Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 46 - Electric Reliability Organizations and Integrated Resource Planning
Article 1 - Certification and Practice of Electric Reliability Organizations
3 AAC 46.010 - Petitions

(a) A petition filed under this chapter must be in writing and formatted in compliance with 3 AAC 48.025 and 3 AAC 48.100.

(b) The commission will docket and consider, in a formal proceeding in conformance with 3 AAC 48.060(a) - (c), a petition filed under this chapter, except that

(c) A petition filed under this chapter must be accompanied by an entry of appearance by a person representing the petitioner, qualified under 3 AAC 48.080 to appear before the commission.

(d) A petition must be filed electronically in conformance with 3 AAC 48.095, unless accompanied by a petition for waiver under 3 AAC 48.095(l).

(e) In substantially the same manner and format as a tariff filing under 3 AAC 46.370, the commission will notice to the public a petition filed under this chapter. A response to the notice must be filed in compliance with 3 AAC 46.380. The commission will arrange for publication of a public notice not later than five business days after the petition has been filed.

(f) A person may petition to intervene in a docket opened under this section. The person shall file the petition in compliance with 3 AAC 48.110(c) and (d). An answer to the petition must be filed in compliance with 3 AAC 48.110(e). The commission will consider the petition in conformance with 3 AAC 48.110(a), (b), and (Q. Intervention granted under this section is subject to the limitation set out in 3 AAC 48.110(g).

(g) Not later than 45 days after the date a petition under this chapter is filed, the commission will schedule a prehearing conference to determine, consistent with the public interest, if an evidentiary hearing is required and otherwise address a procedural schedule for resolution of the docket, except that

(h) The commission may waive or modify by order the requirements of this section, in whole or in part, upon application and a showing of good cause or on the commission's own motion.