NOTICE OF UTILITY TARIFF FILING
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Gold Country Energy (GCE) filed TA160-341, to add the new Small Facility Power Purchase Rate (SFPPR) to its tariff in compliance with 3 AAC 50.790(d). GCE was required to file the SFPPR by April 1, 2016. The SFPPR will replace the existing Non-Firm Power Purchase Rate (NFPPR). GCE currently has no customers utilizing this rate.
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.
GCE proposes to determine the SFPPR by adding together the projected fuel costs, 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 COPA methodology, divided by the number of kilowatt-hours sold for the same time period.
GCE’s initial proposed SFPPR is $0.2405, an increase from the existing NFPPR of $0.2121.
This notice does not contain all requested revisions and the Commission may approve a rate or classification that varies from those proposed. You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Richard Symons, Owner, at GCE at P.O. Box 30114, Central, AK 99930; phone:
(907) 520-5600. 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 “TA160-341” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., June 23, 2017, at either the Commission address given above or at its website:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx.
Please reference TA160-341 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with GCE 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 TTY (907) 276-4533 or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by June 16, 2017.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 24th day of May, 2017.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Julie C. Vogler
Finance Section Manager