Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach) filed TA455-8, proposing to add a new service to its operating tariff that allows residential and commercial members to voluntarily participate in a community solar project. Chugach will own, operate, and maintain the solar facility. Members who voluntarily enroll in the program will pay a subscription fee to receive a portion of the energy output (Block) from the solar facility. Customers participating in the program have the option of paying a $24 levelized monthly subscription amount, or a larger proposed pre-paid lump sum payment amount to be listed in Chugach’s tariff.
Each of the 500 available Block’s represent approximately 1 kW of the solar facility’s installed capacity. Each qualifying customer may subscribe for 1 to 25 Blocks to offset part or all of the customer’s energy requirements. Chugach proposes that customers participating in the program will receive a credit on the monthly electric bill of 1/500th of the kWh energy output of the community solar facility during the bill cycle, multiplied by the number of Blocks held by the customer.
Chugach proposes that customers participating in its existing net metering program will be eligible for this service. However, if a customer participates in the net metering program, the limit of on-premises net metered generation combined with the customer’s community solar installed capacity shall not exceed 25 kW.
Chugach proposes that customers with monthly payment subscriptions may cancel their participation in the program at any time following the initial 12-month minimum subscription term. Additionally, customers with prepaid subscriptions may gift their Blocks to another member or sell their Blocks back to Chugach according to the proposed list of sell-back prices per Block.
This notice does not contain all requested revisions and the Commission may approve a rate or classification which varies from that proposed. You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Arthur Miller, Executive Manager Regulatory Affairs at Chugach, at 5601 Electron Drive, P. O. Box 196300, Anchorage, AK 99519-6300; phone: (907) 762-4709. 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 “TA455-8” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., May 3, 2018, at the Commission’s address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA455-8 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with Chugach at its address given above or by email at info@chugachelectric.com.
Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1 (800) 770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by April 26, 2018.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 3rd of April, 2018.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Keven K Kleweno, P.E.
Engineering Section Manager