Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that the Municipality of Anchorage d/b/a Municipal Light and Power Department (ML&P), filed tariff revision TA348-121 to add the new Small Facility Power Purchase Rate (SFPPR) to its tariff in compliance with a recently-enacted Commission regulation (3 AAC 50.790(d)). The SFPPR will replace the existing Non-Firm Power Purchase Rate (NFPPR).
3 AAC 50.790(d) states that by April 1, 2016, a regulated electric utility must submit a proposed tariff filing that includes a standard rate for purchase of energy from qualifying facilities (QF) with a design capacity of 100 kW or less. 3 AAC 50.770(i) states that the SFPPR must be expressed in cents-per-kilowatt-hour unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. The rate must be determined from the sum of fuel costs and variable operations and maintenance expenses and the energy portion of purchased power expense, using the same period employed to project costs and sales in the utility’s adjustment clause (in this case a Cost of Power Adjustment (COPA)) methodology, divided by the number of kilowatt-hours sold for the same time period.
With TA348-121, ML&P proposes to determine the SFPPR by dividing the sum of estimated fuel expense, variable operation and maintenance expenses, and the energy portion of purchased power expense for the quarter projected in the concurrently-filed COPA filing by the estimated kWh sales for the same period.
ML&P’s initial proposed SFPPR is $0.06418/kWh, a decrease from the NFPPR of $0.06623/kWh, filed with TA347-121. TA347-121, a quarterly COPA and NFPPR adjustment, was filed with the Commission on March 18, 2016. This filing is currently pending approval, but the rates were implemented on April 1, 2016, subject to later revision by the Commission.
This notice does not contain every pertinent revision or request associated with TA348-121. The Commission may approve rates or classifications that vary from those proposed. You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Anna Henderson, Regulatory Affairs Division Manager for ML&P, at 1200 East First Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501-1685; phone: (907) 279-7671. 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 on the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing “TA348-121” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m. on May 9, 2016, at the Commission address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA348-121 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with ML&P, at their address above or at HendersonAC@muni.org.
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 May 2, 2016.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 8th day of April, 2016
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Julie C. Vogler
Finance Section Manager