Title 42 — Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
13 chapters · 434 sections in this title.
AS 42.05.350 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.351 Testing of appliances.
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The commission shall provide for the examination and testing of appliances used for the measuring of a service of a public utility and may purchase equipment, apparatus, and standards required for this purpose. The commissioner of transportation and public facilities may assign t…
AS 42.05.360 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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Article 4. Rates and Rate Schedules.
AS 42.05.361 Tariffs, contracts, filing, and public inspection.
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(a) Under regulations the commission shall adopt, every public utility shall file with the commission, within the time and in the form the commission designates, its complete tariff showing all rates, including joint rates, tolls, rentals, and charges collected and all classifica…
AS 42.05.365 Interest on deposits.
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(a) A public utility may collect and retain a deposit for contracted recurring monthly service. A public utility that collects and retains a deposit of over $100 for recurring monthly service shall pay interest on that deposit at or before the time it is returned. Interest paid u…
AS 42.05.370 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.371 Adherence to tariffs.
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The terms and conditions under which a public utility offers its services and facilities to the public shall be governed strictly by the provisions of its currently effective tariffs. A legally filed and effective tariff rate, charge, toll, rental, rule, regulation, or condition …
AS 42.05.380 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.381 Rates to be just and reasonable.
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(a) All rates demanded or received by a public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, for a service furnished or to be furnished shall be just and reasonable; however, a rate may not include an allowance for costs of political contributions, or public relations …
AS 42.05.385 Charges for water and sewer line extensions.
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(a) A water or sewer line extension may not be constructed unless the legislative body of each municipality through which the extension passes has approved the extension. This subsection does not apply to an extension that will not create any charges or assessments against the ad…
AS 42.05.390 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.391 Discrimination in rates.
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(a) Except as provided in AS 42.05.306, a public utility may not, as to rates, grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to any of its customers or subject a customer to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. A public utility may not establish or maintain an unreasonable …
AS 42.05.400 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.401 Apportionment of joint rates.
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(a) If public utilities share in a joint rate the apportionment of receipts shall be just and reasonable. The method of apportionment shall be approved by the commission and the commission may, if it considers it to be in the public interest, establish the portion to which each p…
AS 42.05.410 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.411 New or revised tariffs.
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(a) A public utility may not establish or place in effect any new or revised rates, charges, rules, regulations, conditions of service or practices except after 45 days' notice to the commission and 30 days' notice to the public. Notice shall be given to the commission by filing …
AS 42.05.420 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.421 Suspension of tariff filing.
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(a) When a tariff filing is made containing a new or revised rate, classification, rule, regulation, practice, or condition of service the commission may, either upon written complaint or upon its own motion, after reasonable notice, conduct a hearing to determine the reasonablen…
AS 42.05.430 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 42.05.431 Power of commission to fix rates.
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(a) When the commission, after an investigation and hearing, finds that a rate demanded, observed, charged, or collected by a public utility for a service subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, or that a classification, rule, regulation, practice, or contract affecting th…
AS 42.05.433 Review of certain contracts by the commission.
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(a) A precedent agreement or contract entered into by a public utility with the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation or its successors or assigns may contain a covenant for the public utility to establish, charge, and collect rates sufficient to meet its obligations under the c…
AS 42.05.440 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.441 Valuation of property of a public utility.
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(a) The commission may, after providing reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard, ascertain and set the fair value of the whole or any part of the property of a public utility, insofar as it is material to the exercise of the jurisdiction of the commission. The commission ma…
AS 42.05.450 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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Article 5. Accounts, Records, and Reports.
AS 42.05.451 System of accounts and reports.
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(a) The commission may classify the public utilities under its jurisdiction and prescribe a uniform system of accounts for each class and the manner in which the accounts and supporting records shall be kept. (b) A public utility shall maintain its accounts on a calendar year bas…
AS 42.05.460 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.461 Continuing property records.
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The commission may require a public utility to establish, provide, and maintain as a part of its system of accounts, continuing property records segregated by the year of placement in service, including a list or inventory of all the units of tangible property used or useful in t…
AS 42.05.470 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 42.05.471 Depreciation rates and accounts.
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(a) To provide for the loss in service value of its property, not restored by current maintenance, a utility shall charge adequate, but not excessive, depreciation expense for each major class of utility property used and useful in serving the public. From time to time the commis…
AS 42.05.480 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.481 Separate Business Accounts.
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A public utility engaged, directly or indirectly, in another business, including another utility business or a subsidiary business, shall keep separate accounts relating to that business. Except as the commission provides, property, expense, or revenue used in or derived from tha…
AS 42.05.490 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.491 Records and accounts to be kept in state.
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A public utility shall keep the books, accounts, papers, and records required by the commission in an office within this state, and may not remove them from the state, except upon the terms and conditions that may be prescribed by the commission. The provisions of this section do…
AS 42.05.500 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.501 Inspection of books and records.
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(a) The commission shall at all reasonable times have access to, and may designate any of its employees, agents, or consultants to inspect and examine, the accounts, records, books, maps, inventories, appraisals, valuations, or other reports and documents, kept by public utilitie…
AS 42.05.505 Records of gas storage facilities.
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Records held by the commission related to the finances of a gas storage facility, a liquefied natural gas storage facility, or a public utility providing the service of natural gas storage, including financial statements and financial assurance agreements, are confidential and ar…
AS 42.05.510 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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Article 6. Financial and Management Regulation.
AS 42.05.511 Unreasonable management practices.
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(a) The commission may investigate the management of a public utility, including staffing patterns, wage and salary scales and agreements, investment policies and practices, and purchasing and payment arrangements with affiliated interests, for the purpose of determining ineffici…
AS 42.05.520 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.521 Impaired capital.
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When the commission finds that the capital of a public utility corporation is impaired, or might become impaired, it may, after investigation and hearing, issue an order directing the public utility to cease paying dividends on its common stock until the impairment has been remov…
AS 42.05.530 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.531 Distribution of surplus and profits.
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The surplus and profits of a public utility shall be distributed in accordance with the bylaws or ordinances controlling the utility.
AS 42.05.540 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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Article 7. Judicial Review, Penalties, and Enforcement.
AS 42.05.541 Effect of regulations.
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Regulations adopted and issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter have the effect of law.
AS 42.05.550 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.551 Review and enforcement.
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(a) All final orders of the commission are subject to judicial review in accordance with AS 44.62.560 — 44.62.570. (b) If an appeal is not taken from a final order of the commission, the commission may apply to the superior court for enforcement of this chapter, the regulations a…
AS 42.05.560 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.561 Injunctions and monetary sanctions.
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(a) A person who violates a provision of AS 42.05.291 insofar as it governs the safety of pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas, or of any regulation issued under AS 42.05.291 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation for each day that t…
AS 42.05.570 [Repealed, § 5 ch 113 SLA 1970.]
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AS 42.05.571 Civil penalties.
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(a) In addition to all other penalties and remedies provided by law, a public utility and every person, and their lessees or receivers appointed by a court in any way subject to the provisions of this chapter, together with their officers, managers, agents, or employees that eith…