NOTICE OF DEPRECIATION FILING
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) give notice that on September 30, 2016, Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach) filed a depreciation study proposing revised depreciation rates. Docket No. U-16-081 was opened to address this matter.
Depreciation expense is a material cost of business that may be recovered through regulated utility rates. Changes in depreciation expense may lead to changes in the utility rates paid by consumers. No change in consumer rates is proposed by this filing. However, if approved, Chugach plans to incorporate the impact of the revised depreciation rates into its Simplified Rate Filing process it files with the Commission.
Chugach proposes an annual decrease of $5,923,249 to its depreciation expenses, from $31,316,823 to $25,393,574.
The Commission may approve, deny, or modify, in whole or in part, the depreciation rates proposed by Chugach. The Commission may set conditions on approval. You may obtain more information about the filing from Donald Edwards, Attorney for Chugach, Russell, Wagg, Meshke & Budzinski, P.C., 510 L Street, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99501; phone: (907) 258-1747. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission’s office at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222; or at the Commission’s website at www.rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket No.
“U-16-081” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., November 7, 2016, at the Commission’s address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx.
Please reference Docket No. U-16-081 and include a statement that you’ve filed a copy of your comments with Chugach at its 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, or TYY (907) 276-4533 or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by October 31, 2016.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 7th day of October, 2016.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert M. Pickett
Chairman