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 107.340 - Evaluation committee; ranking of applications; award of grants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For the
				  purpose of reviewing applications received under
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430, the executive director of the authority
				  shall appoint an evaluation committee. The committee must include authority
				  personnel who are competent to review the projects for which grants are
				  requested. The authority shall transfer to the evaluation committee the
				  applications the authority receives before the filing deadline set in the
				  notice described in
				  3 AAC 107.310.
(b) Upon receipt from the authority of
				  complete applications and any additional information required under
				  3 AAC 107.330, the evaluation committee shall review the
				  applications. The committee shall rank the applications that it has determined
				  satisfy the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.180 and
				  3 AAC 107.330 and further the purposes for which the
				  fund was created as described in
				  3 AAC 107.300(a), except that the
				  committee may decline to rank such an application if, in the judgment of the
				  committee, the project for which the grant is requested would create an
				  unreasonably high risk to public health or welfare. The committee shall
				  determine the approved grant amount for each ranked application. If the
				  committee determines that an application does not satisfy the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.180 or
				  3 AAC 107.330 solely because of the amount of the grant
				  requested, the committee may change the amount of the grant requested so that
				  the application will satisfy the requirements of
				  AS
				  42.45.180 and
				  3 AAC 107.330 and then shall rank the application
				  accordingly.
(c) The evaluation
				  committee shall rank applications based upon the committee's determination of
				  (1) each project's likelihood of reducing the costs of generating and
				  transmitting power relative to the size of the grant requested; (2) the public
				  need for the project; and (3) the economic feasibility of the project as
				  demonstrated under
				  3 AAC 107.330(a) (10) and (c). In
				  ranking applications, the committee also shall consider the applicant's
				  financial and credit record for the purpose of determining whether the
				  applicant has the ability to use the requested grant in a manner that
				  effectively accomplishes the purposes of the grant. The committee shall
				  complete its ranking of the applications within 90 days after the filing
				  deadline for those applications as set under
				  3 AAC 107.310(a). The committee shall
				  make its rankings in writing, shall include a summary of the reasons for the
				  rankings, and shall deliver a copy of the decision to the authority.
(d) The authority shall award grants under
				  3 AAC 107.300 -
				  3 AAC 107.430 to successful applicants in the order that
				  the applications were ranked by the evaluation committee and in the amounts
				  approved by the committee until either grants have been awarded for all ranked
				  applications or there is no more money available in the fund for the grants,
				  whichever occurs first. The authority shall provide written notice to each
				  applicant of its ranking under this section.
Authority:
AS
						42.45.100
AS 42.45.180
AS
						44.83.080