Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) filed TA335-13 proposing changes to its Net Metering program. The Net Metering program (GVEA calls it the Sustainable Natural Alternative Power (SNAP) Plus Program) allows members to generate their own electricity from renewable resources and feed electricity they do not use back into GVEA’s system. Currently, the total nameplate capacity of all net metering members combined is 1.5 percent of GVEA’s average retail demand. Due to an increased interest in the SNAP Plus Program and a decline in kWh sales, GVEA believes it is possible that the present capacity limit of 1.5 percent, which equates to 1,969 kWh, may be exceeded in the coming year. To ensure new interconnections are allowed to connect to the system, GVEA is requesting the total nameplate capacity be increased from 1.5 percent to 3.0 percent of GVEA’s average retail demand.
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 Daniel Heckman, Regulatory Specialist at GVEA, at P. O. Box 71249, Fairbanks, AK 99707; phone: (907) 452-1151. 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 “TA335-13” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., May 11, 2020, at either the Commission address given above or at its website:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA335-13 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with GVEA 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 Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1 (800) 770-3973, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by May 4, 2020.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 10th day of April, 2020.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Keven K Kleweno, P.E.
Engineering Section Manager