may be resubmitted for consideration
					 under the following year's program.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.545 - Inspection of records and facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
				  a written request to inspect, the applicant shall make its books, records,
				  facilities, and real and personal property available for inspection at a
				  reasonable time by the authority to the extent necessary to evaluate the
				  applicant's eligibility for a grant under
				  AS
				  42.45.200.
(b) The authority will, in its discretion and
				  after reasonable notice, inspect the construction of any project that is being
				  financed with a grant under
				  AS
				  42.45.200 in order to determine whether the
				  grant is being spent in accordance with the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.200. The inspection does not relieve
				  the borrower of its obligation to comply with applicable codes and
				  ordinances.
(c) The authority will,
				  in its discretion and after reasonable notice, inspect the applicant's books,
				  records, facilities, and real and personal property up to three years after the
				  completion of construction of a project financed with a grant under
				  AS
				  42.45.200 in order to determine whether the
				  grant was spent in accordance with the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.200.
(d) The authority will, in its discretion,
				  require the applicant to submit a sworn statement by an authorized
				  representative describing the purposes to which the proceeds of the grant have
				  been applied.
Authority:
AS 44.45.200
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 3 - Electrical Service Extension Fund Grants › 3 AAC 107.550 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
				  3 AAC 107.500 -
				  3 AAC 107.545, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "eligible applicant" means a certificated
				  electric utility or electric utility exempt from certification under
				  AS
				  42.05.711 who has submitted an application
				  for a grant under
				  AS
				  42.45.200;
(2) "primary residence" means a residence
				  that is occupied by the utility's customer for at least seven months each
				  year;
(3) "small business" means an
				  existing commercial enterprise operated for profit and engaged in lawful
				  business activity with not more than $10,000,000 in annual gross sales; "small
				  business" does not include a business that is a division or subsidiary of a
				  larger parent company that does not meet the definition in this paragraph as a
				  small business;
(4) "total eligible
				  project costs" means the cost of site preparation and construction, including
				  the costs of obtaining project related permits associated with constructing a
				  line extension project or improving an existing utility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.600 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
					 3 AAC 107.600 -
					 3 AAC 107.695 is to establish procedures and criteria
					 for grant applications, the evaluation of applications, recommendations to the
					 legislature for the award of grants, and the administration of grants from the
					 renewable energy grant fund under
					 AS
					 42.45.045.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.045
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.605 - Public purpose requirements of renewable energy grants

Current through May 31, 2024
The authority may take actions it determines are
					 appropriate to protect the public purpose of renewable energy grants and the
					 public interest in and benefit from the use of grant funds, including
(1) limiting recommendations for grants to
				  preliminary development phases, until the authority determines that subsequent
				  phases are feasible, will result in sufficient benefit to the public, and are
				  otherwise appropriate for grants;
(2) seeking repayment of some or all of a
				  grant if the grantee fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the grant
				  or, without the prior approval of the authority, sells, conveys, or encumbers a
				  project constructed with renewable energy grant money;
(3) requiring review and approval by the
				  Regulatory Commission of Alaska or, if the Regulatory Commission of Alaska does
				  not have or exercise jurisdiction, review and approval by the authority, of
				  rates charged for the use of assets funded in whole or in part with a renewable
				  energy grant and for energy generated by those assets;
(4) determining whether an applicant that is
				  not a governmental entity and not a utility regulated by the Regulatory
				  Commission of Alaska will own and operate the project in a manner that will
				  provide sufficient public benefit to support a recommendation under
				  AS
				  42.45.045 and
				  3 AAC 107.600 -
				  3 AAC 107.695 for a grant; in making a determination
				  under this paragraph, the authority will consider the applicant's previous
				  experience, its ownership and financial resources, proposed financial
				  oversight, and other factors relevant to the analysis of public
				  benefit.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.045
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.610 - Eligible applicants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To apply for a renewable energy grant, a
				  person must
(1) be an eligible applicant
				  within the meaning given in
				  AS
				  42.45.045 (
l
);
				  and
(2) demonstrate, to the
				  satisfaction of the authority and subject to (b) of this section, that the
				  applicant will
(A) own the renewable energy
				  project;
(B) own, lease, or
				  otherwise control the site upon which the project is located; and
(C) upon completion of the project, operate
				  and maintain it for its economic life for the benefit of the public.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.615 - Eligible projects

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A project that meets the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.045(f) - (h) is
				  eligible for a renewable energy grant.
(b) For purposes of
				  AS
				  42.45.045(f)(2)(B), a
				  project is a direct use of renewable energy resources if it uses renewable
				  energy resources to generate energy or to make a fuel used to generate
				  energy.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.045
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.620 - Public notice of application period; solicitation of grant applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  authority will provide public notice of the application period by publishing
				  notice on the authority's website and on the Alaska Online Public Notice System
				  established under
				  AS
				  44.62.175.
(b) The authority will publish on its website
				  a request for grant applications that includes the date, time, place, and
				  method for delivering applications, and a description of the application
				  requirements.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.045
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.625 - Grant applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant must submit an application
				  to the authority within the time specified in the request for applications with
				  the documentation and in the format required in the request for grant
				  applications. The application must include
(1) information showing to the satisfaction
				  of the authority that the applicant is an eligible applicant within the meaning
				  given in AS 42.45.045 (
l
)
				  and under 3 AAC 107.610;
(2) information showing to the satisfaction
				  of the authority that the project is eligible under
				  AS
				  42.45.045(f) - (h) and
				  3 AAC 107.615;
(3) information showing to the satisfaction
				  of the authority that the project is technically and economically
				  feasible;
(4) a description of the
				  public benefit from the project;
(5) a description of the project scope of
				  work, schedule, milestones, and budget; the description must include an
				  estimate of total project costs, the amount of grant money requested, and
				  identification of other money or resources that are committed to the purposes
				  of the grant;
(6) a description of
				  the applicant's financial resources and financial capability of developing the
				  project, including matching resources and other financing necessary for project
				  development; and
(7) additional
				  information as required in the request for grant applications or under
				  3 AAC 107.670.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.630 - Disclosure of applications and other materials submitted to the authority; confidentiality

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grant application and other materials
				  submitted to the authority under
				  AS
				  42.45.045 and
				  3 AAC 107.600 -
				  3 AAC 107.695 are subject to disclosure under
				  AS
				  40.25.100-40.25.295 (Alaska Public Records
				  Act) and 2 AAC 96, unless the authority determines that the material is
				  protected from disclosure under
				  AS
				  40.25.120.
(b) A person submitting a grant application
				  or other material under
				  AS
				  42.45.045 and
				  3 AAC 107.600 -
				  3 AAC 107.695 may request that the authority keep
				  certain information confidential. The request must
(1) clearly designate the specific
				  information to be kept confidential; and
(2) specifically describe the basis for
				  asserting that the information is protected from disclosure under
				  AS
				  40.25.120; if the person believes the
				  information is protected as a trade secret or business proprietary information,
				  the description must include analysis of whether the person's commercial
				  privacy interest in protecting the information from disclosure outweighs the
				  public interest in obtaining the information.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.635 - Acceptance of applications for consideration; eligibility review

Current through May 31, 2024
The authority will accept for consideration, for a
					 recommendation for a grant, each application received on or before the deadline
					 established in the request for applications. The authority will determine if
					 the application is complete, is submitted by an eligible applicant within the
					 meaning given in
					 AS
					 42.45.045 (
l
) and under
					 3 AAC 107.610, and is for a project that is eligible
					 under AS
					 42.45.045(f) - (h) and
					 3 AAC 107.615. The authority will reject applications
					 that fail to meet those requirements, and will notify each applicant whose
					 application is rejected of the authority's decision.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.045
AS
						44.83.080
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 14 - Alaska Energy Authority › Chapter 107 - Grant Programs › Article 4 - Renewable Energy Grant Program › 3 AAC 107.645 - Feasibility and public benefit review of grant applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For each
				  application not rejected under
				  3 AAC 107.635, the authority will perform a benefit and
				  feasibility review, in which the authority will review
(1) project management, development, and
				  operations, including whether
(A) the
				  proposed schedule is clear, realistic, and described in adequate
				  detail;
(B) the costs and savings
				  estimates for project development, operation, maintenance, fuel, and other
				  project items are realistic;
(C)
				  the project team's method of communicating, monitoring, and reporting
				  development progress is described in adequate detail; and
(D) logistical, business, and financial
				  arrangements for operating and selling energy from the completed project are
				  reasonable and described in adequate detail;