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 48.315 - Telecommunications utility rate reductions
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) A telecommunications utility may reduce a retail rate without commission approval after notice of a tariff filing submitted by the utility in accordance with applicable filing requirements and notice procedures of this chapter, 3 AAC 52, and 3 AAC 53.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the commission may act on rates proposed as follows:
(c) The provisions of 3 AAC 48.275(a) do not apply to a telecommunications utility submitting a tariff filing involving a rate reduction that is not associated with a rate increase. This subsection does not prevent the commission or its staff from requesting information necessary to review compliance with (b) of this section.
(d) In taking any action under this section, the commission may, consistent with principles of state and federal antitrust law, act to preserve fair competition, prevent predatory pricing, and prohibit an unjust or unreasonable bundled service.
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151