Notice of Utility Petition and Stipulation
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on January 2, 2015, the Alaska Exchange Carriers Association, Inc., on its own behalf and on behalf of its member local exchange carriers (collectively “AECA”), Alascom, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Alaska (AT&T Alaska), General Communication Corp., d/b/a General Communication, Inc. d/b/a GCI (GCI) and ACS Long Distance, LLC (ACS LD) (collectively “the parties”) filed a petition requesting acceptance of a stipulation resolving all issues related to the establishment of Alaska intrastate access charge rates for July 1, 2015 through July 30, 2016. Docket U-15-001 was opened to address this matter.
In conjunction with its petition, the parties requested a one-time waiver of Sections 701, 702 and 703 of the Alaska Intrastate Interexchange Access Charge Manual (AIIACM), which specify certain annual filing requirements for AECA and its pooled local exchange carriers. In addition, the parties requested a permanent waiver of Sections 106, 111, 112 and 118 of the AIIACM, which address the methodology for computing specific intrastate access charge rate elements.The Commission may approve, deny or modify, in whole or in part, the stipulation and waiver requests proposed by the parties. The Commission may impose conditions on approval or take other actions to protect the public interest.
You may obtain information about this filing by contacting Robin Brena, Attorney for AECA, at 810 N Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone (907) 258-2000; Cynthia Manheim, General Attorney for AT&T Alaska, 16331 NE 72ndWay, Room 1164B, Redmond, WA 98052-7827; phone (425) 580-8112; James Jackson, Regulatory Attorney for GCI, 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, AK 99503; phone (907) 868-5545, or Leonard Steinberg, General Counsel for ACS LD, 600 Telephone Avenue, MS 65, Anchorage, AK 99503; phone (907) 283-7167. 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 “U-15-001” in the Find the Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m. February 6, 2015, at the Commission’s address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference the docket number U-15-001 and include a statement that you’ve filed a copy of the comments with AECA, AT&T Alaska, GCI and ACS LD at their respective addresses 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 January 30, 2015.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 7th day of January, 2015.
REGULATORYCOMMISSION OF ALASKA
RobertM. Pickett
Chairman