Notice of Petition Requesting Exemption from Economic Regulation

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on November 6, 2018, Kipnuk Light Plant (KLP) filed a petition requesting exemption from economic regulation. KLP provides retail electric utility service in the village of Kipnuk. Kipnuk is 100 miles southwest of Bethel with a population of approximately 639 persons. Docket No. U-18-103 was opened to address this matter.

Economic regulation means regulation of matters concerning a utility’s rates and charges, quality of service, management practices, and customer complaints. KLP is requesting to be exempt from economic regulation which means the Commission would have no jurisdiction over these aspects of KLP’s electric utility service. The Commission has the authority to grant’s KLP’s request in its entirety, or in part.

KLP is owned and operated by the Kipnuk Traditional Council. KLP states the electric utilities in Rampart, Arctic Village, and Birch Creek are also owned and operated by their respective village councils and the Commission granted those electric utilities exemption from economic regulation. KLP is requesting similar treatment with this filing. KLP also states its staff struggles with the complicated filings required of an economically regulated utility and that being exempt would provide relief from this regulatory burden. Exemption from economic regulation will not exempt KLP from its obligations for participation in the power cost equalization program.

You may obtain information about this application by contacting Samuel Carl at Kipnuk Light Plant, PO Box 71, Kipnuk, AK 99614; phone: (907) 896-5427. 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 Docket No. “U-18-103” in the Find the Matter search box.

To comment on this application, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m.,
December 20, 2018, 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-18-103 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with Samuel Carl at the address given above.

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 (800) 390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay 7-1-1 or (800) 770-8937, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by December 13, 2018.

DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 20th day of November, 2018.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

Keven K Kleweno, P.E.
Engineering Section Manager