NOTICE OF UTILITY PETITION AND STIPULATION
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on December 29, 2016, 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., and GCI (GCI) (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 the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Docket No. U-16-111 was opened to address this matter.
In conjunction with the petition, the Parties request a one-time waiver of Sections 003(a), 701, 702 and 703 of the Alaska Intrastate Interexchange Access Charge Manual (AIIACM), which specifies certain annual filing requirements for AECA and its pooled local exchange carriers, and that such annual filings are effective April 1. In addition, the Parties request a waiver of Sections 106, 111, 112 and 118 of the AIIACM, which address the methodology for computing specific intrastate access charge rate elements. Finally, the Parties request a waiver of AIIACM Sections 701(b) and 702(a) in relation to the scheduling of the 2018 access charge proceeding. 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 O. Brena, Attorney for AECA, at 810 N Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 258-2000; Cynthia J. Manheim, General Attorney for AT&T Alaska, at 16331 NE 72nd Way, Room 1164B, Redmond, WA 98052-7827; phone:
425) 580-8112; or James Jackson, Regulatory Attorney for GCI, at 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, AK 99503; phone: (907) 868-5545. 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 entering Docket No.
“U-16-111” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., January 30, 2017, 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-16-111 and include a statement that you’ve filed a copy of the comments with AECA, AT&T Alaska, and GCI 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 23, 2017.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 30th day of December, 2016.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Steven J. Kramer
Common Carrier Section Manager