Alaska Administrative Code

(a) Initial and revised surcharge tariff filings are subject to 3 AAC 48.220, 3 AAC 48.270(a)(6). and 3 AAC 48.280. (b) The utility shall notify customers by bill insert, or other method specified in the approved surcharge tariff, before filing periodic updates of a surcharge rat…

(a) Before filing an initial surcharge tariff, and at no less often than five-year intervals thereafter, an eligible water or wastewater utility shall file a long-term infrastructure improvement plan. The utility's plant improvement surcharge tariff must specify the minimum frequ…

(a) Subject to the limitations in 3 AAC 52.840, eligible utilities may implement and update a plant improvement surcharge as described in the utility's approved plant improvement surcharge tariff to recover eligible capital costs. (b) The plant improvement surcharge must be a per…

(a) The utility shall bill the plant improvement surcharge on a separate line on each customer bill. (b) The utility shall separately account for all revenue from the plant improvement surcharge. (c) The utility shall reconcile all plant improvement surcharge revenue to eligible …

(a) Eligible plant for water utilities includes (1) utility service lines, meters, and hydrants installed as in-kind replacements for customers; (2) mains and valves installed as replacements for existing facilities that remain in service beyond reasonable service life, are in pr…

(a) If an eligible utility includes costs in its eligible capital costs from transactions with affiliated interests, the utility must file the following information with each periodic update of the surcharge rate: (1) the identity of each affiliated interest; (2) a description of…

(a) The plant improvement surcharge rate for wastewater utilities may not exceed five percent of the amount billed to customers under the otherwise applicable tariff rates. (b) The plant improvement surcharge rate for water utilities may not exceed 7.5 percent of the amount bille…

(a) In 3 AAC 52.800 - 3 AAC 52.890, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) "affiliated interest" has the meaning given in AS 42.05.990; (2) "capital costs" means depreciation expense, return, and an allowance for taxes associated with utility plant; (3) "eligible capital cost…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 52.900 - 3 AAC 52.940 apply to all utilities included in the definition of "public utility" in AS 42.05.990. (b) The purpose of 3 AAC 52.900 - 3 AAC 52.940 is to establish a method for reasonable compensation for joint use if a utility owning a pole an…

(a) The commission will require an attaching utility to compensate a pole-owning utility for joint use of a pole, in an amount comprised of the sum of the following two elements: (1) the additional costs to the pole-owning utility for modifications or additions required by the at…

(a) In the formula in 3 AAC 52.910(b), "total usable space" and "occupied space" are determined from studies performed by the utilities. If a utility does not have acceptable studies of actual usable and occupied space, the commission will apply the following presumptions: (1) th…

If an attaching utility and a pole-owning utility cannot reach agreement on a joint-use issue, including compensation, a complaint may be filed with the commission, and served on the other party, in accordance with 3 AAC 48.095, setting out the relevant facts and asking for relie…

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 52.900 - 3 AAC 52.940, (1) "administrative expense" means administrative expense as defined in the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed in 3 AAC 48.277 for a pole-owning utility, or as defined in a comparable accounting system if …

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.010 - 3 AAC 53.140 apply to all local exchange carriers subject to economic regulation by the commission. (b) The purpose of 3 AAC 53.010 - 3 AAC 53.140 is (1) to implement AS 42.05.381(e) by establishing a simplified rate filing procedure and a ran…

(a) A local service rate adjustment allowed under 3 AAC 53.010 - 3 AAC 53.100 may not exceed a six percent increase in any 12-month period or a cumulative 15 percent increase in a three-year period. For a cost company, the allowed adjustments exclude adjustments for changes in ju…

(a) A cost company shall provide notice of its intent to adjust its local service rates under the simplified rate filing procedures at the time that it files its annual access charge revenue requirement study with the commission. To implement that intent, the company shall file t…

(a) In addition to the information filed under (b) of this section, the basis of the simplified rate filing procedure for a cost company is the information filed by the company and approved by the commission in the company's annual access charge proceeding. (b) A cost company usi…

(a) The company shall include the following items in calculating its local service revenue requirement: (1) all items recorded or properly classified as "Local Network Service Revenues" by Part 32 of the Federal Communications Commission regulations ( 47 C.F.R. Part 32), as adopt…

A rate adjustment granted to a cost company under 3 AAC 53.030 - 3 AAC 53.060 is computed separately for local exchange service and local private line service and applied as an across-the-board percentage adjustment to all recurring monthly charges within each of those classifica…

(a) A rate adjustment filing under 3 AAC 53.070 - 3 AAC 53.100 is governed by 3 AAC 48.220 - 3 AAC 48.440, except for 3 AAC 48.275(a) and 3 AAC 48.430. (b) An average schedule company seeking to adjust its local service rates shall file the information required by 3 AAC 53.080 no…

(a) In addition to the information filed under (b) of this section, the basis of the simplified rate filing procedure for an average schedule company is the information filed by the company in its annual report under AS 42.05.451(b), with appropriate ratemaking adjustments. (b) A…

The revenue requirement and allowable rate adjustment for an average schedule company are computed based on total company regulated results of operations and rate base and a rate of return on simple average rate base of 11 percent, except that nonregulated transactions are exclud…

A rate adjustment granted to an average schedule company under 3 AAC 53.070 - 3 AAC 53.100 is computed and applied as an across-the-board increase to all recurring tariffed charges for local service, including, unless specifically waived by the commission, items with rates establ…

(a) A cost company may apply to adjust its local rates to comply with changes in jurisdictional cost allocation factors required by the Federal Communications Commission or the commission by filing the supporting information listed in 3 AAC 53.120. (b) A filing under 3 AAC 53.110…

To adjust local service rates due to changes in jurisdictional cost allocation factors required by the Federal Communications Commission or the commission, a cost company shall file the following information: (1) a copy of the Federal Communications Commission order requiring a c…

A rate adjustment granted to a cost company under 3 AAC 53.110 - 3 AAC 53.130 is computed and applied as an across-the-board increase to all recurring tariffed charges for local service, including, unless specifically waived by the commission, items with rates established by spec…

(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 53.010 - 3 AAC 53.130 (1) "average schedule company" means a local exchange carrier that does not perform jurisdictional cost separations in accordance with 3 AAC 48.430 and is not required to file with the commission an annual…

Notes 3 AAC 53.180 Eff. 9/1/2002, Register 163; repealed 8/31/2008, Register 187 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…

(a) The provisions of 47 C.F.R. 64.1100- 64.1195, revised as of April 2, 2001, are adopted by reference and set out the procedures for changing a subscriber's authorized intrastate, local exchange, or interstate telecommunications carrier in this state. The procedures adopted by …

Unless defined otherwise in 47 C.F.R. 64.1100 - 64.1195, as adopted by reference in 3 AAC 53.190(a), terms used in 3 AAC 53.190 have the meanings given in 3 AAC 48.820, 3 AAC 52.340, 3 AAC 52.399, and 3 AAC 53.299. Notes 3 AAC 53.199 Eff. 11/11/2001, Register 160 Authority:AS 42.…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.200 - 3 AAC 53.299 apply to all local exchange carriers that furnish local exchange telephone service within a competitive local exchange market as designated under 3 AAC 53.205. The provisions of 3 AAC 53.210, 3 AAC 53.245, 3 AAC 53.290(a)(2), and …

For purposes of 3 AAC 53.200 - 3 AAC 53.299, a competitive local exchange market is, as designated by an order of the commission, a local exchange or a group of local exchanges within one certificated service area where multiple unaffiliated telecommunications providers are certi…

(a) In competitive local exchange markets and in noncompetitive areas, an entity proposing to provide local exchange telephone service in competition with an existing local exchange carrier must file an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity that includ…

(a) A local exchange carrier is a dominant carrier for retail service in an exchange unless the commission orders, upon a petition or on its own motion, that the carrier is nondominant in an exchange (1) served by a rural telephone company, as defined by 47 U.S.C. 153(44) and whe…

(a) A local exchange carrier may discontinue, suspend, or abandon a local exchange telephone service at a location with commission approval under AS 42.05.261. (b) A local exchange carrier proposing to discontinue, suspend, or abandon service under (a) of this section must file a…

(a) The provisions of (b) - (d) of this section apply to all retail services in a competitive local exchange market that are not subject to 3 AAC 53.243. (b) A nondominant carrier shall maintain a current tariff of retail rates and all special contracts for retail rates on file w…

(a) This section applies to retail services, including any services specified in 3 AAC 53.220(c) or provided for under 3 AAC 53.220(e), if there is no local exchange carrier in the competitive local exchange market with dominant carrier status for the services. Notwithstanding an…

(a) An incumbent local exchange carrier may petition the commission to modify its existing retail local exchange rates to establish new rates for the noncompetitive area if the carrier (1) is a rural telephone company as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(44); and (2) demonstrates that a c…

(a) A local exchange carrier shall offer all its services for resale to other carriers consistent with 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252 (Telecommunications Act of 1996). (b) Repealed 9/16/2005. Notes 3 AAC 53.250 Eff. 6/21/98, Register 146; am 9/16/2005, Register 175 Authority:AS 42.05.141 …

Notes 3 AAC 53.260 Eff. 6/21/98, Register 146; repealed 11/11/2001, Register 160 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…

(a) A local exchange carrier that is designated as a carrier of last resort (1) shall provide and maintain adequate, efficient, and safe facilities-based essential retail and carrier-to-carrier telecommunication services of similar quality throughout its carrier of last resort ar…

(a) Except as provided in 3 AAC 48.440 and the Alaska Intrastate Interexchange Access Charge Manual, adopted by reference in 3 AAC 48.440, the provisions of (1)3 AAC 48.275 do not apply to those services for which the carrier is a nondominant carrier; and (2)3 AAC 48.277 and 3 AA…

(a) A local exchange carrier that offers service in a competitive local exchange market may bundle services subject to the limitations stated in (b) and (c) of this section. (b) A local exchange carrier that offers a bundled service shall, in its tariff provision describing the b…

In 3 AAC 53.200 - 3 AAC 53.299, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) "access to directory assistance" means access to a service that includes making available to customers, upon request, information contained in directory listings; (2) "access to emergency services" include…

(a) The provisions of 3 AAC 53.300 - 3 AAC 53.399 apply to all public utilities that provide intrastate telecommunications service in this state. (b) The purpose of 3 AAC 53.300 - 3 AAC 53.399 is (1) to (A) promote the efficiency, availability, and affordability of universal tele…

(a) To serve as an administrator of the AUSF, the applicant must be approved by the commission. The commission will approve the selection of an administrator of the AUSF, if the applicant meets the requirements of this section. (b) To be approved under this section, an applicant …

(a) In order to meet the requirements of AS 42.05.800 - AS 42.05.890, the budget for administrative costs, including compensation of the administrator, must be approved by the commission. (b) No later than October 1 of each year, in accordance with 3 AAC 48.095, the administrator…