Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities
Article 8 - Refuse Utilities
3 AAC 52.720 - Provisional certification: purpose and eligibility
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) A provisional certificate is granted to a class of utility that is currently providing or will provide water or wastewater utility service required for the public convenience and necessity but that might not meet standards of financial fitness the commission otherwise applies in granting a certificate under AS 42.05.241. Through the provisional certification program, the commission collects and publishes, but does not verify, information reported by provisionally certificated utilities and applicants. A provisionally certificated utility is exempt from economic regulation within the meaning of 3 AAC 48.820 except as provided in AS 42.05.385 and 3 AAC 52.726. The commission does not inspect a provisionally certificated utility or certify its compliance with any health or safety requirements of state or federal law.
(b) A water or wastewater utility is eligible for a provisional certificate of public convenience and necessity if the utility owns water treatment and distribution or wastewater treatment and collection facilities and is
(c) Water and wastewater utilities that are financially and managerially consolidated and operating under one tariff or ordinance may file a single application providing the information required in 3 AAC 52.722, and may file jointly to comply with the ongoing requirements in 3 AAC 52.724, including application fees.
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.221
AS 42.05.241
AS 42.05.691
AS 42.05.711