Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities
Article 7 - Criteria for Determination of Power Cost Equalization
3 AAC 52.690 - Definitions
Current through February 27, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 52.600 - 3 AAC 52.690
(1) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;
(2) "community facility" means a facility determined by the Alaska Energy Authority to be a community facility as defined in AS 42.45.150(1) and 3 AAC 107.270(b);
(3) "fuel surcharge" means a fuel cost rate adjustment, a cost-of-power adjustment, or any similar mechanism;
(4) "kilowatt-hour sold" means all electric energy delivered by a utility to consumers and includes energy furnished by the utility to a consumer free of charge;
(5) "nonregulated participating electric utility" means a utility that is exempt from the provisions of AS 42.05, except for the provisions of AS 42.05.221-42.05.281, or from all the provisions of AS 42.05;
(6) "participating electric utility" means an eligible electric utility as defined in AS 42.45.150(2) that receives payments from the power cost equalization fund;
(7) "regulated participating electric utility" means a utility as defined in AS 42.05.990(4)(A) that is subject to the provisions of AS 42.05;
(8) "substantial inventory capacity" means fuel storage capacity exceeding 10 percent of annual usage;
(9) "PCE" means power cost equalization.
For Alaska Energy Authority regulations regarding the power cost equalization program, see 3 AAC 107.200 - 3 AAC 107.270.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) made technical conforming amendments to 3 AAC 52.690(3) to implement ch. 58, SLA 1999.
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.990
AS 42.45.110
AS 42.45.130
AS 42.45.160
AS 42.45.170
