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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 49.090 - Waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) By order of the commission, upon
				  application in writing and a showing of good cause, any requirement of
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.080 will, in the commission's discretion, be
				  waived in whole or in part, except the ballot marking and counting rules
				  contained in
				  3 AAC 49.040(a).
(b) Applications submitted under this section
				  shall 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 as required by
				  this section may be made to the commission by motion or petition.
(c) Application for the waiver of a
				  requirement must also include application under
				  AS
				  42.05.711(d) for exemption
				  from a related provision of AS 42.05 if waiver of the requirement of
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.080 cannot be granted without also exempting
				  the applicant from the governing law.
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 49.100 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 3 AAC 49.010 -
					 3 AAC 49.100
(1) "ballot" means a ballot issued to a
				  utility subscriber or cooperative member in an election conducted under
				  AS
				  42.05.712 and
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.100;
(2) "commission" means the Regulatory
				  Commission of Alaska;
(3)
				  "cooperative" means an electric or telephone cooperative organized under AS
				  10.25, subject to the commission's regulatory jurisdiction under AS 42.05,
				  which is authorized to conduct a deregulation ballot election under
				  AS
				  42.05.711(h) and
				  42.05.712;
(4) "election" means an election conducted
				  under AS
				  42.05.712 and
				  3 AAC 49.010 -
				  3 AAC 49.100;
(5) "question" means the question whether a
				  utility or cooperative is to be exempt from regulation by the Regulatory
				  Commission of Alaska, as prescribed in
				  AS
				  42.05.712(d);
(6) "utility" means a public utility subject
				  to the commission's regulatory jurisdiction under AS 42.05 which is authorized
				  to conduct a deregulation ballot election under
				  AS
				  42.05.711(f) and (g) and
				  42.05.712.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.712
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 1 - Regulatory Policy Standards › 3 AAC 50.100 - Application, purpose, and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 50.200,
				  3 AAC 50.300, and
				  3 AAC 50.500 apply to electric utilities subject to the
				  regulatory jurisdiction of the commission. The provisions of
				  3 AAC 50.500 apply to gas utilities subject to the
				  regulatory jurisdiction of the commission. The purpose of
				  3 AAC 50.200 -
				  3 AAC 50.500 is to adopt the regulatory policy standards
				  established in secs. 113(b) and 303(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory
				  Policies Act of 1978  (16
				  USC 2623(b) and
				  15 USC
				  3203(b), as adopted November
				  9, 1978) and to extend these standards to the other electric and gas utilities
				  in Alaska not directly subject to that Act. These regulations encourage
(1) conservation of energy supplied by
				  electric and gas utilities;
(2) the
				  optimization of the efficiency of use of facilities and resources by electric
				  and gas utilities; and
(3) the
				  establishment of equitable rates to electric and gas consumers.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 1 - Regulatory Policy Standards › 3 AAC 50.200 - Individual electric meters

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section, an electric utility shall install an
				  individual meter to measure the energy consumption attributable to each
				  residential and commercial unit in a multiple-occupancy building and each
				  mobile home unit in a mobile home park if construction of the building or
				  mobile home park was begun after December 31, 1982.
(b) Individual meters are not required
(1) for transient multiple-occupancy
				  buildings and transient mobile home parks, including, but not limited to,
				  hotels, motels, dormitories, rooming houses, hospitals, nursing homes, and
				  mobile home parks for travel trailers;
(2) for commercial unit space which is
				  subject to alteration with changes in tenants as evidenced by temporary
				  construction of nonload-bearing walls or floors separating the commercial unit
				  spaces;
(3) where alternative
				  renewable energy resources are used in connection with central heating,
				  ventilating, and air conditioning systems; and
(4) in common building areas such as
				  hallways, elevators, reception areas, water pumping facilities, and electric
				  hookups for motor vehicles.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 1 - Regulatory Policy Standards › 3 AAC 50.300 - Information to electric consumers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An electric
				  utility shall provide to each new electric consumer, coincident with the
				  application for service, a clear and concise explanation of any rate schedule
				  in its currently effective tariff which applies to that consumer.
(b) Not later than 30 days after the filing
				  of a tariff advice letter in which a change in a rate schedule is requested, an
				  electric utility shall transmit to its affected consumers a clear and concise
				  explanation of the proposed change, This provision does not apply to rate
				  adjustments resulting from an automatic fuel-cost rate adjustment
				  clause.
(c) At least once each year
				  an electric utility shall transmit to each of its electric consumers an
				  informative summary of any rate schedule in its currently effective tariff
				  which applies to those consumers.
(d) On request of an electric consumer, an
				  electric utility shall transmit a clear and concise statement of the consumer's
				  actual energy consumption and, if billed separately, power consumption for any
				  billing period during the previous 12 months unless the information is not
				  reasonably ascertainable by the utility.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141(a)
AS
						42.05.151(a)
AS
						42.05.411(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 1 - Regulatory Policy Standards › 3 AAC 50.500 - Advertising

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the restrictions imposed
				  under AS
				  42.05.381(a), neither an
				  electric utility nor a gas utility may recover through rates any direct or
				  indirect expenditure by the utility for promotional, political, or goodwill
				  advertising.
(b) The commission
				  will determine on a case-by-case basis whether the forms of advertising listed
				  in (c)(3) of this section, as well as advertising not readily categorized as
				  promotional, political, or goodwill, and any other form of advertising not
				  covered by this section will be included in utility operating expenses for
				  ratemaking purposes.
(c) In this
				  section
(1) "advertising" means the
				  commercial use by a utility of any media, including newspaper. printed matter,
				  radio, and television, in order to transmit a message to a substantial number
				  of members of the public or to the utility's customers;
(2) "goodwill advertising" means advertising
				  directed toward improving or enhancing the public image of a utility or its
				  employees;
(3) "goodwill
				  advertising," "political advertising," and "promotional advertising" do not
				  include
(A) advertising which informs an
				  electric or gas consumer about methods which conserve electric energy or gas or
				  which reduce peak demand for electric energy or gas;
(B) advertising required by law or
				  regulation, including advertising required under Part I, Title II of the
				  National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
				  8201 et seq.);
(C) advertising regarding service
				  interruptions, safety measures, or emergency conditions;
(D) advertising concerning employment
				  opportunities with a utility;
(E)
				  advertising which promotes the use of energy-efficient appliances, equipment,
				  or services;
(F) an explanation or
				  justification of existing or proposed rate schedules or a notice of hearings
				  concerning these rate schedules; and
(G) communications with members of a utility
				  cooperative about the activities or internal affairs of the cooperative or
				  which encourage or promote the participation of the members in the process of
				  governing the cooperative;
(4) "political advertising" means advertising
				  for the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to legislative,
				  administrative, or electoral matters, or with respect to a controversial issue
				  of public importance; and
(5)
				  "promotional advertising" means advertising for the purpose of encouraging a
				  person to select or use the service or additional service of a utility, or the
				  selection or installation of an appliance or equipment designed to use the
				  utility's service, except as provided in (3)(E) of this subsection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 1 - Regulatory Policy Standards › 3 AAC 50.600 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in
					 3 AAC 50.100 -
					 3 AAC 50.600
(1) "building" means a single erected
				  structure, roofed and enclosed within exterior walls, built for permanent use,
				  framed of component structural parts and unified in its entirety both
				  physically and in operation for residential or commercial occupancy;
(2) "commercial unit" means that portion of a
				  building or premises which is normally used for commercial purposes;
(3) "electric consumer" means a person or a
				  public or private entity to which electric energy is sold. other than for
				  purposes of resale, by a regulated public utility;
(4) "gas consumer" means a person or a public
				  or private entity to which natural gas is sold, other than for purposes of
				  resale by a public utility;
(5)
				  "mobile home park" means a parcel of land which is used for the accommodation
				  of occupied mobile homes;
(6)
				  "multiple-occupancy building" means a building which is designed to house more
				  than one residential or commercial unit;
(7) "rate" means
(A) a price, rate, charge, or classification
				  made, demanded, observed, or received with respect to the sale of utility
				  services to a utility consumer;
(B)
				  a rule, regulation, condition, or practice respecting a rate, charge, or
				  classification; and
(C) a contract
				  pertaining to the sale of utility services to a utility consumer;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.750 - Application, purpose, and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)3 AAC 50.750 -
				  3 AAC 50.820 apply to all electric utilities subject to
				  the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under
				  AS
				  42.05.361-42.05.441. These sections govern
				  interconnection, integration, and purchases and sales of electric power between
				  an electric utility and a qualifying facility.
(b) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 50.750 -
				  3 AAC 50.820 is to encourage cogeneration and small
				  power production by setting out guidelines for the establishment of reasonable,
				  nondiscriminatory charges, rates, terms, and conditions under which
				  interconnection, integration, and purchases and sales of electric power will
				  occur between an electric utility and a qualifying facility.
(c) Any requirement in
				  3 AAC 50.750 -
				  3 AAC 50.820 may be waived, in whole or in part, or be
				  modified by order of the commission upon application and a showing of good
				  cause. An entity shall file and the commission will consider an application in
				  accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.805.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.711
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.760 - Interconnection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An electric utility shall make
				  interconnection with a qualifying facility as may be necessary to accomplish
				  purchases or sales under
				  3 AAC 50.750 -
				  3 AAC 50.820.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, an
				  electric utility is not required to interconnect with a qualifying facility if
(1) the electric utility, solely because of
				  purchases and sales over the interconnection, would become subject to federal
				  regulation under Subchapter II of the Federal Power Act,
				  16 U.S.C.
				  824; or
(2) a qualifying facility does not comply
				  with the safety and reliability standards prescribed for interconnection in
				  3 AAC 52.485.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.765 - Integration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An electric utility shall identify the
				  costs of integrating the qualifying facility into the electric utility's system
				  and shall quantify the benefits derived from integrating the qualifying
				  facility into the electric utility's system. If the identified costs of
				  integration exceed the quantified benefits of integration, the electric utility
				  may assess integration fees to the qualifying facility. If the quantified
				  benefits exceed the identified costs, the electric utility shall make
				  integration payments to the qualifying facility.
(b) Costs used to calculate integration fees
				  or integration payments include only costs that are reasonably necessary under
				  accepted industry standards for maintaining the safety, integrity, and
				  reliability of the electric utility's system. However, the costs must be
(1) directly related to and necessary for the
				  operation of the qualifying facility within the electric utility's system;
(2) comprised of the net increase
				  or decrease to the corresponding costs which the electric utility would have
				  incurred if it had not engaged in interconnected operations with a qualifying
				  facility, but instead generated an equivalent amount of electric energy itself
				  or purchased an equivalent amount of electric energy or capacity from other
				  sources; and
(3) not duplicative
				  of the costs associated with facilities or measures used by the utility for
				  reasons other than the integration of the qualifying
				  facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.770 - Purchases

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an
				  electric utility shall purchase, in accordance with (c) - (k) of this section,
				  any electric power which is made available from a qualifying
				  facility.
(b) Notwithstanding (a)
				  of this section, an electric utility is not required to purchase electric power
				  from a qualifying facility if
(1) due to
				  operational circumstances, purchases from a qualifying facility result in costs
				  greater than those which the electric utility would have incurred if it had not
				  made such purchases but had instead generated or purchased an equivalent amount
				  of power; if purchases have started, an electric utility seeking to stop
				  purchase under this paragraph shall notify in writing each affected qualifying
				  facility in time for the qualifying facility to stop the delivery of electric
				  power to the electric utility, or the electric utility shall pay the expense it
				  would have incurred had power continued to be purchased from the qualifying
				  facility at established rates during the same period;
(2) during a system emergency, purchases from
				  a qualifying facility would further contribute to the emergency; or
(3) with the agreement of the qualifying
				  facility, the electric utility transmits the electric power to another electric
				  utility which is obligated to purchase that electric power as if it were
				  supplied directly by the qualifying facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.780 - Sales

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An electric utility shall provide service
				  to a qualifying facility including, but not limited to, supplementary power,
				  back-up power, maintenance power, and interruptible power.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, an
				  electric utility is not obligated to provide supplementary power, back-up
				  power, maintenance power, and interruptible power to a qualifying facility upon
				  a showing to and determination by the commission, after reasonable notice and
				  an opportunity for public comment, that compliance with that requirement will
				  either impair the electric utility's ability to give adequate service to its
				  customers or impose an undue burden on the electric utility.
(c) Rates for sales must be just and
				  reasonable and in the public interest and must not discriminate against the
				  other consumers of the utility or against a qualifying facility in comparison
				  to rates for sales to other customers of the electric utility with similar load
				  or other cost-related characteristics.
(d) An electric utility shall submit to the
				  commission the information necessary to support the methodology and
				  calculations used in developing rates for sales of electric power to a
				  qualifying facility in conformance with applicable commission
				  regulations.
(e) Rates for sales of
				  back-up power and maintenance power
(1) must
				  not be based upon an assumption that forced outages or other reductions in
				  electric output by all qualifying facilities on an electric utility's system
				  will occur simultaneously, or during the system peak, or both, unless the
				  assumption is supported by factual data; and
(2) must take into account the extent to
				  which scheduled outages of the qualifying facilities can be usefully
				  coordinated with the scheduled outages of the electric utility's
				  facilities.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.790 - Implementation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Not later than 60 days after receipt of a
				  written request for interconnection from a qualifying facility, an electric
				  utility shall file with the commission for its consideration a tariff for
				  interconnection, integration, purchases, and sales with the requesting
				  qualifying facility in accordance with applicable provisions of
				  AS
				  42.05.361-42.05.441,
				  3 AAC 48.200-
				  3 AAC 48.390, and
				  3 AAC 50.750-
				  3 AAC 50.820.
(b) The proposed tariff filing of an electric
				  utility filed in accordance with (a) of this section must delineate and
				  authorize interconnection, integration, purchases, and sales between an
				  electric utility and a qualifying facility, including provisions for
(1) the charges, terms, and conditions for
				  interconnection to a qualifying facility, including the method and timing of
				  payment of interconnection charges by a qualifying facility;
(2) the fees or payments for integration of
				  the qualifying facility into the electric utility's system;
(3) the rates, terms, and conditions for
				  purchases of energy and capacity from a qualifying facility; and
(4) the rates, terms, and conditions for
				  sales of power to a qualifying facility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.795 - Reporting

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within seven calendar days, an electric
				  utility shall file with the commission in writing
(1) notification of a period in which
				  purchases of power from a qualifying facility are curtailed under
				  3 AAC 50.770(b)(1);
(2) notification of a system emergency in
				  which purchases of power from a qualifying facility are curtailed under
				  3 AAC 50.770(b)(2);
(3) notification of an agreement in which an
				  electric utility transmits power from a qualifying facility under 3 AAC 50.
				  770(b)(3);
(4) notification of a
				  request for interconnection with an entity claiming qualifying facility rights
				  under 3 AAC 50.750-
				  3 AAC 50.820;
(5) notification of denial of interconnection
				  with an entity claiming qualifying facility rights under
				  3 AAC 50.750-
				  3 AAC 50.820.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.800 - Disconnection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An electric utility has the right to
				  disconnect a qualifying facility without notice if a hazardous condition exists
				  in the equipment of the qualifying facility and immediate action is necessary
				  to protect persons, utility facilities, or other customers' facilities from
				  damage or interference imminently likely to result from the hazardous
				  condition.
(b) Not later than 10
				  days after disconnection under (a) of this section, the electric utility shall
				  notify the qualifying facility in writing of the reasons for the
				  disconnection.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141(a)
AS
						42.05.151(a)
AS
						42.05.291(a)
AS
						42.05.301
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 2 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › 3 AAC 50.810 - Disputes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Disputes regarding implementation of
				  3 AAC 50.750 -
				  3 AAC 50.820 must be filed with the commission for
				  consideration under the complaints procedures prescribed in
				  3 AAC 48.120 -
				  3 AAC 48.130.
(b) If a dispute arises under this section,
				  an electric utility shall submit to the commission the cost justification
				  necessary to support the methodology and calculations used in developing
				  interconnection charges under
				  3 AAC 50.760, integration fees and payments under
				  3 AAC 50.765, purchase rates under
				  3 AAC 50.770, and sale rates under
				  3 AAC 50.780, to the extent relevant to resolving the
				  complaint. The commission may review the data submitted by an electric utility
				  under this subsection. The electric utility has the burden of providing
				  justification for its data.
(c) A
				  claim by an electric utility that a period under
				  3 AAC 50.770(b)(1) has occurred or will
				  occur is subject to verification by the commission either before or after the
				  occurrence, upon the commission's own motion or upon complaint by a qualifying
				  facility.
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 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 3 - Net Metering Standards › 3 AAC 50.900 - Applicability and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section, the net metering requirements set out in
				  3 AAC 50.900 -
				  3 AAC 50.949 apply to an electric utility that is
				  subject to economic regulation.
(b)
				  The net metering requirements set out in
				  3 AAC 50.900 - 3 AAC 949 do not apply to
(1) an independent electric system owned and
				  operated by an electric utility that is subject to economic regulation if,
				  except for fossil fuel generation for standby and emergency power, 100 percent
				  of the independent electric system's power is supplied by a facility that
				  produces electric energy derived from one or more of the sources listed in
				  3 AAC 50.920(1) (A) - (H);
(2) an independent electric system owned and
				  operated by an electric utility that is subject to economic regulation, if the
				  independent electric system had total retail sales of less than 5,000,000
				  kilowatt-hours during the previous calendar year; or
(3) any portion of the distribution system of
				  an electric utility that is subject to economic regulation, if the electric
				  utility demonstrates to the commission that limiting net metering installations
				  in that portion of its distribution system is reasonably necessary to address
				  system stability constraints or other operational issues.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 3 - Net Metering Standards › 3 AAC 50.910 - Net metering of electric energy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in (b) of this section, an electric utility shall
(1) make a net metering program available to
				  each of its retail consumers; and
(2) allow consumer generation systems
				  eligible under
				  3 AAC 50.920 to be interconnected to the electric
				  utility's facilities in accordance with interconnection standards contained in
				  the electric utility's tariff.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 3 - Net Metering Standards › 3 AAC 50.920 - Eligible consumer generation systems

Current through May 31, 2024
To be eligible for interconnection under a net metering
					 program, a consumer generation system must
(1) be a facility that produces electric
				  energy derived from one or more of the following sources:
(A) solar photovoltaic and solar thermal
				  energy;
(B) wind energy;
(C) biomass energy, including landfill gas or
				  biogas produced from organic matter, wastewater, anaerobic digesters, or
				  municipal solid waste;
(D)
				  hydroelectric energy;
(E)
				  geothermal energy;
(F) hydrokinetic
				  energy;
(G) ocean thermal
				  energy;
(H) other sources as
				  approved by the commission that generally have similar environmental
				  impact;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 3 - Net Metering Standards › 3 AAC 50.930 - Charges or credits for net electric energy

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An electric
				  utility with a consumer participating in a net metering program shall measure
				  the net electric energy during each monthly billing period, and
(1) if the electric utility supplied more
				  electric energy to the consumer than the consumer supplied to the electric
				  utility during the monthly billing period, the electric utility shall bill the
				  consumer for the number of kilowatt-hours of net electric energy supplied by
				  the electric utility to the consumer at the applicable rates contained in the
				  electric utility's currently effective tariff; or
(2) if the consumer supplied more electric
				  energy to the electric utility than the electric utility supplied to the
				  consumer during the monthly billing period, the electric utility shall credit
				  the consumer's account with an amount derived by multiplying the kilowatt-hours
				  of net electric energy supplied by the consumer to the electric utility by the
				  non-firm power rate contained in the electric utility's currently effective
				  tariff, unless a different non-firm power rate has been established in a
				  commission-approved contract.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 50 - Energy Conservation › Article 3 - Net Metering Standards › 3 AAC 50.949 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
					 3 AAC 50.900 -
					 3 AAC 50.949, unless the context requires
					 otherwise,
(1) "average retail demand"
				  means the number expressed in kilowatts and determined by dividing the total
				  retail sales of the electric utility, measured in kilowatt-hours, for a
				  calendar year with
(A) 365 days, by 8,760
				  hours;
(B) 366 days, by 8,784
				  hours;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 51 - Telecommunications Relay Services › Article 1 - Criteria for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Speech Impaired › 3 AAC 51.010 - Applicability, necessity, purpose, and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 51.010-3 AAC 51.199 apply to all providers
				  of any local intrastate telecommunication services. The provisions of 3 AAC 51.010-3 AAC 51.199 do not apply to
				  intrastate interexchange carriers.
(b) The provision of telecommunications relay
				  service (TRS) in accordance with 3 AAC 51.010-3 AAC 51.199 is required by the public convenience and
				  necessity to meet the needs of persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech
				  disabled.
(c) The purpose of 3 AAC 51.010-3 AAC 51.199 is to implement the
				  directives of
				  AS
				  42.05.296 and the Americans with Disabilities
				  Act of 1990  (47 U.S.C.
				  225)  requiring the provision of
				  telecommunications service to allow persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or
				  speech disabled to communicate with all other persons and with each
				  other.
(d) Except for requirements
				  established under
				  AS
				  42.05.296 and
				  47 U.S.C.
				  225 (1990), the commission will, in its
				  discretion, waive the application of all or any part of 3 AAC 51.010 -
				  3 AAC 51.199 upon a showing of good cause under
				  procedures set out in
				  3 AAC 48.805.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.296
AS 42.05.311
AS 42.05.321
AS
						42.05.711
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 51 - Telecommunications Relay Services › Article 1 - Criteria for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Speech Impaired › 3 AAC 51.020 - Selection of telecommunications relay service provider

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In accordance
				  with the provisions of this section, the commission will issue an order
				  requesting applications for the provision of TRS in this state and specifying
				  the general, business, technical, and financial information to be provided by
				  an applicant.
(b) If more than one
				  entity applies to provide TRS in this state, the commission will hold a public
				  hearing to examine the applications on a comparative basis. In accordance with
				  (e) - (g) of this section, the commission will determine whether one or more
				  applicants are qualified and which applicant is most fit, willing, and able to
				  provide TRS in this state and can provide quality service at just and
				  reasonable rates.
(c) If no
				  applications are received, or if the commission determines that none of the
				  applicants are fit, willing, and able to provide TRS, the existing certificated
				  provider shall continue to provide service under the terms and conditions of
				  its effective tariff. If no applications are received, the commission will
				  issue an order requesting applications every 12 months, unless good cause
				  indicates otherwise. A TRS provider required to serve beyond its initial term
				  of service, as provided in this section, is exempt from the requirements of
				  3 AAC 48.275(a), but shall provide
				  reasonable justification for any proposed change to its monthly revenue
				  requirement.
(d) The commission
				  will issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a TRS provider
				  selected under this section for a period of at least five years.
(e) In addition to the application
				  information required under (a) of this section, a TRS applicant shall provide
				  documentation that verifies the applicant has
(1) the ability to meet or exceed federal
				  requirements concerning all operational, technical, and functional minimum
				  standards for TRS specified in
				  47 C.F.R.
				  64.604; and
(2) procedures to
(A) solicit input from users of the service
				  and carriers whose customers use TRS;
(B) fairly and expeditiously resolve customer
				  complaints;
(C) develop and
				  implement community outreach and education services and programs; and
(D) provide distribution of one or more
				  devices that permit persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or, speech disabled
				  to communicate with each other and with persons of normal hearing.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 51 - Telecommunications Relay Services › Article 1 - Criteria for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Speech Impaired › 3 AAC 51.030 - Requirements of telecommunications relay service provider

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Following the
				  issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide TRS in
				  this state, the provider shall file a tariff that incorporates the terms and
				  conditions specified in its application. The TRS provider shall serve in
				  conformance with its tariff until service expires under the terms of the
				  certificate or until the commission decides otherwise. The TRS provider shall
				  file with the commission, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095, a monthly report that includes the
				  following information:
(1) the TRS surcharges
				  assessed and the total amount of TRS revenue collected based on the number of
				  voice lines reported by telecommunications carriers under
				  3 AAC 51.040(k)(l); the report must
				  specify the surplus revenue account balance;
(2) the number of calls processed; the report
				  must specify TRS traffic by number of calls and minutes of use and each
				  category must be further disaggregated by jurisdiction and type of call; for
				  the purpose of this paragraph, "jurisdiction" includes local, intrastate toll,
				  and interstate toll;
(3) the
				  quality of service offered to customers; the report must, how conformance with
				  federal speed-of-answer and call-blocking standards specified in
				  47 C.F.R.
				  64.604(b)(2).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 51 - Telecommunications Relay Services › Article 1 - Criteria for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Speech Impaired › 3 AAC 51.040 - Funding of telecommunications relay service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commission
				  will establish a TRS surcharge by order and will consider the following
				  criteria:
(1) the monthly revenue requirement
				  of the TRS provider;
(2) the
				  estimated number of voice lines of providers of local wireline and wireless
				  telecommunications service;
(3) any
				  amounts held by the TRS provider in the surplus revenue account.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 51 - Telecommunications Relay Services › Article 1 - Criteria for the Provision of Telecommunications Relay Service for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Speech Impaired › 3 AAC 51.199 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter, unless the context
				  requires otherwise,
(1) "basic TRS" means the
				  minimum operational, technical, and functional standards, and the services and
				  programs required by
				  3 AAC 51.020(e);
(2) "billable minute" or "billable minute of
				  use" means the time period measured in minutes beginning from the point when a
				  communication assistant connects to an incoming relay call until the moment the
				  communication assistant disconnects from the last party to the call; "billable
				  minute"
(A) includes incomplete calls that do
				  not reach the intended party, such as a busy signal, no answer, or wrong
				  number; and
(B) does not include
				  the time in queue, such as the incoming call is ringing or the time waiting for
				  the call to connect to the communication assistant;
(3) "immediately available money" means a
				  corporate or personal check drawn on a bank account for which money is
				  available for use by the receiving party on the same day that the check is
				  received and includes United States Federal Reserve Bank wire transfers, United
				  States currency, and United States Postal Money Orders;
(4) "monthly revenue requirement" means the
				  product of the number of billable minutes of use for a given month times the
				  TRS provider's billable minute-of-use rate as specified in its application to
				  provide TRS;
(5) "multi-line
				  business subscriber" means a business subscriber that maintains more than one
				  business telephone line from a local exchange carrier within the subscriber's
				  serving area;
(6) "optional
				  services" means a TRS that is not included in basic TRS;
(7) "single-line business subscriber" means a
				  business subscriber that maintains only one business telephone line from a
				  local exchange carrier within the subscriber's serving area;
(8) "surcharge" means the rate set by the
				  commission to recover an estimated monthly revenue requirement of the TRS
				  provider;
(9) "telecommunications
				  relay service" or "TRS" means a telephone transmission service that provides
				  the ability for an individual who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech disabled
				  to engage in communication by wire or radio with a hearing individual in a
				  manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of an individual who is
				  not deaf, hard-of- hearing, or speech disabled to communicate using voice
				  communication services by wire or radio; "TRS" includes services that enable
				  two-way communication between an individual who uses a relay device and an
				  individual who does not use such a device;
(10) repealed 5/16/2020.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.010 - Application

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions of
				  3 AAC 52.010 -
				  3 AAC 52.080 apply to all utilities either now or
				  hereafter subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Regulatory Commission
				  of Alaska.
(b) Upon acceptable
				  showing by a utility, the commission may waive, as to that utility and using
				  the procedures and standards set out in
				  3 AAC 48.805, all or any portion of the provisions of 3 AAC 52.010 - 3 AAC 52.080.
(c) No
				  utility may deviate from the regulations in
				  3 AAC 52.010 -
				  3 AAC 52.080 or the standards cited in (b) of this
				  section without the commission's prior written approval.
(d) If nonjurisdictional entities at their
				  discretion elect to conform to
				  3 AAC 52.010 -
				  3 AAC 52.080, the commission will cooperate with them in
				  maintaining records and developing procedures to enhance the public
				  safety.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.541
AS
						42.05.691
AS
						42.05.711
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.020 - Compliance with minimum federal safety standards for gas lines

Current through May 31, 2024
Each utility shall construct and maintain gas transmission
					 and distribution facilities in accordance with the minimum federal safety
					 standards for gas lines, adopted by reference in
					 3 AAC 52.080.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.030 - Records, reports, and inspection for compliance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each utility
				  shall establish and maintain records, make reports and provide information
				  required by the commission to enable it to determine whether the utility has
				  acted or is acting in compliance with the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of
				  1968 and the standards adopted in
				  3 AAC 52.020. The records, reports and information shall
				  be kept in accordance with
				  AS
				  42.05.491.
(b) Repealed 11/22/2017.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.461
AS
						42.05.501
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.040 - Pipeline locating service

Current through May 31, 2024
Each utility shall offer "line locating" service to any
					 individual or utility requiring such service. The utility shall make a
					 reasonable effort to assure that the availability of this service is made known
					 throughout its area of operation. If a charge is made for this service, it
					 shall be based on the cost to the utility of the personnel required to operate
					 the equipment and shall not afford the utility any allowance for the
					 utilization of equipment.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.060 - Record of nonscheduled interruptions

Current through May 31, 2024
Each gas utility shall keep a record of each nonscheduled
					 interruption to service, showing the location, date, time, duration, and cause
					 of each interruption. This record shall be retained by the utility for three
					 years and shall be made available for inspection in accordance with
					 AS
					 42.05.501.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.501
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.070 - Incidents

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Each utility shall cooperate with the
				  commission to promote a reduction in hazard within the industry and to the
				  public.
(b) Not later than eight
				  hours after discovery of the potential incident, each utility shall report each
				  potential incident by electronic mail, by telephone, or in person, to the
				  commission at the commission's office in Anchorage, Alaska, or to a person
				  designated by the commission. If the potential incident occurs outside of
				  normal business hours, the utility shall provide telephonic or electronic mail
				  notification during the next business day following the potential incident. To
				  the extent that the potential incident is not resolved at the time of the
				  initial report, the utility shall continue to provide notification by
				  electronic mail at least twice each business day after the initial report until
				  the potential incident is resolved. The notification must include the location
				  and time of the potential incident, a brief description of what occurred, the
				  number of fatalities and personal injuries reported to the utility, and each
				  individual to be contacted by the commission for additional
				  information.
(c) If the potential
				  incident reported under (b) of this section is found to meet the threshold of
				  an incident under 49 C.F.R.
				  191.3, adopted by reference in
				  3 AAC 52.080, a written report of the incident shall be
				  filed with the commission not later than 30 calendar days after discovery of
				  the incident, in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095. The report shall be made on the United
				  States Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
				  Administration Form PHMSA F 7100.1 for gas distribution systems and Form PHMSA
				  F 7100.2 for gas transmission and gathering systems. If additional relevant
				  information is obtained after the report is submitted, the utility shall
				  simultaneously file with the commission any reports made to the Pipeline and
				  Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
(d) If upon further investigation a potential
				  incident reported under (b) of this section did not meet the threshold of an
				  incident under 49 C.F.R.
				  191.3, adopted by reference in
				  3 AAC 52.080, the utility shall notify the the
				  commission by electronic mail not later than 30 calendar days after the initial
				  report and explain how the potential incident fell short of the threshold for
				  an incident.
For reporting
					 incidents as required in
					 3 AAC 52.070, the commission's electronic mail address
					 is NGincidents@alaska.gov
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 1 - Gas Utilities › 3 AAC 52.075 - Other general information to be furnished to the commission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A utility shall
				  publish in its tariff, and on its website if available, the location and
				  telephone number of each of its business offices, the telephone number of
				  emergency contacts, and the normal hours of operation of each office.
(b) A utility shall submit the United States
				  Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
				  Administration Forms PHMSA F 7100.1-1 and PHMSA F 7100.2-1 as applicable, as a
				  part of the utility's annual report to the commission under
				  AS
				  42.05.451.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.451
AS
						42.05.151