CORRECTED NOTICE OF UTILITY PETITION
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) corrects the public notice
issued on July 23, 2014 for the local exchange carrier affiliates of Alaska Communications
Systems (ACS of Alaska, LLC, ACS of Anchorage, LLC, ACS of Fairbanks, LLC, and ACS of
the Northland, LLC, companies which each do business as Alaska Communications
Systems, Alaska Communications, ACS Local Service, and ACS) (collectively, "ACS LECs").
The public notice referred to a petition to waive regulations that require a local exchange
carrier (LEC) in a competitive market without a dominant carrier to maintain a tariff and
submit tariff filings to the Commission. Docket U-14-088 addresses this matter.
On further review, we conclude the July 24, 2014 Public Notice mischaracterized the nature
and extent of the regulations waiver sought to include only those tariff filings made pursuant
to 3 MC 53.243. While the waiver request is directed only to the ACS LECs respective study
areas where 3 MC 53.243 applies, if granted, the waiver would apply to any carrier
competing in those study areas and to many types of tariff filings, including some that are
currently subject to Commission approval.
You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting: Leonard Steinberg, Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the ACS LECs at 600
Telephone Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99503; phone:(907) 297-3000. The complete filing is also
available for inspection at the Commission's office at: 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300,
Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission's
website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket number "U-14-088" in the Find a Matter
search box.
To comment on this filing or to revise a previously filed comment, please file your comments
by 5:00 p.m., August 22, 2014, at the Commission's address given above or via our website
at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeblWhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference the docket number and include a statement that you have filed a copy of
the comments with Leonard Steinberg at ACS with the address given above.
Individuals or groups of people with disabilities who require special accommodations,
auxiliary aids .or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Joyce
McGowan at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY (907) 276-4533 or send a
request via electronic mail to rca .mail@alaska.gov by August 15, 2014.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 1st day of August 2014.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert M. Pickett
Chairman