Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure
Article 2 - Utility and Pipeline Tariffs
3 AAC 48.290 - Response to public notice

(a) Comments may be filed either electronically, including by electronic mail, or on paper. Any person desiring to submit a comment in response to a tariff filing may be asked to do so not later than 20 days after the date the commission received the tariff filings unless a longer period, not in excess of 30 days, is granted by public notice, or by notice in writing. Every notice to the public by hand, United States mail, or a similar delivery service or by means of a paid legal advertisement in any news media shall specify the deadline date for comments.

(b) Comments must be submitted with a copy to the utility or pipeline carrier, must be signed by the interested person or the person's authorized representative, and must contain at least the following information:

(c) A customer of a utility, or a shipper with a pipeline carrier, has unquestioned standing to file a timely comment on a filing by that utility or pipeline carrier. The standing of others to file comments depends upon the nature of their interest, the merit of their position, the extent to which their comments are supported by accurate factual data, and other factors that the commission considers pertinent. Comments may be summarily dismissed, or ignored, if the commission finds the comment is based upon erroneous assumptions or appears to be motivated mainly by a desire to harass or embarrass the utility or pipeline carrier or to protect the economic interests of the competitors of the utility or pipeline carrier. A person who is denied standing may file a motion asking the commission to reconsider its decision and indicating the reason the motion should be granted.