Title 42, Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs

(a) Five percent of the amount determined by the corporation each year under AS 42.45.080(c)(1) may be appropriated for the following purposes: (1) funding the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100); (2) reimbursement to the corporation for …

Article 3. Power Cost Equalization and Rural Electric Capitalization. In AS 42.45.070 — 42.45.099, (1) “corporation” means the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation established in AS 37.13.040; (2) “fund” means the power cost equalization endowment fund established in AS 42.45.070.…

(a) The power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund is established as a separate fund for the purpose of (1) equalizing power cost per kilowatt-hour statewide at a cost close to or equal to the mean of the cost per kilowatt-hour in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Jun…

(a) The costs used to calculate the amount of power cost equalization for all electric utilities eligible under AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.150 include all allowable costs, except return on equity, used by the commission to determine the revenue requirement for electric utilities subjec…

(a) Notwithstanding the definition of “eligible electric utility” in AS 42.45.150, an electric utility whose primary source of power for sale to customers is one or more of the power projects that were part of the former initial project may not be considered an eligible electric …

If an electric utility receives power cost equalization under AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.150, the utility shall either give to its electric service customers eligible under this program, for each period for which the payment is received, (1) the following notice: NOTICE TO CUSTOMERFor …

(a) In order to qualify for power cost equalization, each electric utility shall make every reasonable effort to minimize administrative, operating, and overhead costs, including using the best available technology consistent with sound utility management practices. In reviewing …

If the authority receives a petition requesting power cost equalization, signed by at least 25 percent of the customers of an electric utility that is subject to rate regulation under AS 42.05 and that has not applied for power cost equalization under AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.150, th…

In AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.150, (1) “commission” means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. (2) “community facility” means a water and sewer facility, public outdoor lighting, charitable educational facility, or community building whose operations are not paid for by the state, the …

(a) The commission may adjust the power cost equalization per kilowatt-hour, determined under AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.150, payable to an electric utility that is subject to rate regulation under AS 42.05 if the (1) commission has approved a fuel cost rate adjustment caused by an inc…

(a) An electric utility that is not subject to rate regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska under AS 42.05 may receive power cost equalization if the utility is otherwise eligible for equalization assistance under AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.150 and if the utility (1) files wi…

(a) The authority may make a grant from the fund for an eligible utility for a small power project that will reduce the cost of generating or transmitting power to the customers of the utility. The amount of the grant may not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the project. The auth…

Article 4. Bulk Fuel Revolving Loan Fund. In AS 42.45.100 — 42.45.190, “fund” means the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund established under AS 42.45.100.

[Repealed or reserved.]

(a) The bulk fuel revolving loan fund is established in the division to assist communities, utilities providing power in communities, and fuel retailers in communities in purchasing bulk fuel to generate power or supply the public with fuel for use in communities. A community, or…

(a) The bulk fuel loan account is established as a separate account within the fund. The division may make loans from the bulk fuel loan account as provided in AS 42.45.250 — 42.45.299. (b) The division shall establish by regulation criteria under which communities or entities el…

(a) The bulk fuel bridge loan account is established as a separate account within the fund. Subject to availability of funds in the account, the division may make bulk fuel bridge loans from the bulk fuel bridge loan account as provided in AS 42.45.250 — 42.45.299. (b) A communit…

(a) Except as provided under (b) and (c) of this section, interest shall be charged on a bulk fuel loan and bulk fuel bridge loan at a base rate of four percent. (b) The division may establish by regulation a program to reduce the interest rate on the second and subsequent bulk f…

Article 5. Joint Action Agencies. In AS 42.45.250 — 42.45.299, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “community” means an organized municipality or an unincorporated village that is a social unit if the organized municipality or unincorporated village has a population of les…

Two or more public utilities may form a joint action agency for the purpose of participation in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a generating or transmission facility and to secure financing for carrying out the design, construction, operation, and maintena…

(a) Two or more public utilities that purchase power from a power project acquired or constructed as part of the former energy program for the state and owned by the authority under AS 44.83.396 may form a joint action agency under AS 42.45.300 and under this section to purchase …

Article 6. Water-Power Development Projects. (a) A protected person is not individually liable for conduct performed within the scope of the person's duties for the agency. However, the protected person may be held individually liable for conduct if it was not reasonable for the …

Article 7. Emerging Energy Technology Fund. (a) The Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall adopt regulations to establish a regulatory program for water-power development projects that qualify under this section. (b) The regulatory program established under this section must (1) p…

Article 8. Miscellaneous Provisions.

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

(a) The authority shall provide technical assistance to rural utilities including catastrophe prevention programs and other training programs for utility projects. The authority shall provide rural utilities with the technical assistance and training that the utilities need to im…

Article 9. General Provisions. The authority shall, to the maximum extent feasible, carry out its powers and duties under this chapter by entering into contracts with appropriate entities in the private sector.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “authority” means the Alaska Energy Authority; (2) “feasibility study” (A) means a study conducted to establish the economic and environmental practicality of completing a proposed power project; (B) includes engineering…