Alaska Administrative Code

Notes 3 AAC 48.814 Eff. 3/21/2003, Register 165; repealed 4/20/2006, Register 178 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features wil…

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter (1) "answer" means a document filed by a respondent or other party against whom a petition is directed or who is affected by the filing of a petition or application; (2) "applicant" means a person requesting authorization th…

(a) The purpose of 3 AAC 49.010 - 3 AAC 49.090 is to ensure that the election conducted under AS 42.05.712 will be organized and managed in such a manner that the public interest will be protected and that the integrity of the election process will be maintained. Thus, the utilit…

(a) If a subscriber or member is a subscriber or member on the 30th day before the date ballots are mailed or delivered, that person must be sent notice of the election and a ballot. (b) If a subscriber or member has more than one account or more than one membership with the util…

(a) The ballot must be printed on white paper. It may be printed on a punchcard. The ballot must be a separate document from the bill mailed to a subscriber or member. The ballot may contain only the text of the question as prescribed in AS 42.05.712(d) and such other neutral lan…

(a) A paper ballot may be marked with pen or pencil. A voter may mark his or her ballot only by the use of crossmarks, "X" marks, diagonal, horizontal or vertical marks, solid marks, stars, circles, asterisks, checks or plus signs that are clearly placed in the square or space op…

(a) When marked ballots arrive either at the office of the commission or its designated ballot counting agent, the entire envelope must remain intact. Only those ballots that are delivered by hand to the commission, or those that are received without a postmark or with a postmark…

(a) Within 10 days after the commission's review and certification of the election results under AS 42.05.712(e), an interested party, a utility or cooperative, or 10 eligible subscribers or members who cast ballots in the election and who believe there has been a mistake made by…

The commission will preserve all election certificates, tallies, registers or lists, and election materials for four years after the election conducted under AS 42.05.712. All ballots and return-addressed envelopes will, in the commission's discretion, be destroyed 30 days after …

(a) The utility or cooperative shall provide the commission with a copy of each notice it mails to its subscribers or members under AS 42.05.712, and a copy of the list of subscribers or members to whom it mails the notice. The utility or cooperative also shall provide the commis…

(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). …

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 elec…

(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 …

(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 construc…

(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 …

Notes 3 AAC 50.400 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare. No prior versio…

(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…

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 oper…

(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 qu…

(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 fac…

(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 e…

(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 …

(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 supplemen…

(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 fa…

(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 p…

(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 damag…

(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 …

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 50.750 - 3 AAC 50.820 (1) "avoided costs" means the incremental costs to an electric utility of electric energy or capacity or both, which, but for the purchase from the qualifying facility or qualifying facilities, the utility wou…

(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 in…

(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 a…

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 ener…

(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 utili…

(a) No later than March 31, 2012, each electric utility required under 3 AAC 50.900 to provide net metering services shall submit a tariff revision to incorporate interconnection rules for eligible consumer generation systems. The interconnection rules must (1) address any requir…

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,…

(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…

(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…

(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 unti…

(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 am…

(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 measu…

(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 pro…

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. Notes 3 AAC 52.020 Eff. 2/21/69, Register 30; am 1/13/73, Register 44; am 11/22/2017…

(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 …

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, i…

Notes 3 AAC 52.050 Repealed 1/13/73. State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compar…

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 wit…

(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 telephon…

(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 State…