Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY
COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that ENSTAR Natural Gas Company
(Enstar), a natural gas utility, has filed TA262-4, a revenue requirement
study, rate redesign, and cost of service study based on Test Year 2013. With this filing, Enstar requests an interim and
refundable across-the-board rate increase of 3.75% to ENSTAR’s base rates and a
proposed permanent rate increase based on the outcome of the proposed cost of
service/rate design study. A selection of proposed interim and permanent rates
are compared with currently approved rates in the table below.
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Description
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Current Rates
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Proposed Interim Rates
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Proposed Permanent Rates
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Schedule G1 – General
Service 1
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Service Charge (Base)
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$0.1101 per ccf
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$0.1142 per ccf
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$0.13361 per ccf
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Customer Charge
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$13.50 per month
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$14.00 per month
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$16.00 per month
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Schedule G2 – General
Service 2
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Service Charge (Base)
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$0.1087 per ccf
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$0.1128 per ccf
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$0.11439 per ccf
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Customer Charge
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$29.00 per month
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$30.00 per month
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$36.00 per month
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Schedule G3 – General
Service 3
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Service Charge (Base)
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$0.1126 per ccf
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$0.1168 per ccf
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$0.11823 per ccf
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Customer Charge
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$109.00 per month
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$113.00 per month
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$115.00 per month
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Schedule G4 – General
Service 4
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Service Charge (Base)
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$0.1095 per ccf
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$0.1136 per ccf
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$0.08850 per ccf
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Customer Charge
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$360.00 per month
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$374.00 per month
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$560.00 per month
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This notice does
not detail all of the revisions proposed in TA262-4. The Commission may approve a rate or
classification which varies from those proposed. You may obtain more information about this
filing by contacting Dan Dieckgraeff at ENSTAR at 3000 Spenard Road, P. O. Box
190288, Anchorage, AK 99519-0288; phone: (907) 277-5551. The complete filing is
also available for inspection at the Commission's office at 701 West Eighth
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 TA262-4 in the Find the Matter
search box.
To comment on
this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., October 13, 2014, at the
Commission address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx.
Please reference
TA262-4 in the subject line of your comments and include a statement that you
have filed a copy of the comments with ENSTAR at its address given above or by
email at Dan.Dieckgraeff@enstarnaturalgas.com.
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, or TTY (907)
276-4533 or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by October 6, 2014.
DATED at
Anchorage, Alaska, this 12th day of September, 2014.
REGULATORY
COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Rich Gazaway
Advisory
Section Manager